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Improving transparency in supply chain for better brand performance :a statistical approach

Wijesiri MSI [Thesis-Abstract]

The competition of the economic environment is increasing rapidly and it has been a prevailing issue in many businesses to achieve the balance between the supply and demand. This issue is further increased when there is ...

A Multi - product capacitated vehicle routing problem model with seasonality for the stationery industry

Liyanage RN [Thesis-Abstract]

This dissertation presents an optimisation approach to deliver stationery commodities with highly seasonal demand. The problem is structured as a capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) consisting of one distribution ...

Applicability of geometric brownian motion and geometric fractional brownian motion to forecast share prices of telecommunication services sector in Sri Lanka

Athukorala AKKK [Thesis-Abstract]

The Brownian motion is a Mathematical concept which European botanist Robert Brown introduced in 1827 to study the behaviour of molecules. The Brownian motion concept was transformed into many versions, and Geometric ...

A Study of corporate financial distress prediction of Sri Lanka : an application of logistic regression analysis and multiple discriminant analysis

Perera BHD [Thesis-Abstract]

A financial distressed situation means a company cannot settle its obligations, liabilities from the operating cash flows or value of total assets is lower than the aggregate value of the liabilities and equity. The ...

Pandemic outbreak, investor sentiment and stock market reaction :evidence from the frontier market, Sri Lanka

Rathnasekara RD [Thesis-Abstract]

This study examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting investor sentiment in determining stock returns of different sector portfolios, namely, healthcare, telecommunication, banking, insurance, and hotel ...

Identifying factors influencing credit card in a Colombo suburb area logistic regression approach

Dasara HMT [Thesis-Abstract]

Credit cards are electronic products that are now becoming more important and wellknown around the world. The usage of credit cards is becoming highly connected to peoples’ day-to-day lives and credit cards have a ...

Estimating and forecasting the yield curve : Sri Lankan government securities market

Yapa LTS [Thesis-Abstract]

In this study, I evaluate two versions of the Nelson and Siegel (1987) model, namely the Nelson-Siegel model using the methodology presented in Diebold and Li (2006) and Nelson-Siegel-Svensson model (1994), with the ...

Analyzing & predicting the impact of news on the ASI return of Colombo stock exchange through black-litterman model

Perera PRSG [Thesis-Abstract]

Considering the historical data, we can conclude that news on attacks, international political problems, natural disasters, and protests have a negative impact on the stock market return while changes in Government Acts ...

Time series model of water level fluctuation in Mahakanadarawa tank

Saranga AGS [Thesis-Abstract]

This research concludes an attempt to forecast water level changes using the best-fitted model of Mahakanadarawa tank by using Box and Jenkins methodology of univariate Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) ...

Modelling child mortality via discriminant analysis and logistic regression

Kande Arachchi AKMDP [Thesis-Abstract]

Prevalence of deaths of children has particularly become a global concern in strategic decision making in the field of health sector. In Sri Lanka, the risk of deaths at childhood period was higher during the past few ...

Modelling of traditional family planning usage by women in Sri Lanka

Karunarathne HVVMP [Thesis-Abstract]

Family planning plays a crucial role in enhancing the health of the mother and the child. Contraceptives are used by most women in the reproductive age span (15- 49 years). Sri Lanka has named as one of the countries with ...

Factor influencing female labour force participation in Sri Lanka :

Kariyawasam KLGA [Thesis-Abstract]

This study attempts to identify factor influence on Female Labour Force participation in Sri Lanka using Chi- Square test to identify important variables for the model and then binary logistic regression analysis to identify ...

Evaluation of the potential impact of exports & imports commodities into the Sri Lankan economy

Rathnayaka RMIC [Thesis-Abstract]

The research attempts to evaluation impact of the Exports and Imports commodities in the country economic. Mainly, following objectives are elaborated, behavior of the exports and imports, to determine which type of ...

Forecasting retail prices of the most commonly used rice in Sri Lanka

Fernando WSD [Thesis-Abstract]

This thesis focuses on Modeling and forecasting Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of Samba, Nadu, Kekulu White and Kekulu Red rice in Sri Lanka using Univariate and Multivariate Time Series approaches. Sri Lanka is a developing ...

Determinants of passenger satisfaction using public transport system in Colombo: a case study on Kottawa - Pettah route

Udayaseelan T [Thesis-Abstract]

This research intends to identify the determinants of passenger satisfaction using the public bus transport system on Kottawa – Pettah Route in Sri Lanka. Data were collected from a structured questionnaire and the sample ...

Key factors influencing the optimum production by the glove knitting machine in a private company in Sri Lanka

Neroozan K [Thesis-Abstract]

Knitting Machines of leading rubber manufacturing company was fully booked with glove knitting orders. So, the Excess capacities were outsourced within Sri Lanka or outside of Sri Lankan region. Since the company is Customer ...

Profitability analysis of selected multinational companies listed on London stock exchange by principal component method

Ponnudurai T [Thesis-Abstract]

Investment decisions include higher level of risk due to the uncertainty nature in the business environment. Thus, investors take investment decisions more wisely by considering several internal and external factors. As ...

Impact of age structure transition to the current account balance

Perera WGGP [Thesis-Abstract]

This research data included 46 panels of countries over a period of 39 years starting from 1980 to 2018. These countries were selected randomly from the World Bank classification based on income. Dataset was analyzed ...

Risk factors of road traffic accidents in Sri Lanka

Kodithuwakku DS [Thesis-Abstract]

Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are one of the most prominent public health problems as it is a leading cause of death by injury and all deaths globally. This study therefore intended determine the risk factors associated ...

Identification of impact of public debt on economic growth of Sri Lanka using auto regressive distributed LAG modelling approach

Bandara MMLAK [Thesis-Abstract]

Nowadays, in Sri Lanka, the emergent public debt and its servicing costs are an unadorned burden on the economy. The main aim of the present study is to develop a model which reflects the relationship between public debt ...

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