http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10502 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:51:18 GMT 2025-11-04T22:51:18Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10535 360º̉ SERVITIZATION AS STRATEGY FOR BUSINESS GROWTH MAHEEPALA, S. D. S. R.; CENTONZE, C; WARNAKULASOORIYA, B. N. F.; WEERAKOON BANDA, Y. K. Servitization is type a business model innovation where companies extend their product offers through related services. A 360º̉ Servitization is when the manufacturing company uses a base, intermediary and advance service portfolio together with their product portfolio to co-create a unique value proposition to each customer. This research aims to understand how an organization ventures to grow the business through a 360º̉ Servitization. Underpinning the Resource Advantage Theory, a single-case study is conducted in order to achieve the aim of the paper. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews, company reports and the website. A participatory approach with the company CEO strengthened the esearch findings. A deductive content analysis was conducted and findings were reported. This study identifies the importance of a unique product service bundle for each existing and potential customer to co-create value to enhance business growth. The research further identifies the importance of all service types such as base services, intermediary services and advance services when creating a unique product service bundle. The Product- Service-Customer Matrix developed in this study is an import tool for business to business manufacturing organizations in the 21st century to co-create value with the customer. This matrix is a useful tool for managers in business to business manufacturing companies to amplify businessrowth opportunities. Due to limitations inherent in a qualitative case study approach it is not possible to generalize the findings beyond the case company. Moreover, researches in different manufacturing companies are required to improve the generalizability. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10535 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10534 Determinants of Migrations and Remittances: Evidence from Rural Sector of Sri Lanka Dharmadasa, R.A.P.I.S; Rathnayake, K.K.H.M Agriculture remains as one of the major sources of employment to the rural community in Sri Lanka. However, problems such as inadequate land and capital, low productivity and personal attitudes have pushed the rural agricultural worker to migrate out of the sector. As the decision to migrate is made at the household level, characteristics of the household shape up the decision to migrate and send remittances to the origin communities. Therefore, this study is an attempt to find the determinants of migration and the remittances of the rural sector of Sri Lanka with special emphasis on household level characteristics. In identifying the determinants, the study has estimated several multinomial logit models separately based on the status of migration and receipt of remittances using a nationally representative data set of Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2009/2010). The results reveal that human capital characteristics are not major positive determinants of rural sector migration and receiving remittances implying that households with better education remain in the rural sector. Rural households with more members tend to have more migrants while it is a negative determinant of the receipt of remittances. Results also suggest that rural households receive more remittances from internal migrants when they have school age children. Based on these results, this study concludes that people diversify into different income earning strategies such as migration when they have more household members while education has contributed positively to keep the rural households in the sector. Therefore, the retaining human capital can be used in the rural development process if proper policies are implemented. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10534 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10532 Empirical Analysis of Corporate Sustainability Performance: Linkage of Japanese Firms' Environmental and Economic Performance Gnanaweera, K.; Kunori, N The linkage between Corporate Environmental Performance (CEP) and Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) has been a long-standing debate since all previous efforts achieved inconsistent results. The current study therefore attempts to present the relationship between corporations’ environmental and financial performance to explore the notion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a developed nation. This case derives empirical observational data from corporate sustainability reports and integrated annual reports of Japanese firms. The sample is comprised of observational data of a total of 85 Japanese corporations from 2008 to 2014. The selected firms are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the first section of the market division and are categorized under various industrial sectors. The effort of the current study has revealed that corporate environmental measurements have different effects on financial performance. The evidence was less strong in evaluating the impact level of all variables except firm size (total assets). Three hypotheses (H1, H2, and H3) were developed for further evaluation of the effect of financial indicators on environmental performance. H1 was accepted since environmental performance has a significant impact on firm size. However, the rejected H2 and H3 state that environmental performance has no significant impact on financial leverage and profitability, due to the weak relationship or insignificant outcome, i.e. in the profitability measurement, only Return on Sales (ROS) showed positive correlation between particular CEP variables, but the coefficient of determination (R2 value) does not support the ROS contribution for every model in the study. The other two profitability ratios (return on assets and return on equity) have less contribution. Both the relationship between environmental performance and financial performance according to R2 values and the relationship between CEP and CFP are broad spectrums that yet to be explored. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10532 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z