1. Introduction of tea industry : * Historical Background: Tea was introduced to Sri Lanka after coffee was destroyed by Coffee Leaf Rust in the 19th century. James Taylor‚ a Scottish planter‚ established the first commercial tea plantation in 1867 at Loolkandura Estate in Kandy District of Sri Lanka. The great success of tea planting attracted English planters and more plantations were established‚ replacing existed coffee fields. Subsequently‚ as the coffee area was not big enough to
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Contents Executive Summary 2 Company Background 3 Issues Faced 6 Competitor Analysis 7 Porters Five Force Model 9 PEST Analysis 13 Factors responsible for Dialog’s Decline 16 Strategies 19 Strategies implemented by Dialog 20 SWOT Analysis 23 Conclusion 25 Reference 26 Executive Summary Dialog Telekom PLC is a Malaysian based MNC functioning in Sri Lanka. It has been the market leader in the telecommunication industry up to the year 2007. But the company
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Introduction To Contract Law: A contract is ’a promise or set of promises which the law will enforce’ (Pollock Principles of Contract (13th Edn) 1). The expression ’contract’ may‚ however‚ be used to describe any or all of the following: 1. that series of promises or acts themselves constituting the contract; 2. the document or documents constituting or evidencing that series of promises or acts‚ or their performance; 3. the legal relations resulting from that series. A contract may be defined
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Introduction As the newly appointed Vice President of International Marketing research it is my job to help seek to internationalize our business operations. The Chief Executive has identified Thailand and Sri Lanka as high-potential countries that we can do business with. It is now my job to look at public domain resources that will provide us with information about the exporting marketing and international sourcing of these countries and then analyze if these countries are a good choice for
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employers seeking a ’good deal’ in terms of performance and effort for the money they pay their employees; and employees seeking the best pay they can obtain for their work. This model is particularly evident in systems such as piecework‚ where the bargaining between adversaries is institutionalised into the rate-fixing procedures. Gainsharing is based on quite a different philosophy. Like other incentive systems‚ it usually relates only to the incentive component of remuneration‚ not the whole package
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Sri Lanka is a developing country with an open economy. Sri Lanka’s economic progress has been quite satisfactory in last 30 years. In Sri Lanka apparel industry is one of most important contributor to the country’s economy with the largest GDP and foreign exchange earnings. Garment industry provides the single largest employment to the country‚ which provides more than one million of direct and indirect employments. Sri Lanka is currently facing a huge competition with other larger scale competitors
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Introduction A business also called a company‚ enterprise or firm is a legally recognized organization‚ designed to provide goods and services to consumers. According to the purpose of the business‚ ownership of the business and nature of economic contribution of the business; the business can fall into one of the three standard sectors. There are; private sector‚ public sector and nonprofit sector. The part of the economy concerned with providing basic government services is called public
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Geoffrey Bawa was born in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka)‚ the younger son of a wealthy Muslim lawyer and his Dutch Burger wife. After graduating‚ he studied English at Cambridge and Law in London. He had always preferred to be treated as a Ceylon-born European instead of a Ceylonese who had some European blood in his veins. Perhaps he came to the conclusion that he was more Asian than European‚ Bawa decided to return to Colombo in 1948. “Soon after he returned‚ he bought an abandoned rubber estate
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Comments on The Present Global Financial Crisis and Sri Lankan Economy by Mr Ajith Nivard Cabraal‚ Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka 10 October 2008 1. The Global Economy is in Turmoil. The ongoing financial crisis originated as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis (SMC)‚ erupted in mid 2007. The SMC erupted due to the bursting of the US Housing Bubble and high default rates on “Sub Prime Mortgages”‚ beginning 2006. The major cause for this financial crisis was the reckless providing
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NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY The final DRAFT prepared by The Committee appointed by the Hon. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs MEMBERS Prof. Lakshman Jayatilleke (Chair) Prof. Siripala Hettige Prof. M T M Jifffry Mr. O Arumugam Ms. Sriyanie Wijesundara (Convener) CONTENT Abstract Page 1. 2. Preamble Introduction 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Background Purpose and Rationale Definition of Youth Historical Contemporary issues affecting young women and men Youth Profile Background to the
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