Sri Lankan Apparel Industry : MAS Holdings Facing The Post MFA Era Prepared By: Sulatha Gengatharan Schulich School of Business York University‚ Canada April 18‚ 2009 Executive Summary With the phasing out of the Multi Fiber Agreement[i] in 2005‚ China & India have bombarded the market with low cost mass produced apparel. Exports from India and China have grown over 100% with the expiration of the MFA whilst other countries such Sri Lanka and Pakistan have seen a loss of market share
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SRI LANKAN TOURISM STEPPING TOWARDS A NEW ERA Membership Number: 12313667 Word count : 3190 Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Level 07) Unit 01 – Emerging Themes Membership Number: 12313667 Tourism as an emerging theme Tourism industry includes‚ attracting tourists from local and foreign nations. Now- a- days‚ most of the countries highly pay their attention on upgrading tourism industry as it boosts the economy and finally the countries will be benefited from the industry. Country
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Sri Lanka’s export apparel industry is the most dynamic contributer of the local Sri Lanka’s apparel export industry is the most significant and dynamic contributor for Sri Lanka’s economy. The industry has grown over the last three decades and has become the number one foreign exchange earner and the largest single employer in the manufacturing industry. The industry provides direct employment opportunities to over 300‚000 and 600‚000 indirectly which includes a substantial number of women in Sri
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The following report contains a brief look into MAS holdings‚ the company’s history‚ how they have grown and developed and how they have succeeded in numerous ventures. The report then goes on to address the following questions: 1. Outline the key leadership issues confronting MAS Holdings. 2. In terms of this case‚ how can the CIO assist in gaining senior management support for IT initiatives? 3. In reviewing an
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The island of Sri Lanka‚ situated in the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of India‚ is an exquisitely beautiful and spiritual place. Torture‚ rape and random killings have been perpetrated by the military and pro-government paramilitaries. Underpinning this war has been Western military aid and political support. This reflects Sri Lanka’s strategic significance‚ but also that the military‚ political and theocratic elites that rule Sri Lanka maintain Western domination of the economy that still follows
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Revival 2.1.1 Background of the Sri Lankan Hotel Industry In a country like Sri Lanka booming tourism industry plays a significant role in the generation of income/ foreign exchange and provision of employment opportunities which results in improving the country ’s macro-economic performance. The Ministry points out that refurbishment of hotels‚ building of new hotels etc indicate the spread of the impact of tourism sector to other economic sectors. The hotel sector in Sri Lanka had been performing
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The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 July 1983‚ there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE‚ also known as the Tamil Tigers)‚ a separatist militant organisation which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign‚ the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009‚ bringing the
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1. Introduction to Corporate social responsibility and MAS Holdings. Corporate social responsibility or CSR in its general definition is where a company sets out regulations for itself as to have no dispute with the norms and standards‚ may it be environmental or social‚ of its external environment. Some companies however‚ go the extra mile‚ companies such as MAS Holdings‚ a private listed company‚ founded by Mahesh Amalean and his two brothers‚ where they have been practicing CSR‚ maintaining proper
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2737 B.C in China‚ and after the Europeans learnt about tea in 1589‚ drinking tea has spread throughout the world and today it is a widely consumed beverage. Tea production in Sri Lanka is of high importance to the Sri Lankan economy and the world market. Sri Lanka is the world’s fourth largest producer of tea and the industry is one of the country’s main sources of foreign exchange and a significant source of income for labourers‚ with tea accounting for 15% of the GDP‚ generating roughly $700 million
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MARKET IN SRI LANKA 2 2.0 SRI LANKAN TOBACCO MARKET STRUCTURE ANALYSIS 3 2.1 THE PRIVATE AND SOCIAL COSTS OF SMOKING 5 2.1.1 Private Costs and Social Costs of Smoking 5 2.1.2 Explaining the Market Failure 5 3.0 TAXATION AND REGULATIONS 7 3.1 COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE INDUSTRY 7 3.2 INDIRECT TAXES AND PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND 9 4.0 PROBLEMS AND FUTURE FORECAST 10 4.1 PROBLEMS 10 4.2 FUTURE FORECAST 11 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 12 REFERENCES 14 1.0 Introduction to Tobacco Current Market in Sri Lanka
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