Isabella Barrett is just six years old – I would expect her to enjoy playing with her Barbies, go for ballet...

Kaizen is a Japanese word. KAI means change and ZEN means better, the two words together mean - change for the better, or improvement.

In Sri Lanka, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have existed unofficially for a long period. The first instance that such partnerships were seen in Sri Lanka’s health sector was during the....

It is frequently assumed that the subject of economics is chiefly concerned with the movement of money. This is incorrect. The main preoccupation in economics is how people make choices. The key to understanding and guiding an economy is this distill

LG continues to make life even better by introducing the LG Pocket Photo printer to Sri Lanka. LG Pocket...

I recently found myself sitting excitedly at Microsoft headquarters, eagerly waiting to see, and listen to, someone who I had been inspired and highly taken up with for a long time - Salman Khan- the Bengali American Educator and Entrepreneur (not th

The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) welcomes the efforts currently underway to address the chronic losses incurred by the CEB; and congratulates the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) and other stakeholders for conducting a professional Publ

Voters share a common problem with owners of firms: How do you get the people you hire, or vote for, to protect your interest, after they are appointed or elected? In economics, there is a term for this question. It is called the principal-agent prob

Land is an emotional issue in all countries. It is particularly so in a relatively small country like Sri Lanka.

Without fail, Somadasa Gamage has prayed for one thing every year before he plants his crops. “Rain,” says the 47-year-old vegetable farmer, who has farmed for three and a half decades in Sri Lanka’s remote south eastern Tanamalvill

Although we are using earnings per share (EPS), an accounting measure, to illustrate the concept of earnings base, there are other measures of earnings power. Many argue that cash flow-based measures are superior. For example, free cash flow per shar

Last week, we briefly enumerated the five paths companies typically follow to reconstruct their market possibilities and open up Blue Ocean possibilities. Today, we begin with discussing those paths somewhat in detail.

We live in a world that is always making a deal – compromising one thing for the other. The world does...

The second international airport in Mattala is both a challenge as well as an opportunity to strengthen the commercial aviation skies of Sri Lanka. From the inception, to speed up the progress of Mattala, it is necessary to define the personality of

The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has in its latest report analyzed the rubber industry outlook, and this appears to indicate a balanced outlook in terms of demand/ supply equation, during the forecast period.

During the induction ceremony of the new Director General/CEO, Deputy Director General and the new Principal, held a few months ago, The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM) said:

When a company goes public through an initial public offering (IPO), an investment bank evaluates the company’s current and projected performance and health to determine the value of the IPO for the business.

Continuing with our Blue Ocean Strategy basics series, today we will highlight ‘Tipping Point Leadership’ and the ‘Four Organisational Hurdles’ to strategy execution. A good Blue Ocean Strategy will have three defining charac

An overview of the state of Solar PV installation in the Sri Lankan hotel industry was carried out recently...

In bailing out Cyprus and taking funds from savers instead of taxpayers, the euro zone has crossed a Rubicon with implications for future banking rescues in other countries despite assertions that the crisis in the island nation is unique.

With literally hundreds of stocks, bonds and unit trusts to choose from, picking the right investments can confuse even the most seasoned investor. However, starting to build a portfolio with stock picking might be the wrong approach.

We learnt in the previous instalments that value innovation occurs whenever companies align innovation with utility, price and cost benefits for customers. Companies that achieve value innovation pursue differentiation and low cost simultaneously.

China has grown into a dynamic powerhouse of business. Among the men, there are women...

Trincomalee is also known as Gokkana (Pali) and Tirukonamalai (Tamil). The city is built on a peninsula which divides the inner and outer harbour. It was a major maritime and trading post since the 11th century under the control of Sri Lankan kings.

The latest LMD/Nielsen Business Confidence Survey shows that the percentage of people concerned about the economy more than doubled in 4th quarter 2012. The proportion of people indicating that the economy was their biggest or second biggest concern

Increased international trade in food has resulted in consumers benefitting from access to food at lower prices, year-round supplies, and a greater quality and variety of food.

We see three reasons for a slower-than-expected recovery as the economy adjusts to bold...

The United Nations celebrated the first International Women’s Day on 8th of March in 1975. Since then, the International Women’s Day has been celebrated each year on the 8th of March, all across the world.

Starting today and during the next few instalments, we will be making a brief study of what is known as the ‘blue ocean strategy’. To understand what is meant by Blue Ocean Strategy, let us see how the two Professors who wrote the book -

A stock trader is a person or entity engaging in the trading of equity securities, in the capacity of agent, hedger, arbitrageur, speculator or investor. Several different types of stock trading strategies or approaches exist including scalping, mome