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Papers by Shanika M.G.
Sustainability has been one of the contemporary themes due to many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic... more Sustainability has been one of the contemporary themes due to many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted sustainability in a broader sense. This had a major impact on the way people consume. Green purchasing being one such marketing activity, which involves buying products designed to have minimal environmental impact, is becoming increasingly significant as global awareness of environmental sustainability grows. Therefore, this study aimed to review related literature in purchase intentions toward green products specially focusing on university students which can firmly address the above contemporary environmental impact. Accordingly, the recent literature was comprehensively reviewed following the respective definitions for green products, green customers, and purchase intentions toward green products. This study also reviewed several theories and models related to purchase intentions. Then, the review identified five factors affecting purchase intentions as many authors suggested. They were environmental attitudes, product attributes, social influence, personal experience, and environmental knowledge. The literature provided evidence for the existence of the relationships between those factors and purchase intentions hence; the necessary hypotheses were derived accordingly. This review also revealed several other factors affecting the purchase intentions toward green products.
Social Science Research Network, Jul 7, 2015
The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to ... more The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to the country's economy. Though the industry creates profits in significant still it has many losses in financial aspects such as the cost of raw material. Therefore this research was carried out as a case study in the Sri Lankan apparel industry to identify factors affecting raw material write off. The main raw material considered in the study was fabric being the single largest cost factor in the apparel industry. This research randomly selected 85 schedules as the sample. Both primary and secondary data were used and collected through author observations, interviews and secondary data sources. The data were quantitatively analyzed with regression analysis. The results showed that both excess ordered raw material quantity and yield per yardage saving were the significant factors that affected on raw material write off in the Sri Lankan apparel industry. Further descriptive analysis revealed that pattern changes and marker improvement mainly contributed to this yield per yardage saving. The regression analysis further identified a significant relationship among the raw material write off quantity, excess ordered raw material quantity and yield per yardage saving. Also this study suggested to create a Lean manufacturing culture to minimize raw material write off in the apparel industry.
The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to ... more The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to the country’s economy. This research is carried out as a case study in the Sri Lankan apparel industry to identify factors affecting raw material write off. One of the leading apparel manufacturers in Sri Lanka was selected for this study and a quantitative approach was used. The main raw material considered throughout this research is fabric, since it is considered as the single largest cost factor of a garment. Selection of fabric as the main raw material is justified in this study by providing evidence on raw material write off of the selected apparel manufacturer. This research randomly selected 85 schedules as the sample. Further, both primary and secondary data were used, and data were collected through author observations, interviews and secondary data sources. According to the descriptive analysis, yield per yardage saving is a major contributor to the raw material write off. Fur...
Chicago Booth PCE: Entrepreneurship - Other (Topic), 2015
The Sri Lankan apparel industry serves the country’s economy in various ways. Creating employment... more The Sri Lankan apparel industry serves the country’s economy in various ways. Creating employment opportunities, exporting products to the international market and earning foreign exchange are some of major contributions of the apparel industry. Literature and the annual statistical reports on Sri Lanka’s industrial performance provide evidence for this significant contribution. Though the apparel industry could serve international markets with branded products, it has to face the competition in the world apparel markets. This competition has been created by removing tax benefits of Multi Fiber Agreement and GSP Plus, China becoming the key player in the US and EU apparel imports and increasing the imports to the world apparel market by other countries. Therefore this study describes the current profile of the Sri Lankan apparel industry and hence identifies challenges the industry faces. Reduction in the US and EU apparel imports, labour becoming expensive and scarce resources, poo...
Sustainability has been one of the contemporary themes due to many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic... more Sustainability has been one of the contemporary themes due to many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted sustainability in a broader sense. This had a major impact on the way people consume. Green purchasing being one such marketing activity, which involves buying products designed to have minimal environmental impact, is becoming increasingly significant as global awareness of environmental sustainability grows. Therefore, this study aimed to review related literature in purchase intentions toward green products specially focusing on university students which can firmly address the above contemporary environmental impact. Accordingly, the recent literature was comprehensively reviewed following the respective definitions for green products, green customers, and purchase intentions toward green products. This study also reviewed several theories and models related to purchase intentions. Then, the review identified five factors affecting purchase intentions as many authors suggested. They were environmental attitudes, product attributes, social influence, personal experience, and environmental knowledge. The literature provided evidence for the existence of the relationships between those factors and purchase intentions hence; the necessary hypotheses were derived accordingly. This review also revealed several other factors affecting the purchase intentions toward green products.
Social Science Research Network, Jul 7, 2015
The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to ... more The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to the country's economy. Though the industry creates profits in significant still it has many losses in financial aspects such as the cost of raw material. Therefore this research was carried out as a case study in the Sri Lankan apparel industry to identify factors affecting raw material write off. The main raw material considered in the study was fabric being the single largest cost factor in the apparel industry. This research randomly selected 85 schedules as the sample. Both primary and secondary data were used and collected through author observations, interviews and secondary data sources. The data were quantitatively analyzed with regression analysis. The results showed that both excess ordered raw material quantity and yield per yardage saving were the significant factors that affected on raw material write off in the Sri Lankan apparel industry. Further descriptive analysis revealed that pattern changes and marker improvement mainly contributed to this yield per yardage saving. The regression analysis further identified a significant relationship among the raw material write off quantity, excess ordered raw material quantity and yield per yardage saving. Also this study suggested to create a Lean manufacturing culture to minimize raw material write off in the apparel industry.
The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to ... more The Sri Lankan apparel industry is considered as the most significant and dynamic contributor to the country’s economy. This research is carried out as a case study in the Sri Lankan apparel industry to identify factors affecting raw material write off. One of the leading apparel manufacturers in Sri Lanka was selected for this study and a quantitative approach was used. The main raw material considered throughout this research is fabric, since it is considered as the single largest cost factor of a garment. Selection of fabric as the main raw material is justified in this study by providing evidence on raw material write off of the selected apparel manufacturer. This research randomly selected 85 schedules as the sample. Further, both primary and secondary data were used, and data were collected through author observations, interviews and secondary data sources. According to the descriptive analysis, yield per yardage saving is a major contributor to the raw material write off. Fur...
Chicago Booth PCE: Entrepreneurship - Other (Topic), 2015
The Sri Lankan apparel industry serves the country’s economy in various ways. Creating employment... more The Sri Lankan apparel industry serves the country’s economy in various ways. Creating employment opportunities, exporting products to the international market and earning foreign exchange are some of major contributions of the apparel industry. Literature and the annual statistical reports on Sri Lanka’s industrial performance provide evidence for this significant contribution. Though the apparel industry could serve international markets with branded products, it has to face the competition in the world apparel markets. This competition has been created by removing tax benefits of Multi Fiber Agreement and GSP Plus, China becoming the key player in the US and EU apparel imports and increasing the imports to the world apparel market by other countries. Therefore this study describes the current profile of the Sri Lankan apparel industry and hence identifies challenges the industry faces. Reduction in the US and EU apparel imports, labour becoming expensive and scarce resources, poo...