http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/120 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:23:45 GMT 2026-04-16T15:23:45Z http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12213 Impact of Economic Value Added (EVA) on financial performance Muraleetharan, P.; Kosalathevi, T. Banking industry in Sri Lanka is very important sector in economy. Most of the public and private sector banks in our country have already started looking at their portfolio of services offered and what they should do in the future for remaining competitive in the industry. However mostly private sector banks are effectively than public banks. Bankers now will have to constantly seek to invest in technology and able to be open to strategic alliance, merger, acquisition and restructuring exercises for adding EVA to shareholders wealth all the time. According the data analysis, the result of the research is Economic Value Added impact on financial performance. Financial performance indicators are Return on Equity, Return on Assets, Return on Investment and Liquid assets to liabilities. The study finds Economic value added and financial performance are statistically significant in determining performance. Perhaps most importantly, the study finds positive relationship between Economic value added and financial performance. The study provides bank managers with understanding of activities that would enhance their bank’s financial performances. The results of this study imply that it might be necessary for a bank management to take all the required decisions to enhance the financial positions of the bank. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12213 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12208 Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Sri Lanka Muraleetharan, P.; Velnamby, T.; Nimalathasan, B. This study focuses on empirical analysis to find out the role of international trade volume, gross domestic product, infrastructure, interest rate, exchange rate and rate of inflation in foreign direct investment in SriLanka. The analysis based on time series data for the period 1978 to 2015. This study uses ADF tests to find out stationary of the variables and Ordinary Least Square techniques have been used for the estimation. However positive impact on real gross domestic product, Interest rate, Exchange Rate and Infrastructure Quality but not significant impact of inflation rate and International Trade Volume. Furthermore, foreign direct investment and trade are considered vital elements that improve the influence of foreign Direct Investment. If suitable policies are formulated then Exchange rate can be enhanced by FDI at a large scale. Single digit inflation is essential condition for a growing economy like SriLanka. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12208 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12207 Impact Of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) On Firm Performance In Sri Lankan Listed Companies Muraleetharan, P.; Velnamby, T.; Nimalathasan, B. Corporate social responsibility and Firm Performance is continuing discussion encountered by most of the commercial organizations. This study investigates the of economic, social and environmental disclosure and Firm Performance of listed companies in Sri Lanka. Thus, 30 listed companies with sustainability reporting are selected for the analysis purpose and all these companies follow the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. This study collected secondary data from the yearly reports, both from the financial section and sustainability reporting. Corporate social responsibilities variables are economic, social and environmetal. Firm performance is measured by Tobin’sq and ROA, Statistical analysis purposes have conducted regression and correlation analysis. The findings show economic and social disclosures significant impact on tobin’sq No significant relationship was identified between economic and social disclosure on ROA and association was recorded between economic and social disclosure and Tobin’s Q. It is recommended to increase the disclosure of sustainability information of the CSE Listed companies in the future to arrive at a valuable finding. A future effort may intricate additional in making extra active quantity of the promotional of the firm social visions and actions that would encompass actual investors responses, not only contestants as the case in Fortune index, but also other stakeholders such as government, clients, suppliers, and non-governmental organizations. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12207 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12206 Impact Of Inflation Rate, Exchange Rate and Interest Rate On Foreign Direct Investment in Sri Lanka Muraleetharan, P. Foreign Direct Investment have main role that affect the macroeconomics performance of any leading country. The objective of this research was to investigate whether uncertainty or fluctuations in Impact of Inflation rate, exchange rate and Interest rate on FDI in Srilanka. This Study was based on secondary and time series data. For this purpose 38 years data of Inflation Rat e, Exchange rate and Interest Rate on FDI for the period of 1978 to 2015 was collected from the Central Bank report of Srilanka. The tests of Correlation and regression analysis were applied through Eview software to check the relationship between Inflation rate, Exchange rate and Interest rate on FDI. The correlation results showed that there is positive significant relationship between Exchange rate and Foreign Direct Investment while in regression analysis the value of R-square = 0.679 which shows that the independent variable Exchange has 67% impact on dependent variable Foreign Direct Investment and research model is accurate. Policy incentives and macroeconomic variables have a high explanatory power. This means that the government should give more incentives to the investors so as to attract them. Sri Lankan government has to consider developing policies to improve the interest rate, exchange rate and rate of inflation. This will enhance the FDI inflows into Sri Lanka. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/12206 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z