...Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Riyath; Debeharage Athula Indunil Dayaratne Purpose This study aims to explore the motives behind the company’s decision to go public in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts the explanatory sequential mixed-method approach based on the benefit-cost...

... their findings. Originality/value This study is the first to use governance indices both in terms of survey and market-based data to examine the relation between corporate governance and dividend policy. Corporate governance reforms have occurred since 1997 in Sri Lanka with the introduction...

... development index of 0.73. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Nationalism Sri Lanka Credit Less developed countries Bank lending Petty-bourgeois The bankers, commonly known as the guardians of public funds, have...

...Weerakoon Banda Yatiwelle Koralalage Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the managerial views on the corporate financing practices of firms in the emerging market of Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach A survey approach was employed using chief financial officers (CFOs) from...