Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2018 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 6 Articles
The relevant literature suggests that ownership structure is one of the main corporate\ngovernance mechanisms influencing the scope of financial performance. The aim of this\nstudy is to investigate the relationship between ownership structure and financial\nperformance of listed beverage food and tobacco companies for the period of 2010-2015.\nThis study also examines the impact of ownership structure on financial performance. The\nsample consists of 10 listed beverage food and tobacco companies in Sri Lanka. In this study,\ndata was collected from secondary sources and hypotheses are examined by using Pearson�s\ncorrelation and regression analysis. The results reveal that ownership concentration and\nforeign ownership structure are positively correlated with financial performance of listed\nbeverage food and tobacco companies while institutional ownership structure isn�t\nsignificantly correlated with financial performance. It is also found that there is a significant\nimpact of foreign ownership structure on financial performance. Higher the foreign\nownership structure in listed beverage food and tobacco companies, the higher the financial\nperformance which is preferable for the shareholders and it improves the wealth of\ncompanies....
Consumers develop brand knowledge based on their opinion of brand or information to infer meanings to the\ncompany and its products and services. Studies showed that associations that are deep-seated in the memory affect\nconsumer behavior toward the company or its brand. Switching behavior has become quite unprecedented among\nconsumers in retail banking sector of The Gambia and several reasons accounts for this practice. Results of Pearson\ncorrelation statistics showed that there is a significant negative relation between customer brand perception (price\nperception, corporate image, customer satisfaction, quality of services and trust) and intention to switch banks....
The topic of the research is Customer Satisfaction (CS) and Customer Loyalty (CL); special\nreference to the leading supermarkets in Jaffna. The objective of the research is to identify the\nimpact of Customer Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty of leading Supermarkets in Jaffna, Sri\nLanka. The research is simply deductive approach to find out the impact between Customer\nsatisfaction and Customer loyalty. Quantitative method is available based on primary data. At\npresent there are 08 numbers of supermarkets functioning in Jaffna district and popular three\nwere selected. Random sampling technique is used to collect the data from customers of\nsupermarkets in selected area. The analysis is carried out using a sample of 240 customers in\nJaffna and only 218 were taken to analyze. ââ?¬Ë?Statistical Package for Social Sciencesââ?¬â?¢ (SPSS)\n22.0 version was used in order to analyze the data. Correlation was used to find the\nconnection between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty. Also Regression analysis\nis used to predict the value of a variable based on the value of two or more other variables.\nAlso found that about 40 percent connection between Customer Satisfaction and Customer\nLoyalty and also found around 16% affect by Customer satisfaction to Customer loyalty....
Nowadays to succeed in markets, understanding the consuming values of customers and their\neffects on consumer purchase behavior is a crucial matter. Due to the fact that consuming\nvalue is changing in nowadays markets and several segments of customer in terms of\ndifferent consuming values, marketers should be sensitive toward different consuming needs\nand selecting product behavior in different segments. The present study investigate the effects\nof new collection product on hedonic value and consumer purchase behavior. A survey was\nadministrated at Tehran, where 288 valid questionnaire collected. The findings of the study\nreveal that increasing in innovation of product have a positive effect on hedonic value. It also\nindicate that increasing in innovation of products cause increase the satisfaction of consumer\nand possible of repurchase....
Consumer satisfaction is considered a prerequisite for the emergence of positive behavior. It\nis not always the case. Several previous studies have suggested that it is not enough to simply\nprovide satisfaction for customers because there is some low correlation between satisfaction\nand loyalty. This may explain why satisfied customers still leave the company. Executives\nfrom reputable companies engaged in services affirm that it is not enough to simply provide\ncustomer satisfaction, and is a priority to drive customer satisfaction into customer delight.\nThe aim of this research is to analyze the influence of customer delight in improving\ncustomer commitment and customer loyalty. The field method and questionnaires were used\nto collect data. Statistical tools used in this research is Structural Equation Model (SEM).\nData are analyzed by using statistical software LISREL 8.5. The result shows that brand trust,\ncustomer satisfaction, customer delight, customer commitment have positive effect on\ncustomer loyalty. Customer delight has the most influence on customer loyalty....
The awareness about organic food has been increasing among the consumers in UAE. People are showing more\ninterest in purchasing organic food. This research is to identify, what are the factors that influence the consumers to\npurchase organic in the Abu Dhabi. The review of the literature has shown that wide range of factors is proved to be\ncrucial to influencing consumers to exhibit positive attitude towards organic foods. As an outcome of the synthesis\nof prominent and recent literature, a set of factors have been identified that are important for motivating consumers\nwhich included health consciousness, environmental factors, safety concern and convenience and price. The main\naim of this empirical study is analyzing the importance that consumers have towards the factors that influence their\nattitude toward organic foods in UAE. The study suggests that attitude toward organic is predicted by factors like\nhealth consciousness, and environmental factors. The other two factors safety concern and convenience and price\nhave non significance impacts towards consumer attitude. The data were collected from a random sample of around\n47 consumers who regularly purchase organic food in UAE. The paper discusses the results of multi regression\nmodels used to detect how the motivating factors influence consumer�s attitude to purchase organic foods. The\nresults of the study show that factors like health consciousness and environmental concern have positive attitude.\nWhereas convenience and price, and safety concern were having non significance impact in persuading consumers\nattitude towards organic foods....
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