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The Effect Of Corporate Real Estate Strategic Practices On Performance Of Five-Star Hotels In Sri Lanka
Get PDFCorporate Real Estate (CRE) and Corporate Real Estate Strategy (CRES) are new to the business environment as it focused on the real estate portfolio of the business. In the debate of Corporate Real Estate, it is noted that the CRE is undermanaged resources of the organization. It is noted that a substantial percentage of real estate is held by the organization over other assets of the total asset structure. The hotel industry confirms around 58 percent of the holding of the real estate portfolio over the total assets. Thus, the strategic use of CRE is imperative for the performance of the hotel as well as the Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA). With this intention, the study designed to identify possible CRE strategies and their impact on the performance of the hotel industry in Sri Lanka. Thus, the objectives of the study defined as to examine CRE strategies for the hotel industry in Sri Lanka; to examine indicators of performance of the hotel industry in Sri Lanka; to analyse relationship between of CRE strategies and performance of hotel in Sri Lanka; and finally, to analyse mediator impact of SCA on CRE strategies and Performance of hotels in Sri Lanka. Resource Base View (RBV) was used to conceptualize the relationship between CRE and the Performance as well as the mediator impact of Sustainable Competitive Advantage between CRE and Performance of the hotel. The study used literature review and the expert review supported by Analytic Hierarchical Approach with Lawshe's content validity ratio to investigate CRE strategies and its indicators
Evaluating the influence of Employee Productivity on Performance with a focus on Satisfaction in Co – working spaces: Insights from Sri Lanka g spaces: Insights from Sri Lanka
No full textThe office market, a key component of the broader commercial real estate sector, plays a significant role in Sri Lanka's economy. Despite economic challenges, Colombo's commercial real estate market has shown resilience, with strong demand for high-end office spaces in the central business district driving a sustained growth. With limited Grade A office space and increasing demand for flexibility, co-working spaces have emerged as an attractive, cost-effective alternative for businesses seeking adaptable office solutions. These spaces promote collaboration, productivity, and employee satisfaction, driving the exploration of their impact on these factors to uncover insights that contribute to organizational success in this context. The study implemented a quantitative research methodology to gather data from employees working in co-working spaces across different sectors in Colombo city through a self-administered questionnaire, resulting in 100 complete responses. The survey measured essential variables, including employee productivity, satisfaction, and performance, using established scales. To investigate the effects between these variables, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized with the aid of SmartPLS 4.1 software. The findings indicated that employee satisfaction serves as a positive mediator between employee productivity and performance, also revealing a significant positive effect on the other three direct effects examined. The Smart PLS SEM analysis confirmed that both employee satisfaction and productivity significantly influence employee performance in co-working spaces. This paper enhances knowledge on employee productivity and performance in co-working spaces, emphasizing the mediating role of employee satisfaction in Sri Lanka withing emerging economies. By investigating these factors, the study aims to provide valuable insights for key stakeholders including policymakers and business leaders on strategies to optimize coworking space designs, implement flexible Human Resources policies, foster collaboration, and enhance employee well-being, ultimately improving organizational success through employee engagement
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Vertical Greenery Systems in Tropical Climate - A Review
Get PDFIn burgeoning tropical urban areas, impermeable surfaces exacerbate urban heat stress, creating Urban Heat Islands (UHI). Mitigating this requires the adaptation of Vertical Greenery Systems (VGS) in the built environment. While studies explore VGS, few address their environmental impact in tropical contexts, where adverse weather challenges the design and management. Guided by 'Green wall,' this study categorizes literature on VGS into systems, technical properties, and tropical challenges. Scrutinizing climate, maintenance, and cost as barriers, the study aims to identify factors influencing successful VGS deployment in the tropics. Objectives include exploring typologies, designs, performances, irrigation, maintenance challenges, and climatic factors. Insights seek to offer a nuanced understanding of their efficacy across climates. Recommendations stress the need for targeted tropical research, a multidisciplinary maintenance approach, meticulous material selection, and ongoing technological adaptation for sustainable VGS in tropical urban landscapes
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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