Data from TRC and other sourcesAccording to a press release published on the Hong Kong based CK Hutchison corporate website, CK Hutchison Holdings and UAE based Etisalat Telecommunications have reached an agreement to combine their celluar telephony operations in Sri Lanka. According to the information provided, Hutch will have a bigger stake and as such will be in control of ...
This creative genius stunt was pulled off by the Burger King USA's advertising agency MullenLowe. Last year (2018) May, during the thick of the American Prom Dance season, a Burger King in Lynn, Massachusetts asked the Wendy's next door (very publicly) to prom via a storefront sign. This kind of a marketing stunt require not only a huge imagination on ...
Before AI robots exterminate us, they are plotting take over our jobs. All sorts of AI technology is being tested these days. Driver-less cars, AI piloted drones and other weapons, Fire and rescue, surgery, disease diagnosis are just a few of them. In the near future, most banking, finance, insurance and customer service jobs will disappear as human sounding robots ...
When you are looking for a job, as a fresh graduate without much experience, it is important for your to make sure that your CV / Resume stand out. In order to do this, you must focus on a number of areas;1. Make sure that your CV / Resume is readable and has only relevant information for the job you ...
Financial technology (FinTech or fintech) is the new technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. FinTech is a new industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance. The use of smartphones for mobile banking, investing services and cryptocurrency are examples of technologies aiming to make financial services more accessible ...
BY DINESH WEERAKKODY - FT.LK GUEST COLUMNCan HR influence a company’s direction and contribute to corporate success? A 2015 study commissioned by the ILO in Sri Lanka on ‘Operationalising Human Resource Development Practices in the Public Service,’ highlighted the need for modernisation of human resource practices in the Sri Lankan public sector, in line with Malaysia and South Korea.Today, in ...
You cannot talk about the history of the automobile without referring to Ford Motor Company and its legendary founder Henry Ford. Started in 1903, Ford Motor Company created a revolution in automobile manufacturing. Looking for ways to speed up manufacturing and lower costs of vehicles, Henry Ford employed an industrial engineer by the name of Frederick Taylor. Taylor, recognized today ...
1. Online shopping is moving to mobileThe UK is the biggest online shopping market in Europe and is third in the world, after South Korea and Japan, based on the proportion of all transactions. In the UK, 6.9 percent of all retail sales take place online and the proportion continues to increase.The growth of voice-activated tools such as Amazon’s Alexa ...
Toshiba of Japan, one of the giants of the Japanese PC industry decided to quit by selling a 80% stake of its PC division to Sharp of Japan. Japan based Sharp itself was a former consumer electronics giant that fell on hard times after Chinese and Korean assault on the consumer electronic industry.There was a time when Japanese electronics companies ...
Capital as a Service funds early stage companies based on their fundamental metrics and merit: no expensive coffees, “warm introductions” or designer pitch decks. Founders fill out a form, upload their transaction or engagement data, and then get a response: helpful data-driven feedback on their submission and their business, and hopefully a financing offer as well. In 2017, Social ...
IMAGE CREDIT (C) : University of Sri JayewardenepuraRohan Pallewatta an Attorney at Law by profession also holds a B.A. (English Special) and a MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He is presently the Executive Chairman of Lanka Harness Co., (Pvt) Ltd., the core business of which is the manufacturing of impact sensors for automobile airbags and seat belts for ...
Brandz Global Report 2018 on most valuable brands is compiled by the marketing firm Millward Brown. It holds data from over 650,000 consumers and professionals across 31 countries, comparing over 23,000 brands. The database is used to estimate brand valuations, and each year since 2006, has been used to generate a list of the top 100 global brands.What are Brand ...
Last September (2017), market research group Kantar LMRB unveiled the latest Top Ten FMCG Brands for the Sri Lankan market. According to Kantar LMRB Chief Executive Himalee Madurasinghe, the findings summarized 1.4 billion shopper decisions from 5 million households and included 400 brands. The results were not surprising at all. Most of the top ten brands (a whopping 7 out ...
COURTESY OF MARKETING WEEK : Read the original article here : https://t.co/yW7w1yC2eXFMCG has long been considered the ultimate learning ground for marketers, a place where people could gain all the fundamental skills and get the best foundation for a career in the industry.But is FMCG still where young people should be cutting their teeth or are there now more innovative, ...
A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management is highly sought after by today’s school leavers. There are many who prefer to take up HRM as their undergraduate study option. Even though the degree is popular, there seems to be some concern among the undergraduates about career opportunities available for HR specialists upon graduation. The biggest concern seems to be; “Can ...
Horizon Campus, Faculty of Management students at their internship evaluation interview with the Chairman, Horizon Group, Mr. Upul DaranagamaIf you want to win at a job interview, it's important to consider how you carry yourself or how you present yourself. Apart from proper business attire, your body language is just as important , says hiring managers."You have to be conscious ...
MarketingMarketing has become a major discipline over the course of the last few decades. There was a time when marketing was simpler with print/TV/radio advertising taking the centre stage and various promos and offers taking below the line route, trying to beat a pathway to the wallets of the consumer. A little bit of Public Relations here, a good ...
So you have heard.... from the (so called..) leaders of student unions that private universities are the death knell of the free education system this country has been enjoying since C W W Kannangara's yeoman efforts.What is free education?The so called free education is the public education system in this country where any student regardless of birth, income, race, religion ...
Famous Indian corporate leader and founder of a global giant in IT once said “Our most valuable assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning.” The visionary to whom this famous quote is attributed is Narayana Murthi, the founder of Indian Information Technology giant Infosys. Narayana Murthi ...
Based on an article written by Aubrey Joachim for DailyFT. Original article can be found at FT.LK / Columns Every large organisation has around 200 terabytes of internal data (one terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes). In addition every organisation has access to significant amounts of external data. Eighty per cent of data is unstructured or semi-structured. Blogs, tweets, Instagram pictures, human ...
