?Jessica Alba’s Honest Company – Hollywood star power combines with green principles for billion dollar partnership Just like mothers everywhere, Jessica Alba, despite her celebrity status, found herself concerned about the products she

Human energy is more powerful than any other energy sources in the world. Business success is the result of collective effort, but not individual effort. 

?Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. 

“We must tell girls their voices are important.” Malala Yousafzai. Women are among the highest contributors to our economy. To the Sri Lankan economy, women contribute from US$ 6 billion worth of foreign remittance.

?World Environment Day 2015 was marked on June 5th, under the theme “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet, Consume with Care.

?A regular feature of Sri Lanka’s public debates and writing on economic issues is that they are infused with factual inaccuracies or claims that are quite misleading.

?In developing the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, we often assume that the quick and easy fix is concessionary loan schemes. But there is a key issue which goes beyond access to finance...

?Which leadership style succeeds? There is no one answer. There is a suggestion that a leader must have a mixed flavour of task and human orientation. If so, are such leaders born or trained?

?As the negotiations on universal Sustainable Development Goals and a new global climate agreement enter the finishing straight, an old apprehension continues to linger: 

Financial bailouts, stimulus spending, and lower revenues during the Great Recession have resulted in some of the highest public debt ratios seen in advanced economies in the past forty years. Financial bailouts, stimulus spending, and lower reven

?As the two-year collective agreement lapsed recently, negotiations for another wage increase in the plantation sector has begun, with no success in the first round.

?Three instalments back, when we spoke about marketing mix, we said that it is made up of four Ps. In the past two instalments we concentrated on the first two Ps – product and price. Today, we review the third P – ‘place’ or

?The writer was recently asked to speak about how human resources (HR) can make a meaningful and a more strategic contribution towards integrating governance into a company’s DNA. The writer was recently asked to speak about how human resour

The World Ocean Day is celebrated June 8 every year. This year’s theme to mark the day is ‘Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet’.  The selection of this theme highlights the growing threat of marine pollution that needs effective and

?We live in a world that is so connected that it takes a mere matter of minutes for a message to travel the world – via Twitter. Take the case of Bruce Jenner, who became Caitlyn Jenner and came out with a big bang on the Internet a few days ag

In recent days the market has seen support levels increasing and some stability...

Sri Lanka, having eradicated terrorism, is now on the track towards development.

?Two years ago when Robert Wescott – a former economic advisor to US President Bill Clinton – told a group of us at an economics forum that in a few years the price of oil will drop sharply to undermine alternative unconventional sources,

?We are still talking on the subject of preparing the business plan and today we briefly review on the second part of the Marketing Mix – ‘pricing’. 

?There are many benefits of investing in shares and we will explore how this common form of investment can be an effective way to make money.

?On reading and hearing of the views expressed by the Planters’ Association, the writer was tempted to pen a couple of lines himself. Most of the issues have been discussed over and over and heard frequently and repeatedly but no remedy has bee

Last week, Sri Lanka marked the six-year anniversary since the end of the armed conflict in May 2009.

In the journey towards the development, every country wants to achieve the full employment.

?The word ‘charisma’ means  ‘gift’ or ‘divine favor’, referring to an innate and indescribable charm found in an ‘exclusive few’ that, when wielded, is a source of great power and influence over ot

?While it may be true that in the stock market there is no rule without an exception, there are some principles that are tough to dispute. Let’s review 10 general principles to help investors get a better grasp of how to approach the market fro

?While connected consumers are busy completely redefining how they engage with brands, marketers’ response has been iterative - a tweak here or there, with the latest being an emphasis on creating an eye-catching customer experience. 

?During the past four weeks, under the creation of a strategic business plan, we reviewed strategic direction, objectives and goals, growth strategies and business portfolio plan.

?The development process known as ‘greening’ has been the foremost topic of discussion for years while ‘blue’ seems to be the new ‘colour’ entering the ongoing dialogue.

?In the old order of things, one commenced a career upon completion of higher education and relevant qualification. Not so in the new order. While qualifications and experience will indeed carry you far in your chosen career, the same may not apply f

?The recent earthquake in Nepal has served as a somber reminder of the kind of damage temblors can cause. They follow a historic pattern, with a gap between events of 80 years or so.