Anura joined the department in 2001, having worked as a part-time tutor for two years while pursuing his doctoral studies at this department. Prior to coming to Wollongong in 1999, he spent a number of years in Japan, studying for his master's degree in accounting, and being engaged in teaching and research. Anura has over 15 years of experience in teaching accounting at the university level in Sri Lanka, Japan and Australia. Being a chartered accountant, he has also gained experience in accounting, auditing and taxation while working in a firm of chartered accountants in Sri Lanka. He has several publications in both English and Japanese and has presented papers in a number of international accounting conferences.
Articles
Reply to "Response: Board composition and firm performance: Evidence from Bangladesh - a sceptical view" (with Afzalur Rashid, Sudhir Lodh, and Kathleen Rudkin), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)
This paper replies to Chowdhury’s (2010) response to the paper "Board Composition and Firm Performance:...
Capital structure and firm performance in emerging economies: an empirical analysis of Sri Lankan firms (with Muhammad K. Chowdhury, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara, and Athula S. Manawaduge), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
This paper offers an empirical analysis of the impact of capital structure on firm performance...
Corporate governance in Sri Lanka: the status quo (with Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara and Walter Gunathilake), Sydney Business School - Papers (2011)
This paper examines the existing corporate governance environment, practices, and institutional framework in Sri Lanka...
Effects of the entrepreneurial and managerial orientations of owner-managers on company performance: An empirical test in Sri Lanka (with Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara and Athula S. Manawaduge), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
In this paper we have made strong distinction between managerial and entrepreneurial orientations of leadership...
Relationships within banks in India: A theoretical perspective (with Shyam S. Bhati), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Using two theoretical approaches ÿ agency theory and trust theory, this paper analyzes the banking...
Presentations
Factors affecting trust in relationships within bank branches in India (with Shyam S. Bhati), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of seven trust factors- similarity,...
Capital structure and its implications: empirical evidence from an emerging market in South Asia (with Athula S. Manawaduge and Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2010)
Using panel data regression analysis for a sample of 171 companies, this paper examines the...
A theoretical analysis of bank relationship (with Shyam S. Bhati and Michael McCrae), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This paper analyses the banking relationship between branch manager and loan officer of a bank...
Leadership styles and company performance: the experience of owner-managers of SMEs (with Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara and Athula S. Manawaduge), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
Leadership styles of owner-managers were explored in the context of a developingcountry in South Asia...
Performance implication of ownership structure and ownership concentration: evidence from Sri Lankan firms (with Athula S. Manawaduge and Kathleen M. Rudkin), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
Purpose - This paper seeks to examine the impact of ownership concentration and ownership structure...