Research Publications Authored by SLIIT Staff

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    Critical factors influencing online consumer preference towards cash on delivery method in Sri Lanka
    (UD Publication, 2021-02-04) Karunarathna, N
    With the rapid technological advancements, E-commerce deliveries in Sri Lanka have been flourishing tremendously. However, payments have still been identified as one of the main obstacles to the developments of the E-commerce sector. The Cash on Delivery (COD) method has played a significant role in driving the growth of the E-commerce industry and accounts for more than 60% of all E-commerce transactions in Sri Lanka. Although COD is so important, many companies still waver with its processes as it has become a notoriously problematic area in terms of on-time and successful deliveries. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the critical factors influencing online customers' preference of cash on the delivery method to provide insights into the management of E-commerce and logistics industries on the usage of appropriate payment methods for E-commerce transactions. This empirical study is based on the primary data obtained through a survey conducted among Sri Lankan online customers. The data were analyzed using the Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modelling technique. Consequently, 'Sri Lankan origin of the online seller,' 'Selling specialized products by the online seller,' 'Availability of wide choice of payment methods,' 'Offering a wide assortment of foreign products by the online seller,' 'Lack of trust on online payments' has been identified as the critical factors influencing Sri Lankan online customers' preference of cash on delivery method.
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    E-commerce (WEB) Application security: Defense against Reconnaissance
    (IEEE, 2016-12-08) Perera, A. C; Kesavan, K; Bannakkotuwa, S. V; Liyanapathirana, C; Rupasinghe, L
    Intrusion Detection/prevention Systems and web application firewalls provide important layer(s) of security for web applications. Even though they are well configured and maintained continually with latest attack signatures and profiles, they often fail when it comes to reconnaissance because the requests of reconnaissance to the web server often take a form of legitimate requests and they are unpredictable. Addition of signatures of reconnaissance or learning legitimate request patterns used to identify reconnaissance are practically infeasible because of the time, resource and performance issues. On the other hand IDS, IPS and WAFs prioritize "attacks" over the "reconnaissance" - thus, it always tends to consider most of the reconnaissance as "events" not "incidents" which enables the adversaries to have a good understanding/profile of the web applications. The goal of this research is to analyze the reconnaissance patterns which can bypass security layers such as IDS/IPS or WAF and providing a solution which can handle the reconnaissance without hindering the performance of the application. The proposed solution is demonstrated as a plugin for a known PHP framework.
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    An exploratory study of SME barriers for adoption of ICT and e-commerce in the Developing Countries -An empirical pilot study of Sri Lanka
    (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Management and Business, 2006) Kapurubandara, M
    Embracing ICT and e-commerce for stability in international markets and competitive advantage are becoming imperative for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs,) to survive in a global economy. Yet, SMEs in developing countries, forming the backbone of the economy, are relatively slow in adopting ICT and ecommerce. Literature reveals many significant reasons contributing towards this reluctance.This paper looks into more in-depth information about the reasons why SMEs in Sri Lanka – a developing country in Asia, are reluctant to adopt ICT and e-commerce technologies. . The barriers were identified through a pilot studyof 17 SMEs carried out in Sri Lanka. It identifies the similarities and differences between the SMEs in developing countries and the developed. The author hopes to develop a methodology to effectively help e-transform SMEs in developing countries.
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    SMEs in developing countries face challenges in adopting e-commerce technologies
    (IEEE, 2007-02-21) Kapurubandara, M; Lawson, R
    Although research indicates e-commerce offers viable and practical solutions for organizations to meet challenges of a predominantly changing environment, the few available studies related to SMEs in developing countries reveal a delay or failure of SMEs in adopting e-transformation technologies. The various factors identified as causes for the reticence can be broadly classified as Internal Barriers and External Barriers. This paper presents a model for barriers to adoption of ICT and e-commerce and the results of an exploratory pilot study and survey. This research also identifies support required by SMEs in a developing country, Sri Lanka.
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    A model to eTransform SMEs in Developing Countries
    (IEEE, 2008-12-12) Kapurubandara, M
    Although research indicates e-commerce offers viable and practical solutions for organizations to meet challenges of a predominantly changing environment, the few available studies related to SMEs in developing countries reveal a delay or failure on the part of SMEs in adopting e-transformation technologies. The various factors identified as causes for the reticence can be broadly classified as Internal Barriers and External Barriers. The SMEs require support to overcome the barriers, some of which may be provided internally and some with the help of external interventions or both. With pilot exploratory interviews and a survey with SME organizations in Sri Lanka it was revealed that SMEs adopt the technologies in small but progressive steps. This created sub stages within the main stages of the roadmap. The sub stages were identified depending on the availability of technology infrastructure and applications, and also the extent of features adopted by SMEs. These findings led to the development of a model "the eSME roadmap" towards et transformation of SMEs in developing countries. This paper highlights efforts towards the eSME roadmap for SMEs in developing countries taking Sri Lanka as the test bed. In addition, barriers to adoption of ICT and e-commerce and the necessary support for SMEs in a developing country context were identified. A practical, yet an efficient framework to identify the SMEs level of ACT sophistication is proposed.