It's mostly they have the same culture. Harini tried to claim, "Sri Lanka has changed": But what she meant was, the voter's mood changed, it shifted, which is the normal cycle, between left vs right. Not that they have changed. The deeply, deeply ingrained way of life, way of doing things, and way of doing business is very much the same. As far as a foreigner can see. This is why, they aren't really investing. There's a huge emphasis, on contacts, relationships, it's basically the same as Pakistan or India. The best thing to do is not to get misled, or led astray, and do business, in a way that they are used to or expect. That is the only real way to do anything, that can ultimately lead to someone in SL benefiting somehow. We are stuck in perpetual, I dunno, deja vu. People who believe in Islam, will find life in a Christian country, to be unbearable, as a hell almost. The same applies to a Christian going to a Muslim nation. We are trying to build SL, so that the people do well, instead of begging almost all the time, failing and crashing, and then, surprise surprise, some tragedy, some murder, and a worsening.
The only thing we can do as a MNC is figure out: "how can we, support SL, the way the people wish?"
Because to me, as a founder, if a public official demands a bribe, that's nothing but a confirmation that the public, put their trust, vote and authority to demand a person who needs that, a person who won't reply to a US firm, doesn't want money, those are devastating consequences, they are asking for.
As we are anyway established in US, we can also focus on more marketing or efforts in the US, as most of our money has been earned outside SL.
We are trying our best to play by Sri Lanka's rules, to try to generate some product or service that benefits them, that they are willing to pay for, buy or recommend as they think it's good.
Yes, I believe, Virtusa, WS02, Sysco Labs, are only in SL because the founder is Sinhalese, that's the only 1 reason.
Yes, we won't give any other country special treatment, we won't waste our time, we wouldn't care about the people as much, besides in the US.