“Greece is a net energy importer with heavy reliance on oil. Worldwide, oil comprises about two-fifths of primary energy consumption; in Greece it is about three-fifths. Greece is the only country in Europe where demand for oil is anticipated to increase in the near future”. The March 1998 issue of Greek Business File hosts [...]
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Can the strategies developed in the field of merchant shipping, be defined, taught and transmitted to a wider audience – especially within the framework of a university approach? George Tsavliris, of the Tsavliris Salvage Group, and Pavlos Emmanouilidis, who teaches Strategic Management and Maritime Strategy at ALBA Graduate School, managed to do so, with the book “Winning Shipping Strategies: [...]
Does TPI rhyme with OMT (of Mario Draghi memory)? by Antonis D. Papagiannidis The “whatever it takes” speech of then relatively fresh at the helm of the ECB Mario Draghi (end-July 2012) gave birth to the Outright Monetary Transactions Programme/OMT. The two, mainly exercising pressure on jittery markets – the OMT “big bazooka” was actually [...]
To explore the “Athens Charter for Business” by Antonis D. Papagiannidis Much talk about democracy, as of lately. The recent shocks arising out of the Ukraine war and the re-emergence of the West/East divide along lines of democracies vs. autocracies (with the former cosying up to the likes of Venezuela or Saudi Arabia, to be [...]
Greek branded wines traveled to Germany, with two stops: one at the 12th century Alter Hof castle in Munich's old town and the other at the historic 1891 Arminiusmarkthalle building in Berlin. The events took place as part of the official launch of a pioneering two-year program funded by the EU, national resources and the [...]
Dark unpleasantness by Antonis D. Papagiannidis The timing was quite unpleasant. Days after Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis had to face before the European Parliament strong criticism over the treatment of migrants seeking asylum at Greek borders in the hands of the authorities (especially concerning push-backs at sea, but also crossings of Evros river), the European [...]
by Grigoris Zarotiadis, Dean of the Economics and Political Sciences School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The School of Political and Economic Sciences was one of the first academic units of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Established in 1928–9, it now opens its doors to the international academic community The internationalization of Greek universities is [...]
by Anthony Kefalas The world is at an inflection point. It is not the first time, of course. But never before was it at a point where disaster looms one way and an entirely brilliant new world beckons the other way. Unfortunately, my personal odds favour the former rather than the latter. Here is why. [...]
Endeavor Greece announced the closing of the organization’s fourth consecutive and largest fund to date, Endeavor Catalyst Fund IV, raising more than $290 million. The fund was supported, among others, by a large number of entrepreneurs from Endeavor’s own network from around the world who wish to invest in new innovative ideas and offer opportunities [...]
