COVID-19 and Sustainable Development
By Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2020

Is COVID-19 good for the natural environment? If we separate, as all humans do for some strange reason, human nature from the natural environment, the answer seems to be yes. COVID-19, unfortunately, kills humans, but its effect on the environment, at least in the short term, appears to be beneficial, as evidenced in recent measurements…

Geoffrey R. Pyatt Addresses AmCham’s Friends and Members
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr 2020

During this unprecedented crisis, U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt addressed a video message to AmChamGR members and community. Speaking from the Ambassador’s Residence in Athens, in a video message released on April 10, Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt thanked AmCham President Nikolaos Bakatselos and AmCham Executive Director Elias Spirtounias for the opportunity to reach…

Love in the Time of Coronavirus
By Spyros Kouroupis, Communications and Public Affairs Consultant, Publisher | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2020

An asymmetric threat. A virus with global reach. Emergency measures, restrictions, lockdown.   The images around us have changed: hospitals, patients, doctors, masks, gloves, disinfection, dead bodies. Deserted cities, shadows, silence. And our feelings have changed too: fear, terror, anxiety, sorrow, panic. But if we just stop for a moment, if we shut out the…

Cloud for Business
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr 2020

Andrew Sutherland, Senior Vice President Business Development – Technology License and Systems at Oracle, talks to Business Partners about the key role of cloud computing at the epicenter of digital transformation.   Are business customers maximizing the opportunities with cloud? No. Not yet. However, more and more businesses are discovering that by moving their digital…