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Jul272023

The Winning Bet: Achieving Success in Distance Education
By Dr. Konstantinos Samiotis, Affiliated Professor of Management Science and Technology and Academic Director of Online Programs at Alba Graduate School of Business, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Jul-Aug 2023

July 27, 2023

Distance learning, also known as online education, is undeniably the most significant advancement of our era: It is set to…

Feb152023

Do Firms Greenwash?
By Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing, and the Theodore Papalexopoulos Chair in Sustainability, at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Jan-Feb, 2023

February 15, 2023

Responsible business is key to achieving the UN’s SDGs, but with consumers watching, companies can’t afford to stray off the…

Dec42022

Digital Transformation and Greek SMEs
By Dr. Dionysis Dionysiou, Academic Director of the MSc in Strategic Human Resources Management and Associate Professor of Organization and Management at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Nov-Dec, 2022

December 4, 2022

The term digital transformation seems to be everywhere these days—but what does it really mean for SMEs, the backbone of…

Oct32022

The Future Is Now: Digital Innovation In Hospitality
By Dr. Evangelia Baralou, Academic Director of the MSc in Tourism Management at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece; Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at Open University | Business Partners Sep-Oct 2022

October 3, 2022

The hospitality industry is familiar with massive transformations, bringing a wave of innovation each year. If we look at modern…

Aug52022

Biting the Bullet: When Not Doing International Business Might Be a Moral Imperative
By Urs Mueller, Associate Professor of Practice at SDA Bocconi; Affiliate Program Director at ESMT Berlin; and visiting lecturer (Executive MBA Program) at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners Jul-Aug 2022

August 5, 2022

Should Western firms remain operating in or selling to Russia? Can Greek shipping companies continue to transport Russian oil in…

Jun242022

Strategy Amid Crisis: How to Build Strategic Agility for Your Business
By Dr. Kyriakos Kyriakopoulos, Professor of Strategy and Marketing, Academic Director of the Executive MBA, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners May-Jun 2022

June 24, 2022

As we navigate through what often seems like an endless succession of crises, businesses must build on two key pillars…

Apr292022

Digital Transformation May Not Be What You Think!
By Nikos Mylonopoulos, Associate Professor of Digital Business and Director of the SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners Mar-Apr 2022

April 29, 2022

Here is a genuine question: Is digital transformation any different this time? Or is it just new words, new terminology,…

Mar22022

Digital Banking and the Limits of Technology
By Dr. Panagiotis Avramidis, Associate Professor of Finance and Quantitative Methods at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, and fellow of the ACG Institute for Hellenic Growth and Prosperity | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2022

March 2, 2022

Technological developments and the transition to the digital economy have signaled a new era for the banking industry, leaving banks…

Dec42021

Circular Product Design: Do Firms Walk Their Circular Product Design Talk and How Does This Affect Their Sales?
By Dr. Pavlos Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing, The T. Papalexopoulos Chair in Sustainability Fund, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Nov-Dec 2021

December 4, 2021

As the demand for more sustainable goods is rising, so are environmental claims by companies. Greenwashing is especially prevalent in…

Oct52021

Pandemic and Telework: Opportunities and Challenges
By Dr. Dionysis Dionysiou, Associate Professor of Organization and Management and Academic Director of the MSc in Strategic Human Resource Management, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Sept-Oct 2021

October 5, 2021

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, employees and enterprises in Greece were forced to shift to telework aka remote…

Aug12021

Learning and the New Normal
By Kostas Axarloglou, Dean, Professor of International Business and Strategy, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Jul-Aug 2021

August 1, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic is a disruption in our everyday lives taken straight out of a book: It has affected all…

Jun182021

Improvising in Times of Crisis
By Dr. Kyriakos Kyriakopoulos, Professor of Strategy and Marketing, Academic Director of the Executive MBA, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, May-Jun 2021

June 18, 2021

One of the most commonly held beliefs is that it is a bad idea to improvise in the midst of…

Apr192021

Achieving Virtual Collaboration Without Personal Proximity
By Nikos Mylonopoulos, Associate Professor of Digital Business, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2021

April 19, 2021

The sudden inversion of work practices from mainly co-present to mainly virtual has exposed rifts, maladjustment, resistance, volatility in performance,…

Feb182021

The Roles of the Manager and the Employee in the Flexible Enterprise
By Dr. Dionysis Dionysiou, Associate Professor of Organization and Management, Academic Director of the MSc in Strategic Human Resources Management, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2021

February 18, 2021

With the business environment becoming more and more complex, volatile and unpredictable, more and more businesses are implementing broad organizational…

Oct152020

Digital Transformation Post-Covid-19: Who Sustains Commitment Wins!
By Dr. Nikolaos A. Mylonopoulos, Associate Professor of Digital Business, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Sep-Oct 2020

October 15, 2020

As part of their immediate response to the pandemic restrictions, companies rushed to adopt new tools and business practices for…

Apr292020

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

April 29, 2020

Is COVID-19 good for the natural environment? If we separate, as all humans do for some strange reason, human nature…

Jun212019

Learning Agility: A Path to Strategic Agility
By Kostas Axarogloy, Dean, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2019

June 21, 2019

In a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world (V.U.C.A.) technology disrupts and globalization magnifies and propagates the dramatic changes in…