Studies

1989|
Doctorate in Economics, Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

1983
Master of Arts in Economics, Department of Economics, McMaster University, Canada

1981
Bachelor in Economics, Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

Experience - Academic Positions

2018
Professor in Industrial Policy at the Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

2004- 2018
Associate Professor in Industrial Policy at the Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

1998-2004
Assistant Professor in Industrial Policy at the Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

1991-1997
Lecturer in Economic Policy at the Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

1990–1992
Attaché to the Dean of City College, responsible for the curricula and the teaching staff.

1985-1989
Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

1982-1983
Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics, McMaster University

Vice- Rector of Finance, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (September 2014-August 2019)
CEO, Company for the Development of Private Property of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki SA (September 2014-August 2019)
Vice- Rector of Finance, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (September 2014-August 2019)
CEO, Company for the Development of Private Property of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki SA (September 2014-August 2019)
Member of the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010-2013)
Member of the Committee for the Strategic Development of the Aristotle University (2010-2014).
Director of the Laboratory of Economic Analysis and Policy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009- 2013)
Director of the Division of Economic Theory and Policy, Department of Economics, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 2000-2005.
Member of the Committee for Graduate Studies, Department of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2007-2010)
Responsible for the PhD education program of the Department of Economics, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 2007-2012.
Member of committees for new curriculum, research development, quality teaching, quality assurance, etc.
Attaché to the Dean of City College, responsible for curricula development and staff recruitment for business and economics, 1989-

Research interests

Research interests are in the fields of European Integration, Industrial and Technology Policy, Entrepreneurship Policy and Multinational Firms knowledge diffusion, entrepreneurship development, knowledge networks.

Publications - Conferences

“Promoters versus Adversaries of Change: Agent-Based Modeling of Organizational Conflict in Co-Evolving Networks” Mathematics 2020, 8(12), 2235 (with Evangelos Ioannidis, Ioannis Antoniou) https://doi.org/10.3390/math8122235
“Competitive Conditions in Global Value Chain Networks: An Assessment Using Entropy and Network Analysis” Entropy 2020, 22(10), 1068; (with Georgios Angelidis, Evangelos Ioannidis, Georgios Makris, Ioannis Antoniou) https://doi.org/10.3390/e22101068
“Change agents and internal communications in organizational networks”, (with E. Ioannidis and I. Antoniou), Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 528, August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2019.121385
Experts in Knowledge Networks: Central Positioning and Intelligent Selections, Evangelos Ioannidis, Nikos Varsakelis, Ioannis Antoniou, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 509, 2018, Pages 890-905,ISSN 0378-4371, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2018.06.003.
Communication Policies in Knowledge Networks, Evangelos Ioannidis, Nikos Varsakelis, Ioannis Antoniou, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 492, 2018, Pages 360-374, ISSN 0378-4371, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.09.078.
Does public sector crowd out entrepreneurship? Evidence from the EU regions. Zikou, Eva, Varsakelis, Nikos, Sarri, Aikaterini K. 2017 International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research,24, 4 pp. 866-881 doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-03-2017-0100
International patenting: An application of network analysis, Bachar Moussa, Nikos C. Varsakelis, The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Volume 15, 2017, Pages 48-55, ISSN 1703-4949, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2016.12.001.
“False beliefs in unreliable knowledge networks” Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications · December 2017, ( with E. Ioannidis and I. Antoniou) DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.11.070
“Patenting abroad: Evidence from OECD countries, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2017 (with Archontakis, F)dx.doi.org/10.1016/j/techfore.2016.07.044
“Intra and Inter - Regional Spillovers in European Union” Journal of Technology Transfer, October 2015, Volume 40, Issue 5, pp 760-781 (with K. Kalapouti)
“Factors Affecting Patentee s to Start-up New Venture: Evidence from Greece.” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research Vol. 18 Iss: 5, pp.544 – 558, 2012, (with I. Goniadis).
“US Patents Abroad: Does Gravity Matter?” Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI 10.1007/s10961-010-9156-9, 2011 (with F. Archontakis)
“Female Entrepreneurship and economic growth” in A. Sarri and Α. Trihopoulou (eds) Female Entrepreneurship: The Greek Realitiy. (with A. Sarri and E. Zikou) (in Greek)
“Institutional Changes and Trend Behaviour of US and Japanese FDI Flows to EU” Transnational Corporations Journal, Vol 19, Nr. 1, 55-69, 2010 (with E. Smaragdi, K. Katrakylidis).
“R&D and Tobin’s q in Emerging Financial Market: The Case of the Athens Stock Exchange”. Managerial and Decision Economics, 31, 353-361, 2010 (with E. Parcharidis)
“The Economy of Kastoria Prefecture” in Society of Macedonian Studies, 2009. (in Greek)
“The Misery Index in Greece during the Post War Era: Myths and Realities” in Volume in Honour of Professor Z. Papadimitriou. Thessaloniki, 2009. (in Greek)
“Capital Structure, Short Run Financial Policy and Performance in a High Uncertainty Avoidance Culture: The case of Listed Manufacturing Firms in Greece”, Journal of Applied Business Research, Volume 24, Issue 3, September 2008, Pages 45-52 (with J. Ananiadis)
“Public Procurement and Foreign Direct Investment: Cross Section Analysis for France, Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom” Atlantic Economic Journal, Volume 36, Number 2 / June, 2008, 183-193 (with D. Mardas and G. Papachristou)
“The Economy of Florina Today” in Society of Macedonian Studies, 2007. (in Greek)
“Education, Political Institutions and Innovative Activity: A Cross Country Empirical Investigation”, Research Policy, 2006, 35, 1083-1090.
“Education System and Political Institutions: Keystones of National Innovation Systems”, στο J. Brox, R.E. Catterall, and P. Koveos (eds) Structural Reform and the Transformation of Organizations and Businesses, North Waterloo Academic Press, 2006
‘Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: Do Institutions Matter?”, Transnational Corporations, 2004, Vol. 13, No. 2, 00.77-94 (with M.Pournarakis).
“Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: Do Institutions Matter?” in A.P. N. Refenes ed. Quantititative Methods in Finance: In Honor of Professor Andreas Kindis. Athens: Tipothito-Dardanos.(with M. Pournarakis), 2004
“National culture and its impact on the choice of managing of director in international production: the case of foreign firms in Greece” The International Journal of Human Resources Management, 14:2, March 2003, (with T. Kessapidou)
“Integrated International Production and Economic Development in Europe: The case of Balkans” in Hayford, M, A.G. Malliaris and M.E. Malliaris eds. The Global Economy: Financial, Monetary, Trade and Knowledge Asymmetries. Chicago: APF Press, 2003 (with M. Pournarakis).
“The impact of national culture on international business performance: The case of foreign firms in Greece” European Business Review, Vol. 14, Νr. 4, 2002, 268-276. (with T. Kessapidou).
«Science Parks, High Tech Fantasies? An Analysis of the Science Parks of Greece» Technovation 22 (2002) pp.123-128. (with J. Bakouros and D. Mardas)
“Human Capital as Determinant of the Competitive Advantage of Northern Greece” in TOPOS, 16, 2001, pp.15-29 (with N. Pavlidou).
The Impact of Patent Protection, Economy Openness and national Culture on R&D Investment: A Cross - Country Empirical Investigation” Research Policy, 30, 2001, pp.1059-1068 .
“National Culture and International Competitiveness” in L.Lester Loyd ed. Issues on Competitiveness, Edward Elgar, 2000.
“Public Procurement Policy and the Czech Industry” στο International Advances in Economic Research, 1999, (with D. Mardas) Vol. 6 , No 3, Aug.2000
“Strategy Reorientation of Business ad Competitive Advantage: The case of Textile Industry in Northern Greece” In Present and Future of the Greek Economy, Athens Economic University, 1998 (with N. Pavlidou)
“Japanese Manufacturing Foreign Direct in Europe: Present Idiosyncrasies and Future Prospects”, in C.C. Paraskeyopoulos ed. Global Trading Arrangements in Transition, London: Edward Elgar 1998. (with M Pournarakis and D. Mardas).
“Japanese FDI in Europe: An Extension of the Keiretsu Network?” In Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 34, Nr 3, December 1998 pp.190-203 (with M. Pournarakis and D. Mardas).
"Macroeconomic Determinants of the Foreign Direct Investment Japan, USA and elected EC Countries " International Review of Economics and Business, Vol XLVIV, No 2, June 1997. (with K. Katrakilidis and N. Tambakis).
"The Profile of Foreign Direct Investment in Greece: The Prospects Towards the Completion of The Internal Market", Economia Internazionale. Aug. 1996, pp. 1-14. (with D. Mardas).
"Foreign Direct Investment in European Union: Integrating or Disintegrating Effects?" in C.Paraskevopoulos, R. Grinspun and T. Georgakopoulos eds. Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union, London: Edward Elgar, 1996 (with M Pournarakis).
"Unions Firms and Agents in Cooperative Bargaining Game", SPOUDAI, Vol. 45, nr. 1-2, pp. 3-13, 1995, (with M. Thomaidis).
"Government, Firms and Unions in Non - Cooperative Game" in Honourary Volume for Professor S Poulopoulos, Department of Economics, AUTH, 1994.
"European Integration: Prospects and Necessities for Welfare Maximization" στο " The Impact of the Single Market on the Industry of East Macedonia-Thrace Region", editors A. Lagopoulos and N. Komninos (financed by Volkswagen Stiftung Foundation), 1993.
"The Impact of Foreign Exchange and Non-Traded Goods on Money Demand” SPOUDAI, Vol. 41, No. 4, 1991.pp. 420-430.
Exchange Rate Dynamics and the Overshooting Hypothesis: An Empirical Testing for Canada - USA" in Economic Association of Thessaloniki, Special Edition for the 10th Anniversary, 1990. pp. 71-80.
"The Impact of the Single Market on Greek Industry", European Economy, Special Issue on Social Europe, November 1990, pp. 177-202 (with D Mardas). 1. «Οικονομική και Νομισματική Ένωση και οι Επιπτώσεις στον Δείκτη Μιζέριας (misery index)» στο Global Crisis and Economic Policy- Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Economic Society of Thessaloniki, με τους Κλεονίκη Καλαπούτη και Μωυσή Σιδηρόπουλο, 2011
«Η Οικονομία της Θεσσαλονίκης σήμερα και η προοπτική στο μέλλον: ο ρόλος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.» στα πρακτικά του Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου «Η Θεσσαλονίκη και ο Ευρύτερος Χώρος. Παρελθόν-Παρόν και Μέλλον. Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2003.
«The Impact of Patent Protection, Economy Openness and national Culture on R&D Investment: A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation» στα πρακτικά του «International Conference; Preparing the Manager of 21st Century», 2000. «Ο Ρόλος των Άμεσων Ξένων Επενδύσεων στην Οικονομική Ανάπτυξη της Β. Ελλάδας» Πρακτικά 1ου Συμποσίου Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης, Σύγχρονη Παιδεία, 1999.
"European Integration and the Periphery of the Periphery: The Case of East - Macedonia and Thrace" Παρουσιάσθηκε στο Atti del Seminario Internazionale 1992 E Periferie D’Europa, Perspettive Regionali del Mercato Unico, Bologna:Patron Editore, 1994, pp.223-235.
"External Imballances and the Position of Greece in the EMS" παρουσιάσθηκε και δημοσιεύθηκε στα Πρακτικά του 1ου Συνεδρίου της Εταιρείας Οικονομολόγων Θεσσαλονίκης, 1991, σελ 261-275. (με τον Ε. Πουρναράκη)

B. Paper Presentations and Discussant

“Russian-Greek partnership and cooperation to solve macro-regional economic and educational issues” Black Sea-Caspian Cooperation Forum: Safety | Stability | Growth. October 2017. Rostov on Don.
‘‘International Patenting: An Application of Network Analysis’ The 13th Biennial ATHENIAN POLICY FORUM CONFERENCE, July 2016’ (with B. Mousa)
“International Patenting: An Application of Network Analysis” Economic Society of Thessaloniki, 13th International Conference
November 2016, Thessaloniki(with B. Mousa)
‘Biotechnology R&D Collaborations Network in the FP6’ ‘10th Annual South East European Doctoral Conference’. Septemeber 2015 (with B. Mousa)
“Patenting Abroad: Evidence from OECD Countries” in the 11th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators Leiden, the Netherlands 9-11 September 2010 (with Fragiskos Archontakis)
“Determinants of Self- Employment Variation Across EU Regions” in the EBES Conference May, 2010, Istanbul. (with E. Zikou).
“Regional Exports: Main Determinants for a Peripheral European Economy”. in the EBES Conference May, 2010, Istanbul.(with M. Kehagia and T. Alexandridis)
“European Regional Knowledge Spillovers and Technological Convergence: A Maximum Entropy Markov Model“ (with K. Karantininis) in the 1st Regional Economics Workshop, Thessaloniki, October 2008
“US Patents Abroad: Does Gravity Matter?” International Conference of The Atlantic Economic Society, Warsaw, March, 2008. ( with F. Archontakis)
Capital Structure, Short Run Financial Policy and Performance in a High Uncertainty Avoidance Culture: The case of Listed Manufacturing Firms in Greece, 9th Conference of the Economic Society of Thessaloniki, September 2004. (with J. Ananiadis)
Institutions, Internationalization and Foreign Direct Investment: The case of new and future members of EU. Conference on global asymmetries, Homerton College Cambridge, September 2003.(with M. Pournarakis)
Education, Political Institutions and Innovative Activity: A Cross Country Empirical Investigation, Conference on global asymmetries, Homerton College Cambridge, September 2003
Education, Political Institutions and Innovative Activity: A Cross Country Empirical Investigation, 24th International Congress on Intellectual Capital, Hamilton Ontario Canada, January, 2003
‘Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: Do Institutions Matter?” European International Business Academy Annual Conference, Athens, December 2002. (invited paper, with M. Pournarakis).
Education, Political Institutions and Innovative Activity: A Cross Country Empirical Investigation, 2nd International Conference of Sociology, Thessaloniki, November, 2003.
Discussant in the session «Experiences and new approaches to evaluatining the socio-economic impacts of new technology» in Socio-Economic Impact Evaluation Workshop, Helsinki, 26-27, Νοεμβρίου 1999.
National Culture, Choice of Management and Business Performance in International Production: The Case of Foreign Firms in Greece», Center of International Buisness and Economic Research, Homerton College, Cambridge, 22-23 September1999,( with T. Kessapidou)
“Public Procurement Polic and the Czech Industry” in 35th Annual Conference of the Atlantic Economic Society, Vienna, March 1999 (with D. Mardas)
«The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Economic Growth of Northern Greece» 1st Workshop on Regional Development, Sigchroni Paidia, 1999.
National Culture, Choice of Management and Business Performance in International Production: The Case of Foreign Firms in Greece» in Ermoupolis Seminar,July, 1998 (with T. Kessapidou).
«Quality Control, in Higher Education: A Mechanism for Quality Improvement» in the Conference for the Society of Knowledge: Education and Development, Thessaloniki, December, 1997.
“Public Procurement as Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment” (με τον with D. Mardas) in 33rd Conference of the Atlantic Economic Society, London, February1997.
«National Culture and International Takeovers in peripheral Economies: The Case of Greece, 1989-1994» in 3rd Conference on Economic Integration in Transition, Athens, 20-24 August 1996 and in 22nd Conference of the European Intarnational Business Academy, Stockholm, 15-17 December, 1996,
“Human Capital as Determinant of the Competitive Advantage of Northern Greece” in the 5th Congress of the Economic Association of Thessaloniki, 1996. (with N. Pavlidou).
“Industrial Development  ιn Macedonia and Thrace during the 20th Century”. Seminar for the History of Thessaloniki, Center for the History of Thessaloniki, October 1996.
Foreign Direct Investment in the Central and Eastern European Countries: Current Situation and Future Prospects" in Τhe Ιmplications of Privatization in Eastern Europe, The EU, the Balkans and Beyond", Dimokritio University of Thrace and Boston College, July 1995.
"The Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policy in a Model for Small Open Economy with Multinational Enterprises", in International Conferrence of the Hellenic Association for Operation Research, October 1993.(with T. Moutos and M. Thomaidis).
"European Integration and the Periphery of the Periphery: The Case of East Macedonia and Thrace" in Atti del Seminario Internazionale 1992 E Periferie D’Europa, Perspettive Regionali del Mercato Unico, Lecce 1993
"The Profile of Foreign Direct Investment in Greece: The Prospects Towards the Completion of The Internal Market in 18th Conference of the European International Business Academy, Reading , 13-15 December, 1992, (with D. Mardas),
"External Imbalances and the Position of Greece in the EMS" in the 1st Congress of the Economic Society of Thessaloniki, 1990.
"Foreign Exchange and Non-traded goods and their impact on money demand, in XX Conferrence of the Applied Econometric Society, Geneva, 1987.