Multitasking or Singletasking?
By Katerina Rallou Karella, Chemist, Mindfulness Consultant & Teacher, Founder of HolMinD® | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2022

Health Matters

While for many years multitasking was considered a great, highly desirable skill and was widely encouraged at a professional level, studies now show that the brain is not designed to do many things at the same time. According to research, multitasking, or the simultaneous performance of multiple activities, increases stress and cortisol secretion.1 This may…

Workplace Design for a Better Work Experience: The four new design principles that meet employee needs in a post-covid era
By Pantelis Kouzis, General Manager, EKA Hellas | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2022

The New Work

A slew of stay-at-home and work-from-home orders over the past two years saw millions of people and companies shift to remote working — the vast majority of them having to adapt to this new reality for the first time. Now, as many prepare to return to the office, it’s the workplace’s turn to adapt. After…

Reframing Taxation: A Tool for Building the Future
By Alexandra Loli, Publisher | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2022

Thought Leaders

Building on the momentum generated by the Chamber’s very successful 17th Tax Forum — Future-Proof Taxation: Shaping Behaviors and Economic Performance — which took place in November 2021, this issue’s Thought Leaders in Taxation share their thoughts and takeaways from the conference, touching on key issues such as the need to modernize fiscal policy and…

Betting on the Future
By Business Partners | Nov-Dec 2021

Tech Talk

In recent years, Athens, Greece, has become the location for the largest development center and the major global hub for OpenBet, a leading global player in sportsbook technology, content and services. Business Partners reached out to Nikos Konstakis, Vice President of OpenBet and Managing Director of OpenBet’s Athens operation, to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship and…

Escape into Learning at ACS Athens: The Intersection Club, Where Biology Meets Psychology
By Peggy Pelonis, President ACS Athens; Angela Chamosfakidis, Psychology Faculty, ACS Athens; Elina Prodromidi, Biology Faculty, ACS Athens | Business Partners, Nov-Dec 2021

Educating the Future

Today’s reality accentuates and praises independence and critical thinking, the ability to use knowledge and skill to problem solve and innovate. A rapidly changing and global society means more options but more competition; it necessitates broader knowledge as well as specific skill sets. Ultimately today’s world requires global citizens capable of mastering knowledge and using…

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

ALBA Business Review

As the demand for more sustainable goods is rising, so are environmental claims by companies. Greenwashing is especially prevalent in industries such as agriculture, forestry, real estate, fishing, and more. What gives? And what can be done about it? News on circular product design, and what people call sustainable product innovation, is not so encouraging…

A True Comeback Nation
By Alexandros Costopoulos, Secretary General, American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce | Business Partners, Nov-Dec 2021

Shaping Tomorrow

During the past 20 years, the United States has repeatedly been portrayed as a falling empire. Thinktanks, the media, celebrity authors, Netflix series and, of course, academia have been constantly debating not whether we have reached the end of the American Empire, but rather how quickly America will crash. Social polarization, racial issues, poverty, and…