Hybrid Neighborhoods: A Workplace Worth the Commute
By Pantelis Kouzis, General Manager, EKA Hellas | Business Partners, Nov-Dec, 2022

The New Work

In offices around the world, organizations have adopted hybrid work policies, but haven’t changed their offices to support the new realities of hybrid work. Some say they’re waiting until employees are back in the office to make changes. But hybrid work means people will come and go at different times and, without changes, the office…

Overcoming Barriers to Digital Transformation
By Thanos Dimitriou, Managing Director, Ox Design | Business Partners, Nov-Dec, 2022

Business Toolkit

60 percent of CIOs and CTOs surveyed in a recent IBM study indicated that their IT modernization program is not yet ready for the future. So what is keeping enterprises from the digital transformation process they so urgently need? Digital transformation challenges are not always directly related to technological concerns or technical barriers. Most crucially…

TIF 2022 – Taking on the Future
By Nikolaos Bakatselos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce | Business Partners Sep-Oct 2022

Viewpoint

For as long as I can remember, Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) has been a premier institution of the country’s economic and political life, but it has also been a bastion of Thessaloniki’s unique character—its entrepreneurial spirit, its cosmopolitan air, and its inimitable blend of heritage and innovation. TIF is a celebration of innovation and embracing…

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

ALBA Business Review

The hospitality industry is familiar with massive transformations, bringing a wave of innovation each year. If we look at modern global trends in hospitality, we find that innovation has an accelerating effect on the development and evolution of tourism businesses. Digitizing the traveler experience is one of these global trends. For example, the latest smartphone…

Six Tips for Behavior Policies and Protocols in the Hybrid Workplace
By Pantelis Kouzis, General Manager, EKA Hellas | Business Partners Sep-Oct 2022

The New Work

With more and more companies returning employees to the office, the time is now to redefine etiquette for the new hybrid workplace. In addition to allowing more flexibility for employees to choose where and how they need to work, organizations rolling out return-to-office plans need to reexamine traditional notions of control and redefine workplace flexibility…

Building Value
By Business Partners, Sep-Oct 2022

Real Estate Matters

Construction and real estate have proven particularly versatile, with considerable potential seen across a diverse range of projects from major infrastructure developments and urban regeneration ventures to luxury commercial and residential real estate designed for the upscale tourism and golden visa markets. To find out more, Business Partners spoke to Sophia-Athina Souka, Marketing Manager at…

Studying the US
By Business Partners, Sep-Oct 2022

Ties that Bind

Launched in 2021 by the University of Piraeus, and developed in collaboration with New York University (NYU), a new MSc in American Studies is taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of what makes the US the US—from foreign policy, politics and economics to history, culture and society. Business Partners spoke to Dr. Aristotle Tziampiris,…