Getting to Work: Driving Employment, Attracting Talent and Promoting Skills Training in Greece – Part 1 of 2
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2024

First established 70 years ago, in 1954, the Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA) is an official public authority serving as a key operational arm in the fight against unemployment, leveraging a range of policies and actions to support and strengthen the workforce and the labor market in Greece, with a multifaceted approach that is not…

Getting to Work: Driving Employment, Attracting Talent and Promoting Skills Training in Greece – Part 1 of 2
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2024

First established 70 years ago, in 1954, the Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA) is an official public authority serving as a key operational arm in the fight against unemployment, leveraging a range of policies and actions to support and strengthen the workforce and the labor market in Greece, with a multifaceted approach that is not…

Time to Focus on the Truth
By Alexandros Costopoulos, Secretary General of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Founder and CEO of Foresight | By Business Partners, Mar-Apr, 2024

“Let me be as clear as I can be. In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue,” said President Barack Obama during his powerful commencement address at Rutgers in May 2016. “It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about.” In recent years, the public sphere across the world has been dominated…

Embracing the Digital and Workplace Revolution: A Recap of Business Transformation Stories
By Litsa Panayotopoulos, Chair of the Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce | By Business Partners, Mar-Apr, 2024

Bringing Greek businesses together to explore the impact of digital transformation and foster synergy between fledgling startups and established businesses, Business Transformation Stories is an initiative of the AmCham Greece Education, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (EIE) Committee that aims to leverage the unique strengths of companies at drastically different stages of their development to support business…

Positioning Greece’s Top Companies for Future Success and Innovation
By André Gutierrez, Strategic Advisor at Gargiulo + Partners, Inc., a boutique communications advisory firm | Business Partners, Mar-Apr, 2024

As discussed in our recent article “Nurturing Business Leadership in Greece Through Effective Public Speaking,” Greece continues to be one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe. Foreign direct investment and corporate lending by both domestic and foreign banks continue to increase at a robust pace, accelerating growth and competition across all industry sectors. In this…

How Artificial Intelligence Radically Transforms Tax & Legal Services
By Stefanos Tentolouris, Chief Technology Officer, Principal, Tax and Legal, Deloitte Greece; Maria-Alexandra Papoutsi, AI, Technology and Innovation Managing Associate, KBVL Law Firm, Deloitte Legal | Business Partners, Mar-Apr, 2024

In the past, technology mainly replaced manual or repetitive tasks, while professions relying on creative, synthetic thinking, such as lawyers, tax advisors, and journalists, remained exclusively human. Today, however, the rapid advancement of technology is disrupting professions reliant on human knowledge. The widespread adoption of generative AI since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022…

ATAD III – Unshell Directive
By Jenny Panou, Partner, Head of Tax, Grant Thornton | Business Partners, Mar-Apr, 2024

In December 2021, the European Commission submitted its proposal for Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive III (ATAD III) laying down rules to prevent tax fraud through the misuse of shell companies in the EU. The ATAD III endeavor was triggered by the fact that many individuals and legal entities establish shell companies (entities with no economic substance…

Embracing the AI Revolution: Strategic Imperatives for Greek Business
By Charalampos Ioannou, Legal Advisor LLM, Hellenic Ministry of National Defense | Business Partners, Mar-Apr, 2024

AI is revolutionizing the business landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities for growth and innovation. With the AI market expected to surge from $119.78 billion in 2022 to $1,597.1 billion by 2030, companies are integrating AI to stay competitive and drive innovation. AI’s potential to boost operational efficiency and enhance decisionmaking is significant, with the technology expected…