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Director’s Desk
By Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director | Business Partners Mar-Apr, 2024

First PersonBy admin April 19, 2024

As we welcome spring, unseasonably warm temperatures serve as a poignant reminder of the swift pace of climate change. With another scorching summer looming, there’s a collective hope that sufficient measures have been taken to address the impending challenges; yet, the transition towards a green future presents a complex puzzle, with economic realities lagging behind…

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Leveraging Digital to Empower the Human
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2024

The InterviewBy admin April 19, 2024

In the year following its spin-off, GE HealthCare has continued to lead in innovations within medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions, driving precision care and enhancing patient outcomes. Spyros Gkikas-Panousis, President and General Manager for Greece and Cyprus at GE HealthCare and Chair of the AmCham Greece Medical Devices and Diagnostics Committee, shares insights…

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

Employing PotentialBy admin April 19, 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…

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

UncategorizedBy admin April 19, 2024

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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

CommunicationBy admin April 19, 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…

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Innovation in Greece
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2024

Q&ABy admin April 19, 2024

Tell us about NBG Business Seeds. How did it all start and what do you do today? In 2010, in the thick of the economic crisis, we set up NBG Business Seeds with an eye to future recovery, aiming to support the innovation economy and the efforts of young people and young entrepreneurs who wish…

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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

Growth for BusinessBy admin April 19, 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…

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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

Business ToolkitBy admin April 19, 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…

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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

Tax TalkBy admin April 19, 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…

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

Tax TalkBy admin April 19, 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…

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