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Contributors<br />

Fabrizio Iacone obtained a Ph.D. in <strong>Economic</strong>s at the London School of<br />

<strong>Economic</strong>s and is currently a Lecturer in the Department of <strong>Economic</strong>s at<br />

the University of York, UK. He has already published several articles in<br />

leading journals.<br />

Nikos Konidaris is currently a Ph.D. student at Hellenic Open University,<br />

School of Social Sciences, researching in the field of Business Administration.<br />

He holds an MA degree in Business and Management and a Bachelor’s<br />

Degree in <strong>Economic</strong>s & Marketing from Luton University UK.<br />

Nikitas Spiros Koutsoukis is anAssistant Professor of Decision Modelling<br />

and Scientific Management in the Department of International <strong>Economic</strong><br />

Relations and Development, Democritus University, Greece. He holds MSc<br />

and Ph.D. in decision modeling from Brunel University (UK). He is interested<br />

mainly in decision modeling and governance systems, with applications<br />

in risk management, business intelligence and operational research<br />

based decision support.<br />

Alexis Lazaridis, Professor in Econometrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,<br />

Greece, has obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham,<br />

England. He was a member of the Administrative Board of the Organization<br />

of Mediation and Arbitration, of the Administrative Board of the<br />

Centre of International and European <strong>Economic</strong> Law, and of the Supreme<br />

Labour Council of Greece. During his term of service as Head of the <strong>Economic</strong><br />

Department Faculty of Law and <strong>Economic</strong>s, Aristotle University of<br />

Thessaloniki, he was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by the President<br />

of the Republic of Cyprus. He was also pronounced an honorary<br />

member of the Centre of International and <strong>Economic</strong> European Law by the<br />

Secretary-General of the Legal Services of E.U. He has published several<br />

books, large number of scientific papers and has patents on two computer<br />

software programs.<br />

Athanassios Mihiotis is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social<br />

Science of the Hellenic Open University. He has obtained his Ph.D. in<br />

industrial management from the National Technical University of Athens,<br />

Greece. He is the editor of the International Journal of Decision Sciences,<br />

Risk and Management. He has in the past worked as Planning and Logistics<br />

Director for multinational and domestic companies and has served as<br />

member of project teams in the Greek public sector.

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