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The business system and management practices in Greece (2011)
Book Chapter
(2011). The business system and management practices in Greece. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (259-271). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_14

We started this book with the intention of providing an outline, a succinct story describing the business system and management practices in Greece. It began as a simple categorization of contextual factors and managerial activities and ended in a ri... Read More about The business system and management practices in Greece.

Systems and practices: Peripheral countries compared with the UK (2011)
Book Chapter
Prouska, R., & Kapsali, M. (2011). Systems and practices: Peripheral countries compared with the UK. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (272-299). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_15

This chapter aims to aid understanding of the data presented in this book by presenting key themes in a comparative perspective. A selection of countries has been made: Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Spain are all considered comparable (especially in t... Read More about Systems and practices: Peripheral countries compared with the UK.

Innovation: The national innovation system (2011)
Book Chapter
Kapsali, M. (2011). Innovation: The national innovation system. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (96-111). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_5

Innovation was initially considered by traditional economic models as an exclusively internal organizational activity, where actors were coming together to fix prices, pool finance and set up their marketing strategies. However, recent research revea... Read More about Innovation: The national innovation system.

Politics: Political and economic developments through a historical perspective (2011)
Book Chapter
Kapsali, M., & Butler, J. (2011). Politics: Political and economic developments through a historical perspective. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (3-25). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_1

This chapter describes the political history of the Modern Greek state since its re-establishment in the nineteenth century and the impact it has had on the economy and the business system. It should be emphasized that this is an outline, highlightin... Read More about Politics: Political and economic developments through a historical perspective.

Suggestion for further research on the business system and practices in Greece (2011)
Book Chapter
Prouska, R., & Kapsali, M. (2011). Suggestion for further research on the business system and practices in Greece. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (300-303). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_16

As most research focuses on developed ‘core’ economies, such as the USA, the UK and Germany, research in peripheral and semi-peripheral ones is usually neglected and the smaller the country, the fewer the sources of information. This book has bridged... Read More about Suggestion for further research on the business system and practices in Greece.

Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (2011)
Book
Prouska, R., & Kapsali, M. (Eds.). (2011). Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530

A comprehensive picture of the Greek business system and management practices placed in a comparative context. The editors bring together knowledge from contemporary research in a comprehensive, analytical and comparative way that enables readers to... Read More about Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context.

How to implement innovation policies through projects successfully (2011)
Journal Article
Kapsali, M. (2011). How to implement innovation policies through projects successfully. Technovation, 31(12), 615-626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2011.07.006

This paper investigates the types of policy instruments responsible for the success of policy implementation through projects. Based on evidence from 12 comparative multiple case-studies, the paper provides an analytical insight from real practice on... Read More about How to implement innovation policies through projects successfully.

Systems thinking in innovation project management: A match that works (2011)
Journal Article
Kapsali, M. (2011). Systems thinking in innovation project management: A match that works. International Journal of Project Management, 29(4), 396-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.01.003

This paper discusses why conventional project management practices lead to the failure of publicly funded innovation deployment projects, and investigates how the use of systems thinking in project management can help projects be more successful. Bas... Read More about Systems thinking in innovation project management: A match that works.