This study analyses the impact of liberalization on market structure and pricing in the Greek telecommunication market from 1992 to 2005. The data refers to 44 of the most prominent companies of fixed telephony, mobile telephony and internet services and was compiled by means of interviews with...

Analyzing the role of creative industries, this book explores regional development within the economic cycle. Using the Greek region of Epirus as an in-depth case study, the authors identify the main opportunities for the region’s development as well as the necessary conditions and constraints...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to analyse how European integration shapes the locational decisions of foreign transnational corporations (TNCs). Design/methodology/approach – The paper concentrates on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the European Union (EU) and highlight the case of...

Purpose – To investigate whether acquiring firms listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, that completed mergers and acquisitions during the period 2001‐2003, tend to manipulate accounting earnings upward prior to the initiation and completion of the transaction. Design/methodology/approach –...

In recent years, cross-border acquisitions have been placed in the centre of the present research agenda on Transnational Corporations (TNCs). In this context an important issue is the comparison between cross-border acquisitions and Greenfield investments. Another issue is the comparison...

<title>Abstract</title>This paper explores whether and how environmental dynamics can affect foreign and domestic survival. Utilizing a unique longitudinal data set with 420 manufacturing plants created in the protected developing Greek economy (1960-1980), we test these plants' ability to survive in the new,...

Purpose – By conducting a field research in affiliates of foreign transnational corporations (TNCs) established in Greece, this paper aims to investigate whether a different tendency of intra‐firm organization has a different impact on their profitability and earnings management policy....