Aristidis P. Bitzenis is an Associate Professor at the Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. His main research field includes FDI, entrepreneurship, privatisation, globalisation, the European business environment and corporate restructuring in South-East Europe. He has published extensively and participated in various conferences in his research field. His research record and forthcoming publications include twelve books (six of which are in the Greek language), 16 book chapters, 15 entries in encyclopaedias, 36 journal articles, nine papers in conference proceedings and 15 research grants. One of his latest book is an edited volume titled Mergers and Acquisitions as the Pillar of Foreign Direct Investment, published by Palgrave Macmillan, USA in August 2012. Other books are The Balkans: FDI and EU Accession, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, UK, Reflections on the Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis, Cambridge Scholars Publisher, UK, etc. He is an active scientific author since he wrote and published more than 60 papers in international journals with impact factor such as Journal of Socio- Economics, East-West Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of East-West Economics and Business, The Social Science Journal, Post-Communist Economies, Global Business & Economics Review (GBER), τo South East European Journal of Economics (SEEJE), Eastern European Economics, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, European Business Review, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance (IJMEF), Journal of Economic Issues (JEI), Studies in Economics and Finance (SEF), Int. J. Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, etc. Finally, he has very good knowledge in research issued (took part in 15 research programs) in one of which he was the coordinator with a 600.000 euro budget and a 4 year duration (Thalis program).
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