ALBA Graduate Business School

1. ALBA Graduate Business School Business unusual 2007

2. Identity • Non-state academic institution of graduate studies in Business Administration • Not-for-Profit association of 69 Corporate Members • Operates under the auspices of the: • Federation of Greek Industries (ΣΕΒ), • Hellenic Management Association (ΕΕΔΕ) • Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ΕΒΕΑ) • Research-driven institution • International reputation among Graduate Business Schools • Member of CEEMAN (Central & East European Management Association)

3. Vision & Mission Our vision To become one of the leading research-driven Graduate Business Schools of Europe on the basis of excellence of teaching and intellectual impact on the business world, attracting outstanding faculty and students from all over the world. Our mission To educate visionary leaders of tomorrow who will act as agents of change To help shape the future business world by pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge related to the management of business organizations and making that knowledge relevant to practitioners

4. Academic Council Members Ch. Argyris The James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, USA P.J. Athanasopoulos Chairman and CEO, Public Power Corporation SA; Executive Senior Executive Advisor, Toyota Motor Europe; Professor Emeritus, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Piraeus, Greece G.M. Constantinides The Leo Melamed Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA Ch. Delporte Rector, Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), Belgium

5. Academic Council members (cont’d) P.R. Kleindorfer Universal Furniture Professor of Decision Sciences, Economics and Business and Public Policy, Chairperson, Operations & Information Management Department, Co-Director, Risk Management & Decision Processes Center, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA Colin Mayer, Dean, Oxford Said Business School A. De Meyer, Deen, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge John Saunders, Dean, Aston Business School, Aston University L. Tava Professor of Quantitative Economics, Director, Quantitative Methods Center, SDA Bocconi, Italy H. Thomas, Dean, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick R. Winkler, James B. Duke Professor, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

6. Board of Directors N. Travlos The KittyKyriacopoulos Chair in Finance, Member D. Mavros (PRC Group) Member N. Nanopoulos (EFG Eurobank) Member A. Frangou (Navios Corp) Member N. Ebeoglou Chairman of the Board, Hellenic Management Association Representative U. Kyriacopoulos (S&B Minerals) Vice-Chairman of the Board Ch. Lambropoulos Secretary General, Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Representative G. Aronis (Alpha Bank), Treasurer D. Papalexopoulos (Titan Cement) Member, Federation of Greek Industries Representative

7. ALBA corporate members DEPA S.A. Diageo Hellas S.A. ENET Power Electromechanical S.A. EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A. Eureka Hellas S.A. Fage Dairy Industry S.A. Federation of Greek Industries Frigoglass S.A. Genesis Pharma S.A. Greek Postal Savings Bank Halyvourgiki INC Hay Group S.A. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE S.A.) Helliniki Halyvourgia S.A. Hyundai Hellas P. & R. Davari S.A. Infote Information for all S.A.Interamerican Hellenic Life ABN Amro Bank NV ABBOTT LABORATORIES ABEE Adel/Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising ALBA Alumni Association Allianz Hellenique Fund Management Co. S.A. Alpha Bank S.A. Alpha Finance S.A. Aluminum De Grece S.A. Antenna T.V. S.A. Aspis Pronia General Insurance Co. S.A. Athenian Brewery S.A. Boutari J. & Son Holding S.A. BP Hellas S.A. Capsis Tourist Complex S.A. COCA - COLA Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. Commercial Bank of Greece S.A.

8. ALBA corporate members (cont’d) Insurance Co. S.A. Intracom S.A. KRAFT FOODS Hellas S.A. LARCO General Mining & Metallurgical Company S.A. L' OREAL Hellas S.A. Leousis J.N. Full Service S.A MERCEDES-BENZ Hellas S.A. Metaxa S.&E.&A. S.A. METKA Metal Constructions of Greece S.A. National Bank of Greece S.A. Neoset S.A. Nestlé S.A. NIREUS GROUP NOVABANK S.A. Oracle Hellas S.A. Papastratos Cigarette MFG Co. S.A. Petropoulos P. S.A. Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry S.A. Piraeus Bank S.A. Piscenes Ideales S.A. Preveza Mills S.A. Public Power Corporation S.A. Royal Olympic Cruises Hellas S.A. Sanofi Aventis S. C. Johnson Hellas S.A. Shell Hellas S.A. Siemens S.A. S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. STEELMET S.A. TIM S.A. Thenamaris Ships Management Inc. Titan Cement Co S.A. Vivartia S.A. XEROX Hellas S.A.

9. 69 corporate members STEELMET S.A. PREVEZA MILLSA S.A. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΧΑΛΥΒΟΥΡΓΙΑ Α.Ε.

10. Endowments & funding programs • The Kitty Kyriacopoulos Chair in Finance • The Stavros Kostopoulos Chair (academic subject to be identified) • The Constantinos Kapsaskis Endowed Professorship in Financial Services Management • The Aristides Daskalopoulos Endowed Professorship in Business Ethics • The George D. Mavros Research Professorship in Organization & Management • The Tassos Papastratos Research Professorships in Marketing • The TITAN Distinguished Visiting Professors Program

11. Resident Professors are internationally renowned scholars Visiting Professors are drawn from top international business schools like Columbia, Harvard, INSEAD, London Business School, Wharton, Warwick, etc. Resident Faculty Visiting Professors Faculty

12. Resident Faculty • Nickolaos G. Travlos, Dean, The Kitty Kyriacopoulos Chair in Finance • Richard Nielsen, The Aristides Daskalopoulos Endowed Professor of Business Ethics • Haridimos Tsoukas, The Geogre D. Mavros Research Professor of Organization & Management Professor of Organization Studies, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • TheodoreSougiannis, Professor of Financial Accounting • AntreasAthanassopoulos, Professor of Service Operations Management • Olga Epitropaki, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management

13. Resident Faculty (cont’d) • NikolaosMylonopoulos, Associate Professor of Information Systems • Nicholas Tessaromatis, Associate Professor of Finance • Vasilis Theoharakis, Associate Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship • Kiriakos Vlahos, Associate Professor of Management Sciences • Evangelia Baralou, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior • Christos Cabolis, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance • SarahDrakopoulou-Dodd, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship • Kyriakos Kyriakopoulos, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Marketing

14. Resident Faculty (cont’d) • Yiota Pastra, Assistant Professor of Accounting • IliasVisvikis, Assistant Professor of Finance • Stefanos Zarkos, Assistant Professor of Finance • DionysiosDionysiou, Assistant Professor of Organizational Change & Business Excellence • Kostas Axarloglou, Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy

15. Indicative list of Visiting Faculty INSEAD, France Ziv Carmon  Soumitra Dutta  Prashant Malaviya LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, UK Nikos Tsikriktsis STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NYU, USA Anthony Saunders ZICKLIN SCHOOLOF BUSINESS, CUNY, USA Paschalina Ziamou Steven Schnaars WHARTON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, USA Steven Blum UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, USA Robert Marx

16. Why ALBA?

17. ALBA: An institution committed to Excellence • Quality of the institution, with a distinctive mission and philosophy to make a difference • Innovative and flexible programs • High-caliber quality Faculty with outstanding international reputation • Excellent service – personal approach • Constantly growing number of companies whose executives attend our Programs • Strict student selection process, based on academic achievement, skills and personality • Premier location • Attractive career opportunities • Networking (alumni network, career office) • Life-long learning

18. Activities

19. Activities • Academic Programs • Executive Development Programs • Academic Research • Applied Research and International Projects • Public Events

20. ΜΒΑ Professional MBA MBA in Shipping MBA in Banking* ALBA – EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS MBA in Financial Services MSc in Finance MSc in Strategic Human Resources Management MSc in Business for Lawyers *under the auspices of the Hellenic Bank Association Academic programs

21. Executive development programs • Open-enrollment seminars & programs, addressing the latest management trends • Company-specific seminars & programs, designed to address the specific needs and challenges of individual organizations • Customized Executive Management Programs, in the context of which, participants acquire immediately applicable knowledge, skills & competencies, while strengthening relations with colleagues • Joint executive programs with international Business Schools (i.e. Yale School of Management; INSEAD) • More than 6,500 participants in total, more than 6,800 training hours in total

22. Academic research • Basic academic research formulates and tests original theories and hypotheses on a wide range of management issues creation of new knowledge • Published in top international academic journals

23. Applied research & international projects • Promotion of academic research in the broader community • E.g. Curricula for practitioners, Latest video podcasting initiative: ALBA-TV • Generation of research opportunities for ALBA faculty • E.g. “Mobile Youth”, Best Workplaces Competition, International Manufacturing Strategy Survey, Recruitment Confidence Index, Diversity Management Survey etc • Exploration of potential teaching innovations • E.g. three different projects on e-learning and simulation applications on education, “Change Masters”, “L2C” • Innovative opportunities for institutional growth • E.g. Entrepreneurship funding guide, Recruitment Confidence Index, Best Workplaces benchmark for ALBA Global networkingExtensive Publicity & Dissemination of Research Outcomes Innovative projects & PracticesNew Business Development

24. Public events International events • *Forthcoming* International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Annual Conference, 4-6 July 2007, Athens • *Forthcoming* Organization Studies Summer Workshop on Organization Studies as Applied Science: The Generation and Use of Academic Knowledge about Organizations, 7-9 June, 2007, Crete • Organization Studies Summer Workshop on Re-turn to Practice: Understanding Organization As It Happens, 15-16 June, 2006, Mykonos • Organization Studies Summer Workshop on Theorizing Process in Organizational Research, 12-13 June, 2005, Santorini • European Business Plan of the year competition, 17 June-18 June 2004, Athens • European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities (OKLC), 5–6 April 2002, Athens • European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Conference, 28 June-1 July 2000, Athens

25. Public events (cont.) Conferences Lectures Fora • Organized by ALBA or in cooperation with third parties Indicative list of past events • 3rd Multinational Finance Society Conference, Thessaloniki, 1996 • Marketing Directors Forum • Letters Day Celebration • Meet the Architects of Management Excellence in Greece (Lecture Series) • Annual events for the “Aristides Daskalopoulos” Endowed Professorship in Business Ethics • Frontiers in Management Series

26. Achievements – Recognition

27. Achievements – Recognition by the market • Over 90% of ALBA graduates are hired by leading companies in Greece or abroad within three months from graduation • Over 67% of ALBA Professional MBA program graduates report a salary increase of 30% on average - 85% of them attribute this to their studies at ALBA • The Greek industry participates enthusiastically at every ALBA Career Forum (144 corporate recruiters participated in the 14th Career Forum in 2006) • The ALBA teams are steadily among the top finalists in the European Business Plan ofthe Year Competition in the last 6 years, since the School started participating in it. ALBA has won the 1st prize twice, in 2003 and 2005, and the 2nd prize in 2006. It is understood that it is only ALBA and LBS that hold such a record.

28. Achievements – Recognition by the international academic community • All ALBA MBA programs are accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), as of March 2007 • The proportion of international students within the ALBA student body is currently at 30% and rising • ALBA regularly establishes scholarship programs for eligible Greek and International Students in collaboration with organizations and associations (e.g. WISTA Hellas, The Times Newspaper) • ALBA Resident Faculty achievements (research output, publications, joint appointments in top international universities) regularly include international distinctions • ALBA organizes and hosts a large number of international academic conferences annually (most recent examples: EFMD MBA Directors Conference 2007; IAME 2007) • ALBA participates in several student exchange programs with EQUIS-accredited business schools

29. Achievements – European Business Plan of the Year Competition The Wall Street Journal Europe, 25/08/2003

30. Achievements – European Business Plan of the Year Competition Financial Times, 08/07/2005

31. Achievements – European Business Plan of the Year Competition Financial Times, Monday, June 4, 2007

33. THE TIMES 07/03/2007

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