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Economics and MAnagement of Knowledge and Innovation (EMAKI) is a research network founded at the University of Patras, and has members from different academic disciplines who are interested in the issues of organizational knowledge and innovation. Its vision is to enhance the cooperation between Industry and Academia for improving knowledge processes within organizations, as well as the social transfer of knowledge and its diffusion to economic agents and society.

EMAKI

Economics and MAnagement of Knowledge and Innovation aims at

Contributing to the research on the the effects of knowledge and innovation at the organizational, regional, national and international level
Providing organizations with the necessary tools to upgrade and manage their knowledge base and innovative behaviour
Promoting the importance of knowledge and innovation as key factors in successful organizational performance
Linking University research with industry

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Research

ΕΜΑΚΙ is investigating the interactions and interrelationships that form the Social Capital –Intellectual Capital- Innovation - Economic Growth square.
More specifically, EMAKI’s current research research interests:

How does Technology, and particularly informatics, promote innovation, and assist the production and development of intellectual capital
How can knowledge transform into technology. How knowledge flows are managed within organizational structures.
How can innovation contribute to the economic growth of businesses/organizations at a regional, national and international level.

Academia

Department of Economics, University of Patras
http://en.econ.upatras.gr/

Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood, University of Patras
http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics (IMIS Lab), University of Patras
http://www.mead.upatras.gr/index.asp

Publications

Management

E. Adamides and N. Pomonis (2008), 'Modular organizations and strategic flexibility: The mediating role of knowledge management strategy', in: El-Sayed Abou-Zeid (ed.) Knowledge Management and Business Strategies: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research, Idea Group Publishing, .
E. Adamides and N. Karacapilidis, (2006), 'Information technology support for the knowledge and social processes of innovation management', Technovation, 26(1), pp. 50-59.
E. Adamides, and N. Karacapilidis (2006), 'A knowledge centred framework for collaborative business process modelling', International Journal of Business Process Management, 12 (5), pp 557-575.
E. Adamides and M. Voutsina (2006), 'The double helix model of manufacturing and marketing strategies', International Journal of Production Economics, 104(1), pp. 3-18.
N. Karacapilidis, E. Adamides and C. Evangelou (2006), A computerized knowledge management system for the manufacturing strategy process, Computers in Industry, 57 (2), pp. 178-188.
Goulas, C., & Karalis, T. (2007), 'Trainee participation in the implementation of training programs: A case study from Greece', International Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2/15, pp. 23-35.
Raikou, N., & Karalis, T. (2007), 'Student mobility from a Greek perspective: Benefits and difficulties as expressed by the participating students', Higher Education in Europe, 4/32, pp. 347-357.
Karalis, T, & Vergidis, D. (2006). Evaluation de l’impact de la politique des fonds structurelles européens sur l’institution de l’éducation populaire en Grèce, Carrefours de l’Education, 22, pp. 149-163.
Karalis, T., & Vergidis, D. (2004). Lifelong Education in Greece: Recent Developments and Current Trends, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2/23, pp. 179-189.
Karalis, T., & Koutsonikos, G. (2003). Issues and Challenges in Organizing Web-based Courses for Adults, Themes in Education, 4/2, pp. 177-188.
Karalis, T. 2010, 'Situated and Transformative learning: exploring the potential of critical reflection to enhance organizational knowledge'. Development and Learning in Organizations, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 17-20.

Economics

Dimara, E. and Skuras, D. (2003), 'Adoption of Agricultural Innovations as a Two-Stage Partial Observability Process', Agricultural Economics, 28, 187-196.
Skuras, D., and Dimara, E. (2004), 'Regional Image and the Consumption of Regionally Denominated Products', Urban Studies, 41 (4), pp. 801- 815.
Dimara, E., Pantzios, C., Skuras, D. and Tsekouras, K. (2005), 'The Impacts of Regulated Notions of Quality on Farm Efficiency: A DEA Application, European Journal of Operational Research, 161, 416-431.
Dimara, E. and Skuras, D. (2005), 'Consumers’ Demand for Informative Labeling of Quality Food and Drink Products: A European Union Case Study', Journal of Consumer Marketing, 22(2), 90-100.
Dimara, E., Skuras, D., Tsekouras, K. And Tzelepis, D. (2009), 'Productive Efficiency and Firm Exit in the Food Sector', Food Policy, 32(1), pp. 111-120.
Τsekouras, K. and Skuras, D. (2005), 'Productive Efficiency and Exports: An Examination of Alternative Hypotheses for the Greek Cement Industry', Applied Economics, 37, pp. 279-291.
Tzelepis, D., K. D. Tsekouras, E. Dimara and D. Skuras. (2006), 'ISO Adoption as a New Input', International Journal of Production and Operations Management, 42, pp. 312-326.
Tsekouras K.D., D. Skuras and I. Daskalopoulou. (2007), 'The role of Productive Efficiency on Entry and Post-entry Performance under Different Strategic Orientation: The case of the Greek plastics and rubber industry', Managerial and Decision Economics, 29, pp. 37-55.
Tseggenidi, K., D. Skuras and K. Tsekouras. (2008), 'Product Innovation and Fixed Capital Asset Growth: Evidence from an SMEs Survey in Six European Union Member States', Research Policy, 37, 1778-1789.
Kounetas, K., I. Mourtos and K.D. Tsekouras. (2009), 'TFP Growth in a Metafrontier Context', European Journal of Operational Research, (in press): doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2008.11.015

Informatics

N. Karacapilidis and D. Papadias (2001), 'Computer Supported Argumentation and Collaborative Decision Making: The HERMES system', Information Systems, Vol. 26, No 4, pp. 259-277
E. Adamides and N. Karacapilidis (2006), 'A Knowledge Centred Framework for Collaborative Business Process Modeling', Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 12, No 5, pp. 557-575 .
C. Evangelou and N. Karacapilidis (2005), 'On the interaction between humans and Knowledge Management Systems: A framework of knowledge sharing catalysts'. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Vol. 3, No 4, pp. 253-261.
N. Karacapilidis and M. Tzagarakis, (2007)"Web-based collaboration and decision making support: A multi-disciplinary approach", International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, Vol. 2, No 4, pp. 12-23.
Komis V. (2003), ‘On analysis of collaborative problem solving: An object-oriented approach’, Computers in Human Behavior 19, (2), pp. 147-167.
Komis V. (2001), ‘Computer simulations in physics teaching and learning: a case study on students’ understanding of trajectory motion, Computers and Education, February, vol. 36, pp. 183-204.
Komis V. (2002),‘ Supported collaborative concept mapping: Study of Interaction’, Education and Information Technologies, 7:2, pp. 169-188.
Komis V. (2007), ‘Analyzing Students’ Shared Activity while Modeling a Biological Process In a Computer-Supported Educational Environment’, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, April, Vol. 23(2), pp. 158-168.
Komis V. ‘Comparing Computer-Supported Dynamic Modeling and ‘Paper & Pencil’ Concept Mapping Technique in Students’ Collaborative Activity, Computers and Education, Vol. 49, pp. 991-1017
Tzagarakis, M., Karousos, N. and Karacapilidis, N. (2008), 'Awareness mechanisms for web-based argumentative collaboration', International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, Vol. 3, No 4, pp. 74-89.
Karacapilidis, Ν. and Tzagarakis, Μ. (2007), 'Supporting Incremental Formalization in Collaborative Learning Environments', In E. Duval, R. Klamma and M. Wolpers (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2007), Crete, Greece, September 17-20, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Lecture Notes in CS, Vol. 4753, pp. 127-142.
Evangelou, C., Tzagarakis, M., Karousos, N., Gkotsis, G. and Nousia, D. (2007), 'Augmenting Collaboration with Personalization Services', International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, Idea Group, Vol. 2, No 3, .
Evangelou, C., Karacapilidis, N. and Tzagarakis, M. (2006), 'On the Development of Knowledge Management Services for Collaborative Decision Making', Journal of Computers, Academy Publisher, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 19-28.

Open Call for Collaboration

The members of Economics and Management of Knowledge and Innovation would like to welcome members of Academia, Business and other Organizations, engaged in the fields of Knowledge and Innovation to join the network and actively participate to its activities.

Producing, managing and diffusing knowledge are not equally important or identical under different scientific disciplines. This fact unavoidably leads to confusion and sometimes misconceptions of research activities in these areas. However, multidisciplinarity contributes to a better and more holistic treatment of research issues/problems related to learning and to the economy and management of knowledge.

Academics from the disciplines of Management, Economics, Informatics and Education have come together in a joint effort to exploit the advantages of the complementarities among their research activities. The call for participation/collaboration is open to members of Academia, Industry and other Organizations, actively involved in the fields of Knowledge and Innovation, willing to contribute to the advance of research in these fields.

This network aims at contributing to the research fields of innovation and knowledge adopting an interdisciplinary perspective. In order to improve EMAKI’s ability to deal with these issues in the course of time, its members need to expand and form a core of know-how (methodologies, tools and approaches) that will address to all organizations that face serious barriers to innovation. .

People

Name	Studies	Academic Position	Research Interests
Manolis Adamides	He received his BSc in Engineering & Applied Sciences from the University of Sussex, UK and the MSc from the University of Manchester, UK. He holds a PhD from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Democratus University of Thrace, Greece	Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineers and Aeronautics (IMIS Lab), University of Patras	His current research interests are in the areas of strategic management of operations, technology and innovation management, social systems practice and socio-technical transitions
Euthalia Dimara	She holds a Bsc in Mathematics from the University of Athens. She obtained an Msc (Diplôme d’ Études Approfondies) and PhD in Statistics from the University Pierre et Marie Curie - PARIS VI.	Professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics, University of Patras	Her research interests are associated with applications of Data Analysis and Quantitative Approaches on Economics and Management Sciences
Nikos Karacapilidis	He obtained his diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the Engineering School, University of Patras and his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras	Professor in Management Information Systems, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras	His research interests lie in the areas of e-Collaboration, Technology-Enhanced Learning, Knowledge Management Systems, Group Decision Support Systems, Computer-Supported Argumentation and Enterprise Information Systems
Thanasis Karalis	He obtained his Bsc in Physics from the Department of Physics, University of Patras. He holds an MSc and PhD in Educational Sciences from the Department of Primary Education, University of Patas	Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood, University of Patras	His current research interests focus at investigating the role and the importance of situated learding processes during organisational integration and the role and importance of transformative learning in education of future professions
Vasilis Komis	He obtained his Bsc in Mathematics from the Department of Mathermatics, University of Crete. He holds an MSc and PhD in Computer Education from the University of Paris 7	Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood, University of Patras	His research interests focus at designing and implementing educational applications through ICT. Collaborative learning and collaborative technologies. ICTs in human and social sciences
Kostas D. Tsekouras	He obtained his Bsc at the Department of Economics, University of Macedonia and an MA in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He received his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras	Associate Professor of Industrial Organization at the Department of Economics, University of Patras	His research interests lie in the fields of efficiency and productivity, economics of innovation and industrial dynamics
Manolis Tzagarakis	He received his diploma in Computer's Engineering and Informatics, Engineering School, University of Patras. He holds a PhD from the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, Engineering School, University of Patras	Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Patras	Currently, his research interests lie in the systems of knowledge and Information Management
Konstantinos Kounetas	He holds a Bsc in Mathematics from the University of Patras and an Msc (in Economics and International Business) from the University of East Anglia. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics at University of Patras	Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Patras	His research interests focus at the fields of Industrial organization, efficiency and productivity analysis and energy economics
Areti Gkypali	She holds a Bsc in Economics from the University of Patras. She obtained an Msc from the University of Sussex (SPRU)	PhD student at the Department of Economics, University of Patras	Currently, her research interests lie in the areas of the economics of knowledge and technical change
George Gkotsis	He received his diploma and Msc from the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, University of Patras	PhD student at the Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras	His research interests lie in Collaboration, Argumentation Systems, Knowledge Management and Visualization, Social Network Analysis, Web Engineering and Hypertext

Activities

Invited Speaker

On Tuesday 7th of June 2011 at 15.30, Professor Spyros Arvanitis (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich-ETHZ) will present his paper entitled:

“Knowledge and Technology Transfer Activities between Firms and Universities in Switzerland: An Analysis Based on Firm Data”.

The event is organized by EMAKI (http://emaki.upatras.gr) and will take place at the Conference Room of Patras Science Park (http://www.psp.org.gr/).

The abstract of the paper is the following:

Abstract
This study explores the factors determining the propensity of Swiss firms to get involved in knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) activities with universities and other research institutions in order to gain new scientific knowledge in research fields which are relevant for their own innovation activities. The data used in this study were collected by a postal survey among Swiss enterprises. We found that the propensity to KTT activities is positively correlated with the share of employees with tertiary-level education, the existence of R&D activities, firm age and firm size. Further, it is negatively correlated with obstacles of KTT activities related to the functioning of the interface between firms and universities. The analysis of five specific forms of KTT activities showed that there are differences among these forms as to the explanatory factors identified for the variable for overall KTT activities, particularly with respect to human capital intensity, some obstacles and firm size.

EMAKI’s Participation in Research Project

EMaKI is participating in a research project of the Department of Economics of the University of Patras (www.econ.upatras.gr) entitled “Observatory of the R&D activities of the Greek Firms (ΟΒREDEGF)”. The project is supported financially by any external source and strictly secures the confidential character of the provided information which are to be used only for research purposes. The full scientific and legal responsibility regarding the research and the confidentiality is on Dr. Kostas Tsekouras, Coordinator of EMaKI and President and CEO of Patras Science Park (www.psp.org.gr). We would kindly ask for your collaboration and help by completing the questionnaire which may be found following the link:

http://rdsurveys.econ.upatras.gr/econsurveys/index.php?sid=32552&lang=el

In the project participates Patras Science Park.

Kostas Tsekouras

On behalf of EMaKI

Confrence Participation

Members of EMaKI presented their research papers in other European Networks and Associations, such as European International Business Academy (EIBA), Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe (DIME), EurOMA etc

EurOMA 2010

DIME 2010

EIBA 2009

2010 Workshop

The 1st workshop ‘Aspects of Knolwegde and Innovation’ will be held at Conference and Cultural Centre of University of Patras, Greece in 22nd of June 2010.

To download the workshop programme please click here