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PhD theses

Since its establishment in 1999, 25 PhD theses have been completed at the Financial Engineering Laboratory. The following list presents the PhDs completed over the past 10 years (since 2015).

Recent PhDs

PhD studentYearTitleSupervisor
Stefanidou, A.2025Creative economy and creative cities: The perspective of the Municipality of Chania as a creative cityC. Zopounidis
Tragouda, M. 2024Identification of fraudulent financial statements using data mining techniquesM. Doumpos
Fakotakis, G.2024Multi-criteria methodology for the dynamic development of tourist areasG. Atsalakis
Asmargiannakis, P.2023Investment policies, accommodation selection factors and customer satisfaction factors in four-star and 
five-star hotel establishments: The effects of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic		C. Zopounidis
Nikolaidis, D.2023Adaptive credit scoring using local classification methodsM. Doumpos
Papadakis, Ch.2022Predicting the impact of groups of interest on the Greek economy using soft computingG. Atsalakis
Atsalaki, I.2022Disruptive technology forecasting in tourism by fuzzy logicC. Zopounidis
Andritsos, D.2021Automated valuation models in the Greek real estate marketM. Doumpos
Tsagkarakis, M.-P.2021A multicriteria decision framework for the assessment of banks' capital needsM. Doumpos
Mpatakis, D.2021Medical tourism as a driver of economic development: Conceptual approach and empirical analysis of the 
dynamics of healthcare providers and tourism services in Crete		G. Atsalakis
Aggelaki, E.2019How trust and its new dynamics in social media affect customer churnC. Zopounidis
Manthoulis, G.2019Assessing bankruptcy risk for financial institutions: methodological framework and predictive modellingM. Doumpos
Sarri, S.2018Corporate capital structure: the role of management and corporate governance during the crisisC. Zopounidis
Katharakis, M.2017Technology management and incorporate of innovation in regional structures: Design of strategic development criteriaC. Zopounidis
Makridou, G.2016Energy efficiency assessment in European Union countries and industriesM. Doumpos
Niklis, D.2015Corporate credit risk assessment through accounting data and option pricing modelsM. Doumpos

Current PhD theses

PhD studentTitleSupervisor
Eskantar, M.Evaluation of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) factors and their role in the financial operations of businesses: 
A multi-criteria approach		C. Zopounidis
Kartsonakis, E.Robust approaches in ordinal regression analysisM. Doumpos
Sotirelis, P.Exploring the quality and innovation nexus: Studies at macro-, meso- and micro- levelsM. Doumpos
Triantafyllopoulou, S.Emerging digital technologies and the future of the working environment in the era of artificial intelligenceC. Zopounidis

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