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Stefanos Zarkos

Stefanos Zarkos

Academic Director of The Alba MBA & MSc in Finance
Professor in the Practice of Finance

Executive MBA,The Alba MBA,MSc in International Business and Management,MSc in Strategic HRM,MSc in Finance,MSc in Marketing ,MSc in Tourism Management,Executive Development
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  • DipM in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing
  • PgDip in Academic Practice, Institute of Science and Technology, University of Manchester
  • PhD in Finance, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology
  • MSc. in Finance, Strathclyde University
  • BSc. in Business Administration, Cardiff University of Wales

Short Bio

Dr. Stefanos Zarkos is a Professor in the Practice of Finance at Alba, with extensive teaching experience in Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Treasury Management, Financial Statement Analysis, and Strategy. 

His research focuses on the application of real options in management and the development of decision-making techniques to address challenges commonly encountered in Corporate Finance and Strategy. Dr. Zarkos has also undertaken consulting work and produced market reports across various sectors. He has delivered executive seminars in Finance and Strategy to companies such as Philip Morris, Vodafone, TITAN, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece, Public, Novo Nordisk, Abbott, PepsiCo, Roche, Sunlight, and others. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Programs at Alba from 2018 to 2023 and currently serves as the Academic Director of the MSc in Finance and the Alba MBA programs.

Selected Publications

2018

Ioanna Sapfo Pepelasis, Stefanos Zarkos, and Constantine Aivalis (2018). Why leverage does not always deliver: Lessons from the performance of the top 50 industrial firms in Greece during the Great Depression. Business History, July.

2013

Axarloglou, K., Visvikis, I., Zarkos, S. 2013. The time dimension and value of flexibility in resource allocation: The case of the maritime industry. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 52: 35-48.

2013

Travlos, N., Oltheten, E., Sougiannis, T., & Zarkos, S. 2013. Greece in the Eurozone: lessons from a decade of experience, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 53(4): 317-335.

2010

Axarloglou, K., & Zarkos, S. 2010. Market demand and the duration of business projects: the housing industry, Managerial and Decision Economics, 31(7): 477-487.

2007

Zarkos, S., & Morgan, R. 2007. Real options and real strategies, Strategic Change, 16 (7): 315-325.

2006

Zarkos, S. (2006). Flexibility and investments in the maritime industry. Economic Outlook, No. 105 (August), 18–23.

2005

Bowe, M., Vonatsos, K., & Zarkos, S. 2005. Role of organizational identification on implicit leadership theories (ILTs), transformational leadership and work attitudes, Journal of Accounting and Business Research, 35(3): 183-205.

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