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Dimitrios KOUFOPOULOS

Dimitrios Koufopoulos is a senior lecturer in International Management and Strategy at Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK. Previously, he was a lecturer in Strategic Management at Brunel in 2002-2007. In 1997-2002, Dr Koufopoulos taught Strategic Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK. In addition, he is a managing partner at Gnosis Management Consultants, a specialised consultancy with expertise in strategic decision-making, strategy development and corporate governance matters.

Dr Koufopoulos has also taught at the Hellenic Open University, the American College in Greece, ESCEM School of Business and Management, the American Intercontinental University and Middlesex University. His areas of specialisation are strategic planning systems and processes, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, headquarters and subsidiary relationships, and top management groups.

He has a PhD in Business Administration from Cardiff Business School, UK, where he also earned his MBA.

Programme(s) Taught

Master of Business Administration
Postgraduate Diploma of Business Administration
Certificate of Professional Development

Subject(s) Taught

640: Managing International Business
690: Strategic Management
790: Capstone Management Project

Professional Affiliations

Member, British Academy of Management (UK)
Member, Chartered Management Institute, MCIM (UK)
Fellow, Institute of Business Consultants, FIBC (UK)
Academic Member, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Member, European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Member, Academy of Management (US)
Member, Southern Management Association (US)
Member, Strategic Management Society (US)
Full Member, Association of Professional Accountants of Athens, Greece
Full Member, Economic Chamber of Greece
Member, Hellenic Management Association (Greece)

Professional Activities

Editorial Board Member, Corporate Board: Roles, Duties & Composition (since January 2006)
Editorial Board Member, World Journal of Business and Management
Sub-Editor, Centre for Organisational Excellence Ltd (CoREX)
Adhoc Reviewer, Management Learning Journal, Academy of Management Conference, European Academy of Management, British Academy of Management
External Examiner, Greenwich University, School of Engineering (July 2007)
Scientific Director, Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance
Head, Management Research Unit of the Athens Institute of Education & Research (ATINER) (since February 2006)

Selected/Recent Publications

Ogbechie, C., Koufopoulos, D.N., & Argyropoulou, M. (2008). Recent developments of corporate governance in Nigeria. Management Research News, 31 (in print).
Koufopoulos, D.N., Motwani, J., Argyropoulou, M., & Zoumbos, V. (2008). The relationship amongst the chairman, the board composition and firm performance: a study of Greek firms. Team Performance Management, 14(3) (in print).
Argyropoulou, M., Ioannou, G., Koufopoulos, D.N., & Motwani, J. (2008). Performance drivers of ERP systems in small and medium-sized enterprises. International Journal of Enterprise Network Management (in print).
Ogbechie, C., & Koufopoulos, D.N. (2007). Corporate governance practices in publicly quoted companies in Nigeria. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 3(4), 350-381.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006). Board configuration and performance in Greece: an empirical investigation. Corporate Ownership and Control,3(4), 9-23.
Koufopoulos, D.N., Lagoudis, I., & Pastra, A. (2005). Planning practices in the Greek ocean shipping industry. European Business Review 17(2), 151-176.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2005). An exploratory study on the executive recruitment and performance in Greece. Corporate Board: Role, Duties & Composition, 1(3), 13-28.
Koufopoulos, D.N., Lagoudis, I., & Pastra, A. (2005). Planning practices in the Greek ocean shipping industry. European Business Review, 17(2), 151-176.

Selected/Recent Presentations

Koufopoulos, D.N., & Winter, S. (2007, September 10-13). Inconvenient fact: planning for the environment you have. Presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Management Research, Education and Business Success: Is the Future as Clear as the Past?, Warwick, UK.
Koufopoulos, D.N., Zoumbos, V., Oikonomou, A., & Gerouki, E. (2007, 6-9 August). Exploring the chairman, board composition and performance relationship. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Management-Marketing-Economic Aspects organised by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece.
Koufopoulos, D.N., Zoumbos, V., Oikonomou, A. & Argyropoulou, M. (2007, 17-20 July). Entrepreneurial strategic planning approaches adopted by the Greek SMEs. Presented at the Business and Economic Society International 2007 Conference, Antibes, French Riviera, France.
Gliatis, I. and Koufopoulos, D.N., & Argiropoulou, M. (2007, July 5-8). Adopted planning practices by the Greek hospitality industry. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Tourism, organised by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece.
Koufopoulos, D.N., Coutroubis, A., & Lagoudis, I. (2007, July 4-5). One size does not fit all: revisiting conceptual wisdom by assessing corporate governance practices of the Greek management shipping companies. Presented at the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Conference, organised by the Athens Laboratory of Business (ALBA), Athens, Greece.
Argyropoulou, M., Ioannou, G., and Koufopoulos, D.N. (2007, 17-20 June). Measuring the performance of ERP projects at SMEs. Submitted at the 14th International EurOMA 2007 Conference, Managing Operations in an Expanding Europe, Ankara, Turkey.
Koufopoulos, D.N., Zoumbos, V., & Oikonomou, A. (2007, 19-20 April). Strategic planning in the Greek SMEs. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance, University of Winchester, UK, 115-130.
Ogbechie, C., & Koufopoulos, D.N. (2007, 19-20 April). Board characteristics and involvement in strategic decision making: the Nigerian perspective. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance, University of Winchester, UK, 177-186.
Argyropoulou, M., Ioannou, G., & Koufopoulos, D.N. (2007, 19-20 April). A framework for measuring the Impact of ERP Implementation at Greek SMEs. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance, University of Winchester, UK, 15-24.
Ogbechie, C., & Koufopoulos, D.N. (2006, 9-10 November). Corporate Governance Developments in Nigeria. 3rd Workshop on Corporate Governance organised by the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), Brussels, Belgium.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006, 12-14 September). Does board structure affect company performance: evidence from the Greek manufacturing industry? Presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Building International Communities Trough Collaboration, Belfast, Ireland, 69. (Best Paper Award for the Track Corporate Governance, Accountability and Corporate Social Responsibility sponsored by the International Journal of Managerial Finance).
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006, 19-22 July). Antecedents, board configuration and financial performance: insights from the Greek service sector. Proceedings of the13 th Annual Conference on Advances in Management, Lisboa, Portugal, 122-123.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006, 15-19 July). The effects of organisational demography on board configuration: an empirical analysis of the Greek listed service organizations. Presented at the Business and Economic Society International 2006 Conference, Florence, Italy.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006). The impact of board configuration on financial performance: evidence from the Greek service sector. Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on IS Management, Leadership and Governance, Paris, France, 107-115.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006, 26-28 June). Corporate governance practices: the case of the Greek firms. Presented at the 4th International Conference of Business, Economic, Management and Marketing organised by the ATINER (Athens Institute of Education and Research), Athens, Greece.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2006, 17-20 May). Determinants, board structure and organisational performance: evidence from the Greek listed firms. Presented at the European Academy of Management Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Koufopoulos, D.N. (2005, 14-15 December). An empirical examination of the determinants of planning outcomes. Presented at the 1st Copenhagen Conference on Strategic Management, Building Competitive Advantage: The role of Entrepreneurship and Innovation organised by the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization (SMG) at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2005, 24-25 November). Board configuration and performance in Greece: an empirical investigation. Presented at the 2nd Workshop on Corporate Governance organised by the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), Brussels, Belgium.
Koufopoulos, D.N., & Balta, M.E. (2005, 29-30 September). Executive succession in Greece: an empirical study. Presented at the 3rd Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management organised by the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), Vienna, Austria.
Basuony, M.A., Koufopoulos, D.N., & Aston, J. (2005, 22-23 September). The effect of balanced scorecard and external environment on organizational performance. Presented at the 3rd Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control organised by the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), EDHEC Business School, Nice, France.
Basuony, M.A., & Koufopoulos, D.N. (2005, 7-9 April). The balanced scorecard: Is it a management control or strategic control. Presented at The Changing Roles of Management Accounting as a Control System, the inaugural joint workshop by MCA and ENROAC, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Basuony, M.A., & Koufopoulos, D.N. (2005, 30 March-1 April). Environmental dimensions, balanced scorecard, and organization performance: a conceptual framework. Presented at the BAA Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Koufopoulos, D.N. (2004, October-November). Structural and environmental correlates of planning systems. Presented at Strategic Balance: Driving Information and Maintaining Performance, 24th Annual International Conference, Strategic Management Society, Costa Rica.