Dr. Kostas Axarloglou

Dean and Professor of International Business and Strategy (ALBA Graduate Business School), Associate Professor of  International Business (Democritus University of Thrace), Michael Gerrits Term Chair Assistant Professor of Economics (Babson College), Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University), Instructor (University of Michigan).

B.A. Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, M.A. University of Michigan, Ph.D. University of Michigan.

Dr. Axarloglou is doing research and consulting work in the areas of International Business (Foreign Direct Investments), Strategy (Strategic Leadersship), and Pricing.  His research has been published in leading management and economics journals such as Management Science, the Journal of Business, the Journal of the European Economic Association, World Economy and Managerial and Decision Economics.  He has received several research grants and also participated in numerous international conferences.  Recently, he completed a study for the Athens Academy of Science on “The Lack of FDI Flows in Greece”.  Dr. Axarloglou serves in various company Boards, and has done extensive training and consulting work in numerous multinational corporations such as Carrefour, Eurobank, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen-Cilag, Novo Nordisk, Philip Morris International, PepsiCo, Shell, Titan, Viohalco and Vodafone.

He is also Member of the Board of Directors, the Saracakis Group, Member of the Audit Committee, Allianz Hellas,Member of the Academic Council, IMT Dubai, and a member of the American Economic Association

Dr. Axarloglou, a recipient of the Fulbright scholarship, has extensive teaching experience in all levels of business education and has also received several teaching awards.