George Avlonitis

George Avlonitis
Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing and Communication, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Doctoral Research in Marketing, University of Strathclyde, Scotland (1980).
M.Sc. Industrial Administration, University of Aston in Birmingham, England (1974).
Diploma in Management Studies, University of Wolverhampton, England, (1973)
B.Sc. in Business Administration, University of Piraeus (1971)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1990 - Present: Professor of Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Marketing and Communication  
1986 - 1990: Associate Professor of Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Business Administration 
1982 - 1985: Lecturer in Marketing, Strathclyde University, Scotland, Department of Marketing
1981 - 1982: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Strathclyde University, Scotland, Department of Marketing

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
Director of the Master of Science (part-time) in Marketing and Communication with New Technologies at the Athens University of Economics and Business.
 
Director of the Athens Laboratory of Research in Marketing (A.LA.R.M.), of the Department of Marketing and Communication, Athens University of Economics and Business
 
Head of the Department of Marketing and Communication (former Management Science and Marketing), Athens University of Economics and Business, 1997-2000
 
Wide thesis/dissertation supervision experience at M.Sc.,MBA, Ph.D. level.
 
External examiner in dissertations submitted at the University of Strathclyde (Μ.Sc. in Marketing).
 
External examiner at University of Ulster (Programs offered at ICBS, Thessaloniki, 1994-1997)

PRIZES, DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS

  • Elected Vice-president in the European Marketing Academy (1990-1993)
  • Elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK)
  • Best paper award from the Academy of Marketing Science, (2nd World Marketing Congress, Stirling University, Scotland).
  • Highest Quality Rating Award from ANBAR for the paper «Marketing Orientation and Company Performance: A Comparative Study of Industrial vs. Consumer Goods Companies», published in the Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 26, no.5, 1997
  • Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Market Orientation Development: A Comparison of Industrial vs. Consume Goods Companies", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, vol.16, no.5, pp.354-81, 2001 (with Gounaris S.)
  • Elected President of the Hellenic Marketing Academy (1998 - )
  • Elected President of E.C.R. (Effective Consumer Response) Hellas (1995-1998)

  • BOOKS - CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS 
    "Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising", ed. by M.J. Baker, MacMillan Press, 1984.
     
    "The Management of the Product Elimination Function: A Theoretical and an Empirical Analysis". Advances in Business Marketing, Volume 1, Arch G. Woodside (Ed) JAI Press Inc., 1986, pp. 1-66.
     
    "Effective Product Decision Making in an Industrial Environment". Handbook of Business Marketing Management - Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing, Vol. 6, Arch. 6, Woodside (Ed.) JAI Press Inc.,1992 (together with A. Kouremenos).
     
    "Product Management" in the The Oxford Textbook of Marketing, Blois K. (Ed), Oxford University Press, 2000
     
    "Product Portfolio, Strategy and Management", (with Papastathopoulou, P.), Sage Publications, 2005 (forthcoming)

    PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC FORA 
    American Marketing Association (AMA)
    Academy of Marketing Science
    European Marketing Academy (EMAC)
    Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K.)
    Marketing Academy (U.K.)
    Greek Marketing Academy
    Hellenic Institute of Marketing

    EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERSHIP
    European Journal of Marketing
    Journal of Business Research
    Journal of Euromarketing
    Journal of International Consumer Marketing
    Journal of Marketing Channels (1999-2002)
    Journal of Teaching in International Business (1990-1993)
    Journal of Transnational Management Development
    International Journal of Research in Marketing (1989-1993)
    International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising
     
    ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIP
    International Business Press of the Haworth Press Inc.