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A comprehensive picture of the Greek business system and management practices placed in a comparative context. The editors bring together knowledge from contemporary research in a comprehensive, analytical and comparative way that enables readers to see the Greek system in a holistic way.

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PART I: THE GREEK BUSINESS SYSTEM Politics; M. Kapsali & J. Butler Economics; I. Bournakis Finance; A. Kouloridas Development; K. Hatzaras Innovation; M. Kapsali Law; E. Kokkori, A. Katsiyianni & N. Polychroniou PART II: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN GREEK FIRMS Strategic Management; E. Poulis International Business; K. Poulis Human Resource Management; R. Prouska Marketing; P. Ballas Sales; I. Gedeon Total Quality Management; A. Psychogios Accounting and Auditing Practices; C. Caramanis & E. Dedoulis PART III: CONCLUSION: SUMMARY, COMPARISON AND SUGGESTIONS The Business System and Management Practices in Greece; R. Prouska & M. Kapsali Systems and Practises: Peripheral Countries Compared with the UK; R. Prouska & M. Kapsali Suggestion for Further Research on the System and Practises in Greece; R. Prouska & M. Kapsali

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REA PROUSKA is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Middlesex University Business School, UK. She holds a PhD from Manchester Business School, UK and specialises in outsourcing HR activities. Her research interests are in HRM, HR outsourcing/offshoring, graduate employability and gender. Her other publications include Critical Issues in Human Resource Management

MARIA KAPSALI is a Research Associate in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship group at Imperial College Business School, UK, working on EPSRC projects on patient safety and on simulation modelling in healthcare planning. She holds a PhD in Operations, Technology and Innovation Management from Manchester Business School on the performance of EU Framework Programme healthcare technology projects.

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