Selected Presentations
Banalieva, E. (Presenter & Author), Athanassiou, N. (Author Only), AIB 2009, "The Strategic Complementarity of Regional and Global Partners for Triad Multinationals," San Diego
Banalieva, E. (Presenter & Author), Athanassiou, N. (Presenter & Author), AoM 2008, "Are Regional or Global Partners More Central to Multinationals’ Alliance Portfolios and Performance," IMD, Santa Anna, CA. (August 2008).
Spital, F., McDonough, E., Athanassiou, N., IFSAM World Congress 2006: Berlin, Germany, September 2006. "Managing the Transfer of Knowledge in the Context of a Radical Innovation," IFSAM, Berlin, Germany.
“An Examination of Business Ethics Research in Three Top International Business Journals,” C. Robertson, N. Athanassiou and M. Rayzberg, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2006.
Athanassiou, N. (Presenter Only), Maznevski, M. (Presenter Only), Annual Meeting, "Learning and Knowledge Management through External Networks," Academy of International Business, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 2005.
Athanassiou, N., Spital, F., McDonough, E. F., Annual Meeting, "Knowledge Access in Global New Product Innovation Process: A Social Capital Perspective," Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.
Athanassiou, N., McDonough, E.F., Spital, F., Annual Meeting, "Knowledge Access In the Global New Product Innovation Process: A Social Capital Perspective," Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2004.
Athanassiou, N., McDonough, E. F., Spital, F., Annual Meeting, "Social Capital and Knowledge Access In the Process of Global New Product Innovation of an MNC," Academy of International Business, Monterey, CA, 2003.
Athanassiou, N., Maznevski, M., 3rd European Conference on Knowledge Management, "The Top Management Team's Social Capital and the Internationalization of the Firm," Athens, Greece, 2002.
Maznevski, M., Athanassiou, N., Annual Meeting, "Global Teams as Networks of Social Capital - presented in International Team Research: Building Bridges Between Management Disciplines," Academy of Management, Denver, CO, 2002.
Industry and Academic Experience
Prior to joining the D'Amore-McKim School of Business faculty, Professor Athanassiou served as a visiting professor at the University of South Carolina and a lecturer at the University of Maryland’s International Business Management Institute in Tokyo. Professor Athanassiou has held a number of senior executive positions in the United States, Japan, Europe, and the Middle East with PepsiCo, Kentucky Fried Chicken International, and Heublein, Inc.
Professional Services
Professor Athanassiou serves as International Business and Strategy Group Coordinator for the D'Amore-McKim School of Business. He has been the Academic Director of the School’s Bachelor of Science in International Business since 2003. Professor Athanassiou has served as guest editor of Management International Review in 2006. For the past ten years, he has organized the Professional Development Workshop "Introduction to Social Networks" in collaboration with David Krackhardt, Carnegie-Mellon University, Dan Brass, U. of Kentucky and Steven Borgatti, U. of Kentucky. Professor Athanassiou is a member of the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, and The Institute of Management Sciences.
Mailing Address
Nicholas Athanassiou
313 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000