Deliverables


  1. 1.General literature review regarding family business characteristics.
      1. 1.1.Report in English entitled “Review of the characteristics of family businesses”.
      2. 1.2.Summary in Greek entitled “Επισκόπηση των χαρακτηριστικών των οικογενειακών επιχειρήσεων”.
      3. 1.3.Publication of the literature review in a workshop or a conference.
      4. 1.4.Βιβλιογραφική Έρευνα της υπάρχουσας κατάστασης των οικογενειακών επιχειρήσεων στις συμμετέχουσες χώρες (Ελλάδα και Φινλανδία).
  1. 2.Current situation of family businesses in the involved countries (Finland, Greece).
      1. 2.1.Report in English entitled “Family businesses in Finland”.
      2. 2.2.Report in Greek “Family businesses in Greece”.
      3. 2.3.Publication of the results of the literature reviews in a local Finnish workshop / conference.
      4. 2.4.Publication of the results of the literature reviews in a local Greek workshop / conference.
      5. 2.5.Publication of the comparative results of the literature reviews in an international conference.
  1. 3.Design of research methodology and implementation of research instrument.
      1. 3.1.Flow chart of the research processes.
      2. 3.2.Automatic electronic tool for questionnaire.
      3. 3.3.Questionnaire in English, Finnish and Greek.
      4. 3.4.Structured interview questions in English, Finnish and Greek.
  1. 4.Data collection.
      1. 4.1.Minimum 100 completed questionnaires from Greece.
      2. 4.2.Minimum 100 completed questionnaires from Finland.
      3. 4.3.Minimum 10 documented (written on tape and transferred to a word file) from Greece.
      4. 4.4.Minimum 10 documented (written on tape and transferred to a word file) from Finland.
  1. 5.Data analysis.
      1. 5.1.A report with simple statistical percentages for Greece.
      2. 5.2.A report with simple statistical percentages for Finland.
      3. 5.3.Publication of the results in local workshop/conference/Journal in Greece.
      4. 5.4.Publication of the results in local workshop/conference/Journal in Finland.
      5. 5.5.Publication of comparative results from the two countries in an international conference/journal.
  1. 6.Development of a family business diagnosis and self-therapy model.
      1. 6.1.Description of the diagnosis and self-therapy model.
      2. 6.2.Report on the pilot study of the model.
      3. 6.3.Publication of the model in an international journal.
  1. 7.Development of a family business diagnosis and self-therapy model.
      1. 7.1.Description of Software requirements.
      2. 7.2.Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagrams or other design diagram.
      3. 7.3.The programming code.
      4. 7.4.Test cases (of diagnosis to therapy).
      5. 7.5.User Manual (including on line help).
  1. 8.Information, publicity and dissemination activities.
      1. 8.1.Project Web-page in English, Greek and Finnish.
      2. 8.2.Information flyer in English, Greek and Finnish.
      3. 8.3.Advertisement poster in English, Greek and Finnish.
      4. 8.4.Two articles in internal newsletters of ΑΤΕΙTH.
      5. 8.5.Two articles in internal newsletters of University of Vaasa.
      6. 8.6.Two articles in local newspaper in Greece.
      7. 8.7.Two articles in local newspaper in Finland.
  1. 9.Project Management.
      1. 9.1.Meeting minutes (face-to-face and virtual).
      2. 9.2.Microsoft Project reports regarding project progress.
      3. 9.3.Project Blog regarding project progress.
      4. 9.4.Monthly, 6-month and annual financial reports.
  1. 10.Project Assessment (processes and deliverables).
      1. 10.1.Assessment report including: a) Analysis and findings, b) Recommendations for corrections to improve project quality.
      2. 10.2.Potential publication of assessment results.

Publications


International Refereed Conferences

  1. Siakas, K., Georgiadou, E., Siakas, E. (2014). An Agile Framework for Diagnosing Problem Areas for Family Businesses, Business-Related Scientific Research Conference 2014 (ABSRC 2014), Milan, Italy, December 10-12
  2. Siakas K., Kostoglou V. (2014). Diagnosing Problem Areas and Proposing Therapy for Family Businesses, International Scientific Conference Economic and Legal Mechanisms of Support and Protection of Family Farming in Poland and other Countries of the European Union, Warsaw, Polen, 23-24 October (accepted)
  3. Siakas K. V., Belidis A., Siakas E. (2014). Social media marketing for improved branding and valorisation in small family businesses, International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues (ICCMI 2014), 18-20 June, ISBN: 978-960-287-145-4, Athens, Greece, pp. 764 - 772
  4. Vlachakis, S., Siakas K., Belidis A. (2014). Succession in small-medium sized family businesses: A study of next generation marketing graduates’ contribution to the family business, International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues (ICCMI 2014), 18-20 June, ISBN: 978-960-287-145-4, Athens, Greece, pp. 263 - 271
  5. Vlachakis, S., Siakas, K., Naaranoja, M. (2013). Family Business in Greece, Investigation of the basic problems, 8th Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference Programme, Research Track 1: Enterprise Innovation & Development, 16 - 17 September 2013
  6. I.C. 6. Adamidou, E., Siakas, K., Naaranoja, M. (2013). How can innovations in computer sciences and management reinforce family businesses towards the challenges of the new economy?, 8th Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference Programme, Research Track 1: Enterprise Innovation & Development, 16 - 17 September 2013
  7. I.C. 7. Vlachakis, S., Siakas, K., Naaranoja, M. (2013). Family Businesses: A Study Regarding the Use of Marketing Tools by Small-Medium Family Businesses in Greece, G.M. Papadourakis, I. lazaridis, D. Paschaloudis (eds). New Horizons in Industry, Business and Education (ΝΗΙΒΕ 2013), Chania, Crete, 29-30 August, ISBN. 978-960-99889-6-4, pp.265-272
  8. I.C. 8. Vassiliadis, S. (2013). The Greek Family Business and the Succession Problem. 5th International Conference ‘The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed World’ EBEEC 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-12 May
  9. I.C. 9. Siakas, K., Naaranoja, M., Vlachakis, S., Siakas, E. (2013). Family Businesses in the New Economy: How to Survive and Develop. 5th International Conference ‘The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed World’ EBEEC 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-12 May