Education

Educational background

University of Saskatchewan (UofS)

Ph.D.

Thesis title: Cognitive Dissonance, Mental Frames and the Financial Value of Agricultural Co-operatives [June 2008]

Department of Bioresource Policy, Business & Economics (PBE).

Advisory Committee:

Richard S. Gray, University of Saskatchewan (Committee Member)

James Vercammen, University of British Columbia (Committee Member)

Jingang Zhao, University of Saskatchewan (Committee Member)

John Cranfield, University of Guelph (External Examiner)

Murray E. Fulton, University of Saskatchewan (Supervisor)

The University of British Columbia (UBC)

Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics (winter term 2005).

Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes/

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (CIHEAM/MAICh)

M.Sc.

Thesis title: The Role of Quality in Industry Concentration: The Case of the Greek Dairy Industry [June 2003]

Department of Economic and Management Sciences.

Supervisor: Dr. Murray E. Fulton.

Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes/

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (CIHEAM/MAICh)

Diploma of Specialized Post-Graduate Studies (DSPU)

[June 2002]

Department of Economic and Management Sciences.

Agricultural University of Athens (AUA)

B.Sc. (Ptychion)

Dissertation title: The Implementation of Relationship Marketing in Agro-Food Sector:The Case of Greek Imports [June 2001 – in Greek]

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.

Supervisor: Dr. George Chryssochoidis.