Expertise
Innovation strategy
Intellectual property protection Technological change

Overview
George is a DPhil candidate in Management Studies at the Saïd Business School and University College Oxford. He begun his research in October 2008 and is supervised by Professor Mari Sako

Before joining the DPhil programme, George completed the MSc in Management Research, also at the University of Oxford, with distinction. At the time, he was the 2006 recipient of the NATO scholarship for Greek citizens. George also holds an MBA and BSc in Management (both with honours) from the Athens University of Economics and Business. In 2008, George was awarded a Greek State Scholarship to complete his DPhil at Oxford University.

George's research focuses on the value and strategic use of intellectual property. Looking at patenting in particular, he is trying to understand, define and measure the economic value of patents across different contexts.

Publications and Working Papers

"What factors determine the economic value of patents” (with Mari Sako). Working paper, Saïd Business School.

“Profiting from non-technological Innovation: Business method patents as mechanisms of appropriability”. Working paper, Saïd Business School.

“The co-evolution of organizational architecture and firm boundary: organizational capability as mediator” (with Mari Sako). Working paper, Saïd Business School.

“Evalueserve: globalizing the business of giving insight?” (with Mari Sako). 2009. Case study series: Saïd Business School. 
 
"Performance lags and gaps during family business succession: The dual inefficiency of succession discontinuity and lower initial post-succession performance” (with Christos Sigalas, Anastasios Zaharopoulos and George S. Vozikis). 2008. In Butler, J. and Phan, P. (ed.) Theoretical Developments and Future Research in Family Business. Information Age Publishing: Charlotte: NC.

 Conference presentations

"Innovation and value appropriation: new insights from services”. 2010. 26th EGOS Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal.
 
“The co-evolution of organizational architecture and firm boundary: organizational capability as mediator” (with Mari Sako). 2010. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.
 
“The differential impact of technological change on firm boundaries”. 2009. 25th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain.
 
“Performance lags and gaps during family business succession: The dual inefficiency of succession discontinuity and lower initial post-succession performance” (with Christos Sigalas, Anastasios Zaharopoulos and George S. Vozikis). 2006. Family Enterprise Research Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada.