Jason Papathanasiou

Jason Papathanasiou is a Professor at the Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, Greece. He holds a PhD in Operational Research and a degree in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has worked for a number of years at various institutes and has organized and participated in many international scientific conferences and workshops. He has published papers in international scientific peer referred journals like the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Environmental Modelling & Software, Regional Studies, European Journal of Operational Research, PNAS, Fuzzy sets and Systems, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and has edited or authored a number of books. He has coordinated, reviewed proposals and participated in many research projects in FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Interreg and COST; he was also a member of the TDP Panel of COST. He is a member of the coordination board of the Euro Working Group on Decision Support Systems. His research interests include Decision Support Systems, Operational Research and Multicriteria Decision Making.

Publications

Influences of Social Media on Consumer Decision-Making Processes in the Food and Grocery Industry
Theodore Tarnanidis, Maro Vlachopoulou, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2023. 317 pages.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, entrepreneurs in the grocery retail industry face numerous challenges in navigating the complexities of online operations and...
Review and the Use of PROMETHEE Methods in Marketing (Problems)
Theodore Tarnanidis, Jason Papathanasiou, Maro Vlachopoulou, Bertrand Mareschal. © 2023. 17 pages.
The method of PROMETHEE belongs to Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques, which helps decision-makers to examine problems where there are multiple and conflicting...
Can We Fight EU-Racism in Football?: A Cross-Cultural Study
Theodore Tarnanidis, Georgios Tsaples, Jason Papathanasiou, Stefano Armenia. © 2022. 14 pages.
The current study aims to examine the phenomenon of racism in football. The researchers collected data from people of all ages in the countries of Italy, Romania, Greece...
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Labor Market Integration Policies in EU Member States Using PROMETHEE
Anastasia Blouchoutzi, Panagiota Digkolou, Jason Papathanasiou, Christos Nikas. © 2021. 12 pages.
From an economic point of view, the rational response towards migration is the labor market integration of immigrants. Within the above framework, several actions have been...
Instigators and Victims of Racism Abuse in Football: Are the Same, Different, or What?
Theodore Tarnanidis, Georgios Tsaples, Jason Papathanasiou, Stefano Armenia. © 2021. 14 pages.
The current research provides a mapping of the most important instigators and victims of racism abuse in football. Based on the literature review findings, it is observed that in...
Applications of DSSs in Irrigation and Production Planning in Agriculture
Jason Papathanasiou, Thomas Bournaris, Georgios Tsaples, Panagiota Digkoglou, Basil D. Manos. © 2021. 18 pages.
Agricultural management has become an increasingly complex endeavor. As a result, there is the need to generate knowledge from information that can guide practice, and in that...
Instigators and Victims of Racism Abuse in Football: Are the Same, Different, or What?
Theodore Tarnanidis, Georgios Tsaples, Jason Papathanasiou, Stefano Armenia. © 2020. 14 pages.
The current research provides a mapping of the most important instigators and victims of racism abuse in football. Based on the literature review findings, it is observed that in...
Driving Agribusiness With Technology Innovations
Theodore Tarnanidis, Maro Vlachopoulou, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2017. 384 pages.
Modern web-based applications are pertinent for businesses, as they often encourage their core competencies and capabilities. As such, the agribusiness sector must begin to take...
Automated Enterprise Systems for Maximizing Business Performance
Petraq Papajorgji, François Pinet, Alaine Margarete Guimarães, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2016. 312 pages.
The integration of recent technological advances into modern business processes has allowed for greater efficiency and productivity. However, while such improvements are...
Exploring the Development of New Tourism Activities in the Municipality of Kerkini by Using the Area's Natural Resources Sustainably, Municipality of Kerkini, Greece
Dimitra Manou, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2015. 4 pages.
Work in the 354 km2 Municipality of Kerkini studied ways to increase ecotourism without harming rich local biodiversity, in cooperation with government, NGOs and private...
An Interactive Spatial Decision Support System Enabling Co-Located Collaboration using Tangible User Interfaces for the Multiple Capacitated Facility Location Problem
Nikolaos Ploskas, Ioannis Athanasiadis, Jason Papathanasiou, Nikolaos Samaras. © 2015. 14 pages.
The Multiple Capacitated Facility Location Problem (MCFLP) is well-known and studied in the international literature optimization problem. The geographical information data of...
A Multivariate Statistical Assessment of the Level of Use of Information Systems in the Public Sector Services in Greece in Order to Oppose Bureaucracy
Odysseas Moschidis, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2014. 13 pages.
Public sector bureaucracy is undoubtedly one of the major unfavorable factors that contradict the smooth economic development of Greece. Using information systems in management...
Transactional Environmental Support System Design: Global Solutions
Jason Papathanasiou, Basil Manos, Stratos Arampatzis, Robert Kenward. © 2013. 313 pages.
Designing a Transactional Environmental Support System grew from the desire to allow citizens to exchange knowledge on local land and animals for the purpose of learning how to...
Introduction
Robert E. Kenward, Jason Papathanasiou, Basil Manos, Stratos Arampatzis. © 2013. 6 pages.
Change in land-use, and hence, biodiversity, result from decisions at local level, which are restrained only in part by formal environmental assessments. However, local knowledge...
An Overview of the Case Studies
Dimitra Manou, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2013. 10 pages.
TESS partners were asked to develop local level case studies for Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, and the UK. All studies consisted of a...
Exploring the Development of New Tourism Activities in the Municipality of Kerkini by Using the Area’s Natural Resources Sustainably, Municipality of Kerkini, Greece
Dimitra Manou, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2013. 4 pages.
Work in the 354 km2 Municipality of Kerkini studied ways to increase ecotourism without harming rich local biodiversity, in cooperation with government, NGOs and private...
Overall Conclusions
Robert Kenward, Jason Papathanasiou, Basil Manos, Stratos Arampatzis. © 2013. 5 pages.
This chapter summarises the intentions, processes, and findings of the project, funded by the Commission of the European Union, to design a Transactional Environmental Support...
A Governance and Ecosystems Management Approach to the Conservation of Biodiversity
Basil Manos, Robert Kenward, Stratos Arampatzis, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2011. 11 pages.
Finally, this chapter highlights the path drawn by the currently ongoing TESS project (Transactional Environmental Support System) to put some of the conclusions of the...
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM)
John Wang. Est. 2010.
This fully refereed journal examines current, state-of-the-art research in the areas of information technology project management, and the interactions, linkages, applications...
International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC)
John Wang. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) examines current, state-of-the-art research in the areas of information systems and social change, and...
Decision Support Systems in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: Trends, Applications and Advances
Basil Manos, Nikolaos Matsatsinis, Konstantinos Paparrizos, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2010. 554 pages.
As national and international concern over sustainable resources becomes more prevalent, the need for decision support systems (DSS) increases. The applicable uses of a...