Andreas Andronikidis is the professor of marketing management at the School of Business Administration of the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. He served as a visiting professor at King’s Business School, King’s College, London, UK, and the KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business, Leuven, Belgium. He has worked as senior consultant for small and medium sized businesses in Greece and the UK. Currently most of his research is in the services sector, though previously he conducted research in several public sector and voluntary sector organisations. His research interests are in the areas of marketing management, service quality and management, and consumer psychology. His published work is recognized by from the international scientific research community. Andreas is the director for the laboratory of “Behavioural Engineering & Analytics for Marketing Management (The BEAMM Lab)
EDUCATION
Phd in Management, University of Sheffield UK
MBA, University of Sheffield UK
Bsc University of Macedonia
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Marketing, Strategy and Management, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
The impact of CEO duality and board gender diversity on environmental and social performance and CSR controversies Sofia Karagiannopoulou, Andreas Andronikidis, Georgia Zournatzidou, Grigoris Giannarakis Euromed Journal of Business, 2026 Purpose This study investigates the impact of CEO duality chief executive officer duality (CEOD) and board gender diversity (BGD) on environmental, social and corporate social responsibility controversies (CSRC) performance. The aim of this study is twofold, as it incorporates BGD as a potential determinant of CSR performance as well as a potential moderator on the relationship between CEOD and CSR performance. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of European companies listed on STOXX Europe 600 Index for 2007–2023. Constructing a fixed-effect model, the paper explores the moderating role of BGD in the relationship between CEOD and CSR performance. Findings Results reveal that CEOD has a positive impact on social performance, while findings from the moderating role of BGD suggest that BGD reinforces the relationship between CEOD and the environmental pillar. On the other hand, BGD negatively moderates the relationship between CEOD and social performance. Contrary to the hypothesized positive effects, BGD has a negative impact on CSRC. Research limitations/implications Our sample includes only European companies; future studies should expand this research on spotting differences between developed and developing countries. Practical implications Corporate managers and policymakers should maintain robust governance practices, ensuring that the CEO's power is exercised responsibly, preventing the misuse of CEO power and balancing between potential opportunistic behaviors and social concerns. Originality/value To our knowledge, no empirical study employs BGD to moderate the relationship between CEOD and CSR performance, whilst CSRC is under-examined.
Is Board Gender Diversity a Superficial Goal or a Strategic Asset for CSR Performance? The Role of Critical Mass and Board Size Sofia Karagiannopoulou, Andreas Andronikidis, Nikolaos Sariannidis, Grigoris Giannarakis Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2025 This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity (BGD) and environmental, social, and CSR controversies' performance and the moderating role of board size (BS) on their relationship. Using data from STOXX Europe 600 Index listed companies from 2007 to 2023 and employing a Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) model, the results reveal a U‐shaped relationship between BGD and CSR performance. Concerning the moderation effect, the results indicate that as the number of BS on the board increases, the effect of BGD on CSR will be decreasing, but this decrease is declining as BS increases. This study provides strategic insights and implications for corporate managers and policymakers by suggesting the critical mass of female participation on boards, aligning with the dimensions of CSR performance.
COVID-19, tourism and road traffic accidents: Evidence from Greece Andreas Psarras, Theodore Panagiotidis, Andreas Andronikidis Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the implementation of traffic and movement restrictions as governments were trying to limit the spread of the virus. Tourism has been affected by these travel restrictions. We examine the impact of curfews and the re-opening of borders on road traffic accidents. We investigate the effects of lockdown on motor vehicle collisions by analyzing recorded car accidents in 58 districts in Greece. We employ a difference-in-differences approach to compare motor vehicle collisions in 2020 with the previous five years. We reveal a decline in road traffic collisions during the curfew period (with 1617 fewer collisions). This is followed by an increase after the re-opening of borders (168 more vehicle collisions in tourist-popular areas despite the decline in tourist arrivals), compared to what would have been expected in the absence of the pandemic restrictions.
The short-term impact of a referendum on motor vehicle collisions casualties Andreas Psarras, Theodore Panagiotidis, Andreas Andronikidis Traffic Injury Prevention, 2024 Objective A referendum took place in Greece on the 5th of July 2015 to decide whether the suggested bailout would be accepted. Since this was the first one since 1974, the period between the referendum and the subsequent national elections was characterized by increased uncertainty and had spillover effects in many aspects of everyday life. We take advantage of this quasi-experiment to investigate the short-term impact of the referendum on vehicle collisions casualties. Methods We use data from the daily number of injuries and fatalities caused by vehicle collisions in 2015 and employ a difference-in-differences approach, comparing trends before and after the referendum. Results We reveal that the referendum had a short-term impact on road traffic casualties (4.14 more casualties per day), compared to what would have been expected in the absence of the referendum. Conclusions The study provides evidence that negative emotions and anxiety, due to uncertainty, could promote dangerous driving behavior. Preventive and traffic control measures may need to be considered by policy makers during periods of uncertainty.
The role of tourism in road traffic accidents: the case of Greece Andreas Psarras, Theodore Panagiotidis, Andreas Andronikidis Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 The increase in the number of tourists visiting many destinations in Greece could lead to spillover effects on the safety of tourists with road traffic accidents being the major contributor to the morbidity and mortality of travellers worldwide. We employ data from 51 Greek regions (NUTS-3) during the period 2000–2017 to investigate the role of tourism in road accidents. We examine whether road accidents are affected by factors such as tourism, economic, demographic, meteorological, and risk exposure variables. We reveal that tourism affects road accidents in Greece, and that foreign tourists have a significant influence in this regard. Domestic tourists have a significant effect on non-fatal accidents, unlike foreign travellers, who covary more with cases of severe injuries and fatalities. There is a positive relationship between the number of road traffic accidents and tourism; more and longer stays of tourists coincide with increased vehicular collisions. Our findings suggest that domestic and foreign tourists are important to the national road safety policy plan, and that policymakers should be aware of this.
Optimal product line design using Tabu Search Stelios Tsafarakis, Konstantinos Zervoudakis, Andreas Andronikidis Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2022 Product design constitutes a critical process for a firm, which if not implemented effectively it may even question its viability. The optimal product line design is an NP-hard problem, where a company aims at designing a set of products that will optimize a specific objective. Whilst Tabu Search (TS) has effectively solved a large number of combinatorial optimization problems, it has not yet been evaluated in product design. In this paper we design and implement a TS algorithm, which is applied to both artificial and actual consumer-related data preferences for specific products. The algorithm’s performance is evaluated against previous approaches like Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing. The results indicate that the proposed approach outperforms nine tested heuristics in terms of accuracy and efficiency. It also constitutes a more robust technique, and can be effectively generalized to larger problem sizes, which include higher number of products, attributes, or levels. Finally, a novel variant of TS capable of reducing execution time called Tabu Search Class Move, is introduced.
Drinking motives Klaus Grunert, Jacob Rosendahl, Andreas I. Andronikidis, George J. Avlonitis, Paulina Papastathopoulou, et al. Consumption Culture in Europe Insight into the Beverage Industry, 2013