Dr. Chrysanthi Balomenou

Email cbalomenou@epoka.edu.al
Office Phone 1637

Primary Appointment
Lecturer - Banking and Finance

Education

Dr., Banking and Regional Economics, Panteion University, Faculty of Economic and Regional Development, Greece, Athens, 2000

M. Sc., Regional Development, Panteion University, Regional Development Institute, Greece, Athens, 1985

B. Sc., Political Science, Panteion University, Faculty of Political Science, Greece, Athens, 1981

Additional Affiliations

Lecturer (Full Time Academic Staff ) Lecturer in Banking and Finance Department, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Epoka University October 2017 -

Collaborating Academic/Teaching StaffI/Instructor (Professor-Advisor) in the: a. Undergraduate Course “Money and Capital Markets” of MBA Studies, b. Supervisor of Master Thesis in Master of Science Program in Banking, Hellenic Open University.

Part Time Teacher of Economics and Finance in Private Schools and Colleges October 2010–October 2016

ERASMUS TEACHING STAFF MOBILITY ACTIVITIES Erasmus Program teaching, as visiting Professor Budapest University of Technology and Economics Academic Year 2008 - present

Senior Bank Executive Deputy Manager / Marketing Manager - Analyst & Trainer at the Human Resources Training Division National Bank Of Greece 1981 – 2013

Pitesti University, Romania,Academic Year 2018 _2019 (Teaching Staff Mobility). (Erasmus + Program).

Director of Academics in European International University, ( EIU), Paris, France (2019, 2020) and Member of the Faculty (2021+)

ERASMUS TEACHING AND TRAINING STAFF MOBILITY ACTIVITIES Erasmus Program teaching, as visiting Professor Mainz University of Applied Sciences Academic Year 2021 - present

Honors and Awards

Dr. Balomenou has honored for her valuable contribution as a Plenary Speaker of the 3rd International Conference on Economics and Development 2019, by the International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), June 2019

Dr. Balomenou has honored for serving as an Evaluation Panel Member at the 3rd International Conference on Economics and Development 2019, by the International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), June 2019

Projects

Financial market developments and productivity, EPOKA UNIVERSITY BAF DEPARTMENT, Main Objective: to investigate the impact of financial market developments on productivity in West Balkan countries Description: Financial markets play a significant positive role on the productivity of different sectors. this impact is observed at different scales in different countries with different level of development and market structure. West Balkan countries who are still in development stage need to fasten their sectors productivity to over, 01/2018 - ongoing

Banking, Regional Economics and Demographic factors-indicators, EPOKA UNIVERSITY BAF DEPARTMENT, The main objective of this research is to explore and examine, thoroughly: a) the impact of the the demographic factors / indicators on the domestic banking systems performance in Balkan countries and in a more Integrative perspective in the Mediteranian ones. More specifically, this research field investigates the implications caused, for example, by the rapid demographic aging of the population, of the examining countries,, 01/2018 - ongoing

Banking Funding, Entrepreneurship and Investment Projects, EPOKA UNIVERSITY BAF DEPARTMENT, In this research we aim to explore the possibility of facilitating businesses’ access to financing tools for their investment projects. In particular we try to combine the two most popular tools of the Balkan and generally Southern European Countries (like Greece, Italy, Spain etc), business community, that of subsidies / state aid and that of bank lending. Our theoretical research is based on the review of traditional and modern financia, 01/2018 - ongoing

Financing of SMEs, EPOKA UNIVERSITY BAF DEPARTMENT, Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make significant contribution to the national income in developing countries. SMEs are the major source of employment and reducing the poverty in developing economies. However, SMEs face credit constrain (formal and informal) decreases their productivity performance. This research area is specifically focused on the key research questions. What are the barriers of SMEs financing in developing countries? How lack of access to formal credit aff, 01/2018 - ongoing

Courses Taught

BAF 335 - COMPARATIVE BANKING

ECO 331 - MONETARY THEORY AND POLICY I

ECO 509 - ADVANCED MONETARY THEORY AND POLICY

BAF 411 - PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

BAF 108 - PRINCIPLES OF BANKING

BAF 253 - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY THEORY AND POLICY (Doctoral course)

BAF 322 - LOAN MANAGEMENT AND CREDIT ANALYSIS

BAF 503 - SEMINARS IN BANKING AND FINANCE

BAF 801 - FINANCE THEORY AND MANAGEMENT (Doctoral course)

ECO 332 - MONETARY THEORY AND POLICY II

SUPERVISION OF 22 GRADUATION PROJECTS

SUPERVISION OF 9 MASTER THESIS (5 IN MASTER OF SCIENCE AND 4 IN PROFESSIONAL MASTER)

BAF 432 BANK MANAGEMENT

BAF 500 THESIS

Research Interests

Monetary Economics

Banking

Regional Economics

Entrepreneurship

Knowledge Economy

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