NICHOLAS ATHANASSIOU

Dr. Athanassiou is a Senior Consulting Associate of Global Resources where he has designed and taught executive and staff level courses in a range of global business planning subjects. In addition, Professor Athanassiou consults with a number of companies on international business strategy, marketing, and expatriation/repatriation issues.

In addition to his work with Global Resources, Dr. Athanassiou has been a member of the Northeastern University College of Business Administration faculty since 1995 upon completion of a Ph.D. in International Business and Strategic Management from the University of South Carolina. He teaches courses in business strategy, global management, and international marketing. From 1974 to 1990, he held a number of senior executive positions in strategic management, business development and general management in Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States with Pepsico, Kentucky Fried Chicken International, and Heublein, Inc. Professor Athanassiou also served as a visiting professor at the University of South Carolina and as a lecturer at the University of Maryland’s International Business Management Institute in Tokyo. A member of the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, and The Institute of Management Sciences, he has research interests in international business strategy, with a focus on the international business capabilities of top management teams. In addition to his Ph.D., Professor Athanassiou holds a BS degree from the Naval Academy of Greece, an MSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from University of Michigan. He is fluent in Greek and has some knowledge of French and Portuguese.