Theodore Metaxas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3478718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theodore Metaxas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theodore |
| FAMILY NAME | Metaxas |
| SIGNATURE | METAXAS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Thessaly |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6781-1401 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Golden Age of Global Economic Growth 1950–1970
This paper examines the period of rapid economic growth that followed World War II. The main focus of the analysis is on the factors that contributed to this era of prosperity, including economic reconstruction through the Marshall Plan, Keynesian policies of full employment and state intervention, and technological advancements that increased productivity and boosted international trade. At the same time, the paper explores the expansion of the …
Museums and Urban Sustainability
Museums play a crucial role in sustainable urban regeneration by maintaining and promoting cultural identity, fostering education, enhancing economic growth, among other factors. The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the dynamic connection between the role of museums and the viable development of cities as well as the salience of this interdependence. Using a qualitative approach, case study and comparative analysis, we examine social, econo…
Marketing Policies in Public Museums of Greece
The aim of this study is to examine the role and importance of certain promotional policies in supporting the image of Greek public museums with direct consequences on their visibility and attractiveness at national and global levels. It also examines whether the implementation of these policies is directly related to both the dynamics of the museums and the geographical location in which they are located. In particular, emphasis was given to the…
Territorial assets and SMEs competitiveness
This study examines the impact of territorial assets on firms’ competitiveness in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki. Questionnaires were handed out to 1311 small- and medium-sized firms located in the area. The research instrument included 27 territorial assets where respondents evaluated the performance of Thessaloniki in these factors. The analysis used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) techniques and inclu…
Air Pollution and Urban Environment
Air pollution in urban environments is a complex, multidimensional issue that significantly impacts public health and people’s well-being. Previous studies have tended to focus on general public awareness in metropolitan urban areas. The novelty of this study lies in examining whether perceptions regarding air pollution and the urban environment differ based on specific demographic characteristics such as age and dwelling place in a provincial ci…
Putting Cities in the Framework of Sustainable Development; Evolution, Evaluation and Features of SDG 11
The purpose of this paper is to analyze in first basis, how the International Community, reached the adoption of the SDG’s goals, and to discuss the assets and the problems, the omissions of these goals. Then, this text will give emphasis to the inclusiveness, resilience, safety and sustainability of the cities, and will indicate the extent that those goals were well – promoted and protected under the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals (MDG…
Sustainable urban development and the role of mega-projects
The present paper discusses the case of the Madrid Nuevo Norte Project (MNNP) in order to examine the relation of this mega-project with the city’s sustainable development. For this reason, the study used a qualitative approach using semi-structural interviews with experts (Madrid’s town hall, Madrid State, and the program management office and other external) that relayed strongly with MNNP. The expert panel requirements are split in six experti…
Studying Covid-19 Impacts on Culture
During the last three years, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on both tourism and culture globally. The function of every kind of cultural activity was inhibited due to curfews in all public spaces, including museums, galleries, monuments, and archeological sites, which were forced to interrupt their operation due to the restrictions that were implemented for the protection of public health. In many cases, also in Greece, museums or archeological s…
Sustainable Development and Resilience
The concept of a resilient city and its relationship with sustainable development has already received wide attention among academics, practitioners, and decision-makers, especially in the last decade. For many scholars, resilience is one of the concepts of sustainable development, in the sense that even more sustainability is an essential goal for development, and resilience is a way of thinking and acting that would lead us towards achieving su…
Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics
The consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children's economic exploitation and abuse could increase. Therefore, the present research aims to shed light on and to investigate the association between child labour in developing countries and pandemics, incl…
Path dependence, change and the emergence of the first joint-stock companies
This paper presents a model of path dependence and change and focuses on the gaining of new institutional knowledge. The main thesis is that in ‘extraordinary’ historical situations the possibility of change increases as a result of external pressure and successful adaptation to it. The model is tested applying it to the case study of seventeenth-century United Provinces (Dutch Republic). Such a situation existed in the sixteenth–seventeenth-cent…
Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe
This paper aims to define the meaning of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of the European framework and examine three different European countries. The main elements which encompass the meaning of CSR focus on activities with social and environmental sensitiveness, on a voluntary basis. The paper analyses the dimensions of CSR and presents its benefits. Furthermore, the paper provides a brief description of the recent CSR acti…
Path dependence, change and the emergence of the first joint-stock companies
This paper presents a model of path dependence and change and focuses on the gaining of new institutional knowledge. The main thesis is that in ‘extraordinary’ historical situations the possibility of change increases as a result of external pressure and successful adaptation to it. The model is tested applying it to the case study of seventeenth-century United Provinces (Dutch Republic). Such a situation existed in the sixteenth–seventeenth-cent…
Studying Covid-19 Impacts on Culture
During the last three years, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on both tourism and culture globally. The function of every kind of cultural activity was inhibited due to curfews in all public spaces, including museums, galleries, monuments, and archeological sites, which were forced to interrupt their operation due to the restrictions that were implemented for the protection of public health. In many cases, also in Greece, museums or archeological s…
Sustainable Development and Resilience
The concept of a resilient city and its relationship with sustainable development has already received wide attention among academics, practitioners, and decision-makers, especially in the last decade. For many scholars, resilience is one of the concepts of sustainable development, in the sense that even more sustainability is an essential goal for development, and resilience is a way of thinking and acting that would lead us towards achieving su…
Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics
The consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children's economic exploitation and abuse could increase. Therefore, the present research aims to shed light on and to investigate the association between child labour in developing countries and pandemics, incl…
Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe
This paper aims to define the meaning of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of the European framework and examine three different European countries. The main elements which encompass the meaning of CSR focus on activities with social and environmental sensitiveness, on a voluntary basis. The paper analyses the dimensions of CSR and presents its benefits. Furthermore, the paper provides a brief description of the recent CSR acti…
Path dependence, change and the emergence of the first joint-stock companies
This paper presents a model of path dependence and change and focuses on the gaining of new institutional knowledge. The main thesis is that in ‘extraordinary’ historical situations the possibility of change increases as a result of external pressure and successful adaptation to it. The model is tested applying it to the case study of seventeenth-century United Provinces (Dutch Republic). Such a situation existed in the sixteenth–seventeenth-cent…
Sustainable Development and Resilience
The concept of a resilient city and its relationship with sustainable development has already received wide attention among academics, practitioners, and decision-makers, especially in the last decade. For many scholars, resilience is one of the concepts of sustainable development, in the sense that even more sustainability is an essential goal for development, and resilience is a way of thinking and acting that would lead us towards achieving su…
Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics
The consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children's economic exploitation and abuse could increase. Therefore, the present research aims to shed light on and to investigate the association between child labour in developing countries and pandemics, incl…
Putting Cities in the Framework of Sustainable Development; Evolution, Evaluation and Features of SDG 11
The purpose of this paper is to analyze in first basis, how the International Community, reached the adoption of the SDG’s goals, and to discuss the assets and the problems, the omissions of these goals. Then, this text will give emphasis to the inclusiveness, resilience, safety and sustainability of the cities, and will indicate the extent that those goals were well – promoted and protected under the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals (MDG…
Sustainable urban development and the role of mega-projects
The present paper discusses the case of the Madrid Nuevo Norte Project (MNNP) in order to examine the relation of this mega-project with the city’s sustainable development. For this reason, the study used a qualitative approach using semi-structural interviews with experts (Madrid’s town hall, Madrid State, and the program management office and other external) that relayed strongly with MNNP. The expert panel requirements are split in six experti…
Studying Covid-19 Impacts on Culture
During the last three years, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on both tourism and culture globally. The function of every kind of cultural activity was inhibited due to curfews in all public spaces, including museums, galleries, monuments, and archeological sites, which were forced to interrupt their operation due to the restrictions that were implemented for the protection of public health. In many cases, also in Greece, museums or archeological s…
Territorial assets and SMEs competitiveness
This study examines the impact of territorial assets on firms’ competitiveness in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki. Questionnaires were handed out to 1311 small- and medium-sized firms located in the area. The research instrument included 27 territorial assets where respondents evaluated the performance of Thessaloniki in these factors. The analysis used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) techniques and inclu…
Air Pollution and Urban Environment
Air pollution in urban environments is a complex, multidimensional issue that significantly impacts public health and people’s well-being. Previous studies have tended to focus on general public awareness in metropolitan urban areas. The novelty of this study lies in examining whether perceptions regarding air pollution and the urban environment differ based on specific demographic characteristics such as age and dwelling place in a provincial ci…
The Golden Age of Global Economic Growth 1950–1970
This paper examines the period of rapid economic growth that followed World War II. The main focus of the analysis is on the factors that contributed to this era of prosperity, including economic reconstruction through the Marshall Plan, Keynesian policies of full employment and state intervention, and technological advancements that increased productivity and boosted international trade. At the same time, the paper explores the expansion of the …
Museums and Urban Sustainability
Museums play a crucial role in sustainable urban regeneration by maintaining and promoting cultural identity, fostering education, enhancing economic growth, among other factors. The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the dynamic connection between the role of museums and the viable development of cities as well as the salience of this interdependence. Using a qualitative approach, case study and comparative analysis, we examine social, econo…
Marketing Policies in Public Museums of Greece
The aim of this study is to examine the role and importance of certain promotional policies in supporting the image of Greek public museums with direct consequences on their visibility and attractiveness at national and global levels. It also examines whether the implementation of these policies is directly related to both the dynamics of the museums and the geographical location in which they are located. In particular, emphasis was given to the…
Business (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Sustainable development (4 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)