The Laboratory of Business Economics and New Technologies (acronym: B.E.Ne.TeC.) was founded in 2004.  B.E.Ne.TeC.’s objective is to devise state-of-the-art research and consulting in the fields of Business Economics and New Technologies, about which both the academic community, the policymakers, and the business world constantly look for scientific answers to real-life problems.

B.E.NE.TeC.’s main strategy is to seek cooperation with similar Laboratories and Research Teams worldwide and transfer knowledge and technology to enterprises and organizations. The goal is to equip them with the necessary tools and supplies such that they are able to respond to the persisting challenges of a globalized economy.

The members of the Lab are:

• Emmanuel Petrakis, Lab director, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete.
• Minas Vlassis, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete.
• Chrysovalantou Miliou, Professor, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business.
• Andreas Panagopoulos, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete.
• Giorgos Stamatopoulos, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete.
• Konstantinos Manasakis, Associate Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Crete.
• Dimitrios Zorbas, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete.

The outside collaborators of the Lab are:

• Konstantinos Charistos, Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Crete.
• Panagiotis Skartados, Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Crete.