Academic Titles

• PhD in Production Engineering and Management – Technical University of Crete (1999-2003). 
• M.Sc. in Production Engineering and Management - Technical University of Crete (1997-1998)
• Degree of Master Science - The International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH) - Εconomic & Μanagement Sciences (1995-1996).
• Diploma of Specialized Post-Graduate Studies - The International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH) - Rural Economics & Development-Management & Marketing of Agricultural Firms (1994-1995).
• B.Sc. in Economic Sciences - University of Crete – Graduated School of Social Sciences - Department of Economics (1990-1994).

Research Interests

• Financial Management
• Investment Appraisal
• International Money and Capital Markets
• Operational Research
• Agricultural Economics

Publications

Journals

Selected publications

1. Kontogeorgos, A., Pendaraki, K. andChatzitheodoridis, F. (2017), «Economic crisis and firms’ performance: empirical evidence for the Greek cheese industry» Revista Galega de Economía, Vol. 26 (1), pp. 73-82.
2. Pendaraki K. and Spanoudakis N. (2015), Portfolio Performance and Risk-based Assessment of the PORTRAIT Tool. Operational Research. An International Journal (ORIJ), Vol. 15, Issue 3, October 2015, pp 359-378.
3. Pendaraki, K. (2015), Mutual Fund Performance Benchmarking Using a Quadratic Constrained Directional Distance Function Approach, International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 2015, pp. 30-47.
4. Pendaraki, K. (2012), Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation using Data Envelopment Analysis with Higher Moments, Journal of Applied Finance and Banking, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp.97-112.
5. Pendaraki, K. and Spanoudakis, N. (2012), An Interactive tool for Mutual Fund Portfolio Composition Using Argumentation, Journal of Business, Economics and Finance, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 33-51.