Chair, Department of Global Management and Organization
Professor of International Economics and Global Management
Contact information
- Office: 1304 West Penn
- Phone: 412-392-3447
- Email: dkraniou@pointpark.edu
Education
- B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh
- Advanced Certificate in International Political Economy from the University of Pittsburgh.
Courses Taught
- Economics/International Economics
- International Administration
- Various business graduate courses
Background
In addition to Point Park University, Dimitris Kraniou, Ph.D., has taught at the University of Charleston, University of Rio Grande, and the University of Pittsburgh. Also, he has been a visiting lecturer/professor at a number of U.S. and international institutions.
Research Interests
- International regimes
- Macro-Project management
- Outer space resource utilization issues
- Systems theory
- International economics
- Multinational corporations
- Managerial economics
- Economic growth and development
- International political economy issues
- European issues with specific attention paid to the Southeastern Mediterranean Basin
- Greece-Cyprus-Turkey
Select Professional Affiliations
- Member of Academic Associations
- Vice-president and treasurer of International business, chair of the Greek Room, University of Pittsburgh
- President of the Pan-Ionian Society
Conference Presentations
- “Issues of immigration and migration affecting Greece, its economy, the European Union and Greek society.” Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival Greek Film Soiree, sponsored by the American Hellenic Foundation of Western Pennsylvania, March 20, 2011.
- "Economic Issues of Outer Space.” Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts, March 16, 2011.
- "Sustainability for Multinational Corporations through Knowledge Creation and Management.” Archish Maharaja, Ed.D. (author) and Dimitris Kraniou, Ph.D. (co-author). The Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology conference, October 20, 2010, State College, Pa.
- “Knowledge Creation in Multinational Corporations.” Dimitris Kraniou, Ph.D., Archish Maharaja, Ed.D. and Mr. Andrew McIntyre. The 17th Annual International Conference on Advances in Management, July 14-17, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia.