The effect of NPLs management in the PIIGS banking efficiency: an approach using non-parametric partial order-m frontiers Available to Purchase

Emmanouil G. Chalampalakis is a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics of Democritus University of Thrace. He studied Mathematics at the University of Athens and Business Administration with honors from Hellenic Open University. He holds an MSc in Business Mathematics from Athens University of Economics and Business, an MSc in Information Systems from Hellenic Open University and an MSc in Banking with honors from Hellenic Open University. He has a working experience in the financial sector – banking industry, having built a strong background in different fields (corporate lending, financial analysis, credit analysis, restructuring non-performing exposures, risk management, banking transactions and operations, banking solvency and compliance) with a proven track record of effective management. His research interests are in the areas of accounting, finance, banking and operational research. Especially in the field of IAS-IFRS adoption in the banking sector, accounting of financial sector, corporate failure prediction models, banking sector efficiency and nonparametric frontier analysis.

Ioannis Dokas is a faculty member (Associate Professor) at the Department of Economics in the Democritus University of Thrace. As an Adjunct Lecturer, he was teaching the courses of Financial Accounting, Advanced Financial Accounting and Corporate Accounting at the Economic Department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr Dokas has also taught in numerous postgraduate programs in Democritus University of Thrace, National Technical University of Athens. His research work has been published in refereed journals such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, Research in International Business and Finance, Applied Economics, Operational Research: An international Journal etc. his research work is focused on the fields of accounting information quality, earnings management, estimation of firms' performance, corporate failure prediction models.

Eleftherios Spyromitros holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Strasbourg. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics. His work has been published in refereed journals such as Economic Letters, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Μanchester School, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Economic Modeling, Research in International Business and Finance, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Economic Studies, Bulletin of Economic Research and Managerial Finance in the areas of monetary and financial economics.