Centre for Entrepreneurial
Development, Alliance & Research
www.cedar.org.cyCEDAR
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Development, Alliance and Research (CEDAR)
is the pioneering Centre for Entrepreneurship in Cyprus and the first interdisciplinary
research centre working with universities and academic centres, including UCLan Cyprus.
The Centre embraces faculty and associate practitioners credited with local, regional and
global initiatives seeking to promote teaching, knowledge transfer, executive education,
research, consulting and outreach activities in the entrepreneurship discipline and related
thematic fields, including: Entrepreneurialism across business life cycles (start-ups, growing enterprises); Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship; Governance and Finance;
Entrepreneurial Finance - SME Business Banking; Family Business Continuity; Innovation
in Education - Entrepreneurship Education; Sustainability; Circular Economy; Regional
Development e.g. clustering, agro-farming, heritage venturing, cooperative enterprising;
alternative tourism development e.g. sport tourism etc.
The mission
of CEDAR is to act as a catalyst for entrepreneurial development by building synergies
between different areas of expertise in education, training, research and outreach
activities.
CEDAR | 3 GUIDE 2020-21.Initiatives
In cooperation with other universities and organizations interested in innovation and entrepreneurship, CEDAR has led a number of initiatives, such as:
Open forums, professional development seminars and workshops
These initiatives involve local and regional development agencies, chambers,
municipalities and business and professional associations geared to support
aspiring entrepreneurs, growing SMEs and family businesses.
Ideodromio
CEDAR in collaboration with the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute organise annually the
youth business idea competition, labelled as "IDEODROMIO", which aims to encourage
entrepreneurship in secondary education in Cyprus.
Entrepreneurship Camp
This is an annual initiative in conjunction with the UCLan Cyprus MBA programme that
aims to bring together scholars, entrepreneurship stakeholders, family entrepreneurs
and next generation leaders to exchange insights and experiences on entrepreneurial
growth routes, leadership models and innovative approaches across the stages of the
business life cycle.
International Field Trips
This initiative is part of the UCLan Cyprus MBA programme which aims to promote
study tours and network with entrepreneurial leaders across borders. The scheme stimulates entrepreneurialism through live cases of entrepreneurial ventures that lead to exchange forums taking place overseas. Previous educational field trips have taken place
in Sofia (Bulgaria) and Salzburg (Austria) while a trip to Italian family businesses will follow to highlight the aspects of entrepreneurialism across business life cycles.
CEDAR | 4 GUIDE 2020-21.Business Idea Competition
This annual initiative involves a series of idea generation workshops and start-up businesses training that culminate in the presentation of start-up ideas and their appraisal
by a panel of experts enjoying sponsorships from various partners e.g. KPMG, Alpha
Bank, Junior Chamber International (JCI Cyprus), Gravity and Koumandaris Foundation.
Panorama of Entrepreneurship
Initiative aimed at showcasing entrepreneurship programmes and initiatives in operation in Cyprus and beyond, seeking to promote the dissemination of best practice including innovative firms and best practice in terms of innovation-based strategies.
Discussion Forum
This private forum was organized and co-hosted by UCLan Cyprus, CEDAR and the
Brussels based EIASM. The aim of the forum is to expound the hidden minefield that
could jeopardise the survival and growth of family firms. The Forum was supported by
Eurobank and KPMG.
Panorama of Social Enterprise
The aim of this policy-oriented forum was to expound
the emerging models of social enterprise and review
policy support mechanisms needed to help unleash
the growth potential of social entrepreneurship. The
initiative was under the auspices of the Deputy-Ministry to the President of the Republic of Cyprus and
it was organised in collaboration with UCLan Cyprus,
Centre for SME Development-UCLan UK and the
Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
CEDAR | 5 GUIDE 2020-21.Academic Workshops and Conferences
* Youth Entrepreneurship in Cyprus, Erasmus+ Conference organized by ICLAIM,
Larnaka 2019
* Cyprus Innovate 2018, organised by UCLan Cyprus and sponsored by CEDAR,
Larnaka 2018
* European Conference on Heritage Entrepreneurship: The Development of Artisan
Family Firms across Generations, Artisan Closing Summit, Co-funded by the Erasmus+
Programme, Larnaka 2018
* Entrepreneurial Families across generations, 14th EIASM Family Firm Management
Research Workshop, Larnaka 2018
* OECD Workshop on Inclusive Entrepreneurship, involving key stakeholders in
entrepreneurship, Nicosia 2016
* Small Family Business Seminar Series, sponsored by the Larnaka-Famagusta
Cooperative Savings Society, Larnaka 2015
* China 2015 Family Business Conference, co-organised with the Beijing Institute
of Technology with the support of Leuven Center for Collaborative Management,
Chinese Journal of Management and China Family Business Review, Beijing 2015
* ,sponsored by
CEDAR and the COOP Bank of Famagusta-Larnaka Ltd, Larnaka 2015
* Multinational Finance Society Symposium 2014, co-organised with the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and sponsored by UCLan Cyprus School of Business and
Management, Larnaka 2014
* The Development of Greek Shipping Dynasties, London 2014, in cooperation
with www.allaboutshipping.co.uk and with the support of the Hellenic Centre
and London-based Greek shipping families, London 2014
CEDAR | 6 GUIDE 2020-21.Practitioner Workshops
* From Business Idea to Implementation: The case of NEO Convenience, Mr Ektoras
Karayiannis, NEO Convenience, Larnaka 2020
* Leadership, motivation and HR practices in family businesses, Mr Emilios Rotsides,
Zorbas Bakeries, Larnaka 2019
* Business Models and Market Research for Startups, Mr Olympios Toumazou, RAI
Consultants, Larnaka 2019
* Family Business Management: An example of a high voltage company, Dr Markus
Baur, BAUR GmbH, Larnaka 2019
* A Truly Inspiring Entrepreneur: One Story of Success, Mrs Natalia Kardash, Vestnik
Kipra Communications Group, Larnaka 2019
* The Halloumi Strategy Revisited (in conjunction with UCLan Cyprus MBA), Mr George
Eleftheriou and Mr Sozos-Christos Theodoulou, Larnaka 2019
* Strategic Development of Family Businesses Workshop Series with UCLan Cyprus
MBA, Larnaka 2018
* The SAXO Bank Business Model, Dr Cleanthis Chandriotis, Cyprus Investment and
Securities Corporation Limited (CISCO), Larnaka 2016
* Larnaka Tourism Board's role in repositioning the destination, Mrs Nana Asmeni Pavlou, Larnaka Tourism Board, Larnaka 2016
* Insights into Sport Tourism, Mrs Yiota Skitini-Flourentzou, Tecoma Services Ltd,
Larnaka 2016
* Operations Management-What it is and its Challenges, Mr Panikos Sardos, P&E Sardos Business Solutions International, Larnaka 2016
CEDAR | 7 GUIDE 2020-21.* How to make the university entrepreneurial-lessons from best practice, Dr Ioannis
Kinias, University of Aegean, Larnaka 2016
* A young woman in the Cypriot entrepreneurial world: leadership lessons learnt from
my journey, Dr Celia Hadjichristodoulou, GrantXpert Consulting, Larnaka 2016
* Cyherbia: Daring to dream and making it happen, Mrs Miranda Tringis, Cyherbia Botanical Park, Larnaka 2016
* Oil and Gas, Economic Prospects and Legal Challenges, Mrs Marianna Charalabmous,
Mx Consulting, Larnaka 2015
* Re-shaping the Cyprus Economy for Business, Dr Michael Sarris, Ex-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus, Larnaka 2014
* Marketing wine in Cyprus: the case of Zambartas Wineries, Marleen Zambartas Brouwer, Zambartas Wineries, Larnaka 2014
Research projects and Collaborations
CEDAR faculty is credited with their involvement in the following externally funded
projects and collaborations:
* ARTISAN - "Aspiring Entrepreneurial Families to Perpetuate Cultural Business Across
Generations" (A 2-year programme of 300.000 under Erasmus +, KA2). Web Page:
www.euartisan.eu
* SPRING - "Succession Planning and Regeneration in Family Businesses for New
CEDAR | 8 GUIDE 2020-21.Growth through an innovative training programme" (A 3-year programme of 999.000
under Erasmus +, KA2). Web Page: www.euspring.eu
* GReFORM- "Good Governance enhancement through e-Learning for Sport Volunteer Board Members" (A 3-year programme of 400.000 under Erasmus+, KA2). Web
Page: http:/
/www.greform.eu/
* "Responsible Research and Innovation in Business and Industry"
(A 3-year programme of 1 881.663 under FP7,European Commission)
Web Page: https:/
/cordis.europa.eu/project/id/609817
* The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, OECD report
funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Web Page: https:/
/www.oecd-ilibrary.org/industry-and-services/the-missing-entrepreneurs-2019_8cf4c439-en
* Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies: Country Assessment Notes-Cyprus 2018, OECD
report funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) Web Page: http:/
/www.oecd.org/cfe/smes/CYPRUS-IE-Country-Note-2018.
* Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies: Country Assessment Notes-Cyprus 2017,
OECD report funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Web Page: http:/
/www.oecd.org/industry/smes/CYPRUS-country-note-2017.
* Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies: Country Assessment Notes-Cyprus 2016, OECD
report funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) Web Page: http:/
/www.oecd.org/industry/smes/CYPRUS-country-note.
* The Missing Entrepreneurs 2015: Policies for Self-employment and Entrepreneurship,
OECD report funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Web Page: https:/
/www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/the-missing-en-
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* "Restructuring in SMEs: National Report and Cases from Cyprus" 2013- A project
funded by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (European Union) https:/
/www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/smes.html
* HRDA supported, Executive Training for owner-managers of SMEs and Family Firms:
Strategic Planning for innovation-based growth; Strategic Trans-generational family
business continuity planning
CEDAR | 10 GUIDE 2020-21.GOVERNANCE
Professor Panikkos Poutziouris
Chair and co-founder of CEDAR
Professor Poutziouris is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business and Rector of UCLan Cyprus. He is an internationally recognized
academic in the field of entrepreneurship, serving for almost two decades on the Faculty of Manchester Business School - University of
Manchester (UK) as Fellow in SME Management, Senior Lecturer in
Entrepreneurship and Visiting Associate Professor for Family Business
Initiatives. Professor Poutziouris has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cambridge Judge Business School in 2018 based on his significant contribution to
research. He lectures, trains, researches, advises and consults on entrepreneurship and
strategic development of family businesses and businesses families. Professor Poutziouris Panikkos is former President of IFERA and as active Fellow of Family Firms Institute;
he is acting as the country expert on family business and entrepreneurship policy matters, working with OECD, European Commission and other stakeholder organizations.
Dr Loukas Glyptis
Deputy Chair of CEDAR
Dr Glyptis is an Associate Professor of Accounting and the Head of the
School of Business and Management. His current research interests
are focused on the areas of inter-firm cost management and control,
accounting and control practises of shipping firms and management
accounting and control practises of family firms. He is a reviewer for
the Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management Journal while he
leads and supervises a number of research projects relating to entrepreneurship and family businesses. Dr Glyptis maintains professional memberships in the British Accounting
CEDAR | 12 GUIDE 2020-21.& Finance Association (BAFA). He is an HRDA certified Trainer on Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Decision-Makers while he is a visiting Scholar at the University of
Piraeus and the University of Aegean.
Dr Fanos Tekelas
Director of CEDAR
Dr Tekelas is a Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the
Deputy-Course Leader of BA Hospitality and Tourism Management at
UCLan Cyprus. The basis of his research lies in examining the strategic
orientation of small and medium enterprises and family businesses. Dr
Tekelas' research interests also focus on entrepreneurial orientation and
entrepreneurial behaviour in family firms. Dr Tekelas is a reviewer for a
number of academic journals, and he maintains professional memberships in the Regional Studies Association and the Lancashire Institute for Economic and
Business Research and he is an HRDA certified trainer. He is currently representing the
Republic of Cyprus as a member of the management committee in the European Cooperation in Science & Technology, Cost Action CA16206: Empowering the next generation
of social enterprise scholars. Dr Tekelas has over 16 years of professional experience in
small family-owned hotels while he has an established network with a significant number
of family-owned hotels in Cyprus.
FACULTY
CEDAR faculty and associate fellows are of international repute and are credited with local, regional, and
global initiatives seeking to promote teaching, executive education, research, consulting, and outreach
activities in the entrepreneurship discipline. Dr Anthi Avloniti; Dr Christos Anagnostopoulos; Dr Irina
Lokhtina; Dr Isabella Karasamani; Dr Ioanna Stylianou; Dr Konstantinos Kakoudakis; Dr Konstantinos
Melas; Dr Maria Zeniou; Dr Nearchos Paspallis; Dr Olga Kvasova; Dr Panagiotis Kontakos.
CEDAR | 13 GUIDE 2020-21.EXTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS
Dr Elias Hadjielias (Cyprus University of Technology); Dr Christos Savva (Cyprus University of Technology); Prof Eleni Stavrou-Costea (University of Cyprus); Prof Sue Smith
(UCLan UK, Centre for SME Development); Dr Kostas latridis (University of Bath, UK);
Prof Juan Jimenez Moreno (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain); Prof Matti Koiranen (Jyvaskyla
University, Finland); Dr Daniel Pittino (Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden);
Prof Pei Rong (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Prof Khaled Soufani (University
of Cambridge, UK); Dr Constantinos Theodoridis (Manchester Metropolitan University,
UK); Prof Salvo Tomaselli (Palermo University, Italy); Prof Yong Wang (Wolverhampton
University, UK)
PhD Research Associates
Demetris Markou; Eva Karayianni; Moyses Moyseos
CONTACT US
For more information and updates on CEDAR initiatives you can visit our website and
social media.
www.cedar.org.cy
CEDAR.entrepreneurship/
Dr Fanos Tekelas,
CEDAR Director
T: +357 24 694147
E: info@cedar.org.cy
Centre for Entrepreneurial
Development, Alliance & Research
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Development, Alliance and Research (CEDAR) Ltd is a not-for-profit
company by guarantee, registered in the Republic of Cyprus. Registration number: HE355005, VAT/TIC:
10355005F
CEDAR | 14 GUIDE 2020-21.Catalysts for entrepreneurial development by building
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