Konstantinos Pitsakis

Dr. Konstantinos Pitsakis is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Economics at the Guildhall School of Business and Law, London Metropolitan University. He previously served as Course Leader for the International Business Management MSc program. His research focuses on academic entrepreneurship, university spinoffs, technology transfer, and environmental stewardship, employing institutional and evolutionary perspectives. He explores how organizational groups, ecological dynamics, and strategic imitation influence innovation adoption and survival in academic and corporate contexts.

Dr. Pitsakis’ work examines topics such as the survival of spinoff firms, the role of technology transfer offices, and the interplay between compliance and environmental stewardship. His publications analyze institutional drivers of practice adoption (e.g., FSC certification), post-merger integration in the software industry, and the legitimacy conditions for organizational entry into industrial associations.

His research trends reflect a focus on bridging organizational behavior, institutional theory, and applied business strategy. Despite no explicitly listed awards or grants, his work contributes to understanding innovation ecosystems, cooperative competition, and CSR integration in business strategy.

Dr. Pitsakis’ affiliations include the Guildhall School, where he combines teaching in strategy and economics with active research in entrepreneurship and innovation policy. No labs or teams are explicitly mentioned in the profile.