Investor interest stems from the fact that this is a
        
        
          dynamically growing sector, which can —as
        
        
          already shown— attract investment capital and
        
        
          utilize the advantages inherent in Greece’s
        
        
          geostrategic position. As a matter of fact, recent
        
        
          developments —on both the institutional and
        
        
          investment levels— provide further impetus to the
        
        
          sector. I am referring to the opening of the road
        
        
          
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          onsumers also enjoy direct benefits,
        
        
          since the reduction of a firm’s operating
        
        
          costs leads to reduced product prices,
        
        
          with positive effects on inflation and the
        
        
          Consumer Price Index. For entrepreneurs, the
        
        
          sector does not offer only operational improve-
        
        
          ments and cost-cutting opportunities, but new
        
        
          business prospects as well.
        
        
          
            
              By Constantine Michalos
            
          
        
        
          
            
              ACCI President
            
          
        
        
          It is a fact that that the logistics and supply chain sec-
        
        
          tor is attracting lots of entrepreneurial and investor
        
        
          interest. Entrepreneurial interest stems from the logis-
        
        
          tics and supply chain systems’ potential of creating
        
        
          economies of scale, optimizing distribution networks
        
        
          and saving costs for businesses.
        
        
          MEDITERRANEAN SUPPLY CHAIN
        
        
          CONGRESS:
        
        
          REDEFINING THE VALUE
        
        
          IN A DYNAMIC
        
        
          ENVIRONMENT
        
        
          
            GREETING at the 14th ANNUAL LOGISTICS CONFERENCE: November 19, 2010