Dr. Ilias Makris is a Professor of Financial Analysis. His Ph.D. focuses on the financing of innovative firms. He currently serves as a Professor of economics and financial analysis in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of the Peloponnese. He has served as the Scientific Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit at the Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, as Chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance, and as Director of the postgraduate program in Finance within the same department. He has authored an open-access book on finance, partially or fully translated and edited eight Economics textbooks, and contributed to over 100 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, edited volumes, and international conferences. He also serves as a reviewer for numerous academic journals. His scientific interests focus on economic analysis, macroeconomic indicators, sustainable economics and finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, and performance indicators of businesses and countries. His recent work has been published at J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex., Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, Energies and Journal of Enterprising Communities.