Lauri
Ojala
Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management
Areas of expertise
International logistics
maritime & port economics and supply chain management
Biography
Dr. Lauri Ojala is Professor of Logistics at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku (FI) since 1997. Adjunct Professor of Logistics at Linköping University (SE) and at National Defence University (FI). CEO of logscale oy, a supply chain compliance consultancy.
He has worked as an expert e.g. for The World Bank, EC, ADB, OECD and UNECE, and for Ministries of Transport of several countries. Initiator of WB’s biennial Logistics Performance Index since 2007. He also heads the biennial Finnish Logistics Surveys, which comprise the largest national logistics survey database in the world.
Since 2006, Project Director of five EU-projects with a combined volume of 16+ M€, incl. Baltic Sea Region projects HAZARD on Seaport Safety & Security in 2016-2019 and OIL SPILL on combatting coastal oil spills in 2018-2021.
Publications
Estimating the size of the national logistics market using multiple data sources (2017)
Annual Nordic Logistics Research Network Conference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Logistics and transport in the Baltic Sea Region (2017)
BSR policy briefing
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))
Opportunities and challenges in logistics and supply chain management by 2035 (2017)
Nordic logistics research network conference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Decision-making in emergency situations in a seaport context (2017)
Production and Operations Management Society Conference
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Trade credit dynamics during the phases of the business cycle – a value chain perspective (2016)
Supply Chain Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The effect of a geographically dispersed supply base on downside risk: Developing and testing the N-shaped theory (2016)
International Business Review
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Seaport safety and security issues in the Baltic Sea Region - Outline and relevant issues of project HAZARD in 2016–2019 (2016)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Logistics Performance Index (LPI): Implications for Logistics Connectivity of ASEM Partners (2016)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Firm performance and customer-driven green supply chain management (2016)
Journal of Cleaner Production
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Performance outcomes of environmental collaboration: evidence from Finnish logistics service providers (2016)
Baltic Journal of Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))