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
Handbook on maritime hybrid threats: 10 Scenarios and Legal Scans (2019)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))On the cost of ice: estimating the premium of Ice Class container vessels (2019)
Maritime Economics and Logistics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
How shipowners have adapted to sulphur regulations - Evidence from Finnish seaborne trade (2019)
Case Studies on Transport Policy
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Behavioral Antecedents of Logistics Outsourcing Intentions (2019)
Nordic Logistics Research Network Conference
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Hybrid threats and harbour protection (2019)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Unraveling Mickey Mouse: Effect of market and regulatory drivers on sustainability in supply chains (2019)
Nordic Logistics Research Network Conference
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Connecting to Compete 2018: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy. The Logistics Perfomance Index and Its Indicators (2018)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))The effect of a competitive strategy and green supply chain management on the financial and environmental performance of logistics service providers (2018)
Business Strategy and the Environment
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Tulevaisuuden toimitusketju – vaikutuksia siviili- ja sotilaslogistiikkaan (2018)
Tiede Ja Ase
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Estimating the size of the national logistics market: A method to include both market-based demand and in-house services (2018)
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))