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
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))
Merenkulku kansantaloudessa: Tarkasteluvuodet 2014–2015 (2019)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))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))
Logistiikkaselvitys 2018 (2018)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))The performance of logistics service providers and the logistics costs of shippers: a comparative study of Finland and Switzerland (2018)
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))