Mr. Harri
Lorentz received his doctoral degree in international business in 2009 from
University of Turku, Finland, and currently serves as an associate professor of
purchasing and supply management in the Operations & Supply Chain
Management programme of Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku,
Finland. His research interests are currently concentrated on digitalization of
procurement, procurement capabilities, as well as on supply market
intelligence. In the past Dr. Lorentz has been affiliated with the University
of Cambridge (Senior Research Associate), and Manchester Business School
(visiting researcher) in the UK. He also has practical experience from food
export operations as well as World Bank led trade and transport facilitation
projects in the CIS countries. Dr. Lorentz has published in several leading
international journals, such as Journal of Supply Chain Management, Supply
Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Physical
Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Production
Economics, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management and Industrial Marketing
Management.