Lauri Ojala
lauri.ojala@utu.fi +358 29 450 2577 +358 50 502 7031 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku |
Areas of expertise
International logistics, maritime & port economics and supply chain management
International logistics, maritime & port economics and supply chain management
Biography
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 
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- Firm performance and environmental collaboration in manufacturing (2016)
- International Journal of Business and Systems Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Logistics Performance Index (LPI): Implications for Logistics Connectivity of ASEM Partners (2016) Lauri Ojala
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Logistiikkaselvitys 2016 (2016) Solakivi Tomi, Ojala Lauri, Laari Sini, Lorentz Harri, Töyli Juuso, Malmsten Jarmo, Lehtinen Ninni
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Performance outcomes of environmental collaboration: evidence from Finnish logistics service providers (2016)
- Baltic Journal of Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seaport safety and security issues in the Baltic Sea Region - Outline and relevant issues of project HAZARD in 2016–2019 (2016) Lauri Ojala, Mariikka Whiteman, Jarmo Malmsten, Daniel Ekwall, Wolfgang Kersten, Marius Indorf, Kimmo Laakso, Ira Ahokas, Krzysztof Kolowrocki, Eva Branten, Alari Purju, Bo Österlund
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - The effect of a geographically dispersed supply base on downside risk: Developing and testing the N-shaped theory (2016)
- International Business Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Trade credit dynamics during the phases of the business cycle – a value chain perspective (2016)
- Supply Chain Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Drivers of Logistics Performance – A Case Study of Turkey (2015) Dilay Celebi, Lauri Ojala, Jari Kauppila
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Finland State of Logistics 2014 (2015) Tomi Solakivi, Lauri Ojala, Sini Laari, Harri Lorentz, Juuso Töyli, Jarmo Malmsten, Noora Viherlehto
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Logistics Strategy and Performance Measurement – Mexico’s National Observatory for Transport and Logistics (2015) Pablo Guerrero, Willem Heeren, Alan McKinnon, Lauri Ojala, Stephen Perkins
(D4 Published development or research report or study )
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