Sini Laari
sini.laari@utu.fi +358 29 450 2410 +358 50 438 8309 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9739-1148 |
Areas of expertise
Supply chain management; Sustainability; Corporate social responsibility; Circular economy; Surveys
Supply chain management; Sustainability; Corporate social responsibility; Circular economy; Surveys
Biography
Dr. Sini Laari is a university teacher in Operations & Supply Chain Management. Her main field of research is sustainability in supply chains. Her research primarily draws from statistical research methods. She teaches supply chain management and sustainability and supervises theses at all levels.
Sini defended her award-winning doctoral thesis on the connection between firm performance and green supply chain management in University of Turku in 2016. After that, she worked 6 months at the Finnish Defence Research Agency before returning to University of Turku as a postdoctoral researcher.
She has published articles in International Journal of Production and Operations Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, for example, and acts as a reviewer for several journals.
In her freetime Sini enjoys playing floorball and spending time outdoors.
Research
- Sustainable supply chain management
- Green logistics
- Circular economy
- Firm performance
- Supply chain trends
- Survey research
Teaching
- LOG1 Supply Chain Management
- Business games (Beer Game, Lean Game)
- MJO4 Ethical issues is business
- Supervision of Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral theses
Publications 
1 of 3
- Evaluating firm resilience through responsiveness and logistics outsourcing in the COVID-19 era (2024)
- Supply Chain Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Profiling users of shared e-scooters : Implications for environmental and social sustainability
(Presentation at the 36th Nordic Logistics and Supply Chain Management Conference (NOFOMA) 2024) (2024) Rauhala, Veera; Laari, Sini; Töyli, Juuso; Solakivi, Tomi
(Other publication) - Business management perspectives on the circular economy: Present state and future directions (2023)
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Guest editorial: NOFOMA 2021 conference special issue (2023)
- International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: NOFOMA 2021 conference special issue (2023)
- International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Logistiikkaselvitys 2023 (2023) Solakivi Tomi, Ojala Lauri, Laari Sini, Töyli Juuso, Toivonen Noora, Metsäaho Veeti
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Procurement's role in resolving demand – supply imbalances: an information processing theory perspective (2023)
- International Journal of Operations and Production Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes needed and challenges to solve to reach systemic change to circular economy in textile industry (Conference abstract in the 9th International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum 2022) (2022) 9th International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum: Proceedings, Zagreb, Croatia, 22nd to 23rd March, 2022 Bask Anu, Laari Sini, Kuosmanen Susanna
(Other publication) - Fulfilling expectations or overachieving: The role of market values in the linkage between environmental and financial performance (2022)
- Business Strategy and the Environment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Leveraging supply chain networks for sustainability beyond corporate boundaries: Explorative structural network analysis (2022)
- Journal of Cleaner Production
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Revisiting the relationship between environmental and financial performance: The moderating role of ambidexterity in logistics (2022)
- International Journal of Production Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An attention-based view of supply disruption risk management: balancing biased attentional processing for improved resilience in the COVID-19 context (2021)
- International Journal of Operations and Production Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Drivers of logistics outsourcing: examining transaction costs, core competences and planned behavior (2021)
- International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Logistiikkaselvitys 2020 (2021) Solakivi Tomi, Ojala Lauri, Laari Sini, Töyli Juuso, Malmsten Jarmo, Bask Anu, Rintala Oskari, Ojala MInna-Liina, Kilpi Vesa, Leino Einari
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Unravelling Mickey Mouse: The Effect of Supply Chain Position and Organisational Slack on the Uneven Balance of Sustainability Dimensions (2021)
- Sustainability
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Valtion ja yritysten roolit ekohyvinvointivaltioon kytkeytyvien toimitusketjujen sääntelyssä (2021)
- Alue ja ympäristö
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A value-based view of environmental behavior and financial performance
(Conference abstract: The 32nd Annual NOFOMA Conference 2020) (2020) The 32nd Annual NOFOMA Conference 17 – 18 September on Internet: Book of Abstracts Oskari Rintala, Sini Laari, Tomi Solakivi, Juuso Töyli
(Other publication) - Decade of purchasing and supply management in Finnish annual reports
(Presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of Nordic Logistics Research Network) (2020) Tuomas Kiiski, Sini Laari, Harri Lorentz
(Other publication) - Attention-based view on achieving ambidexterity in purchasing and supply management (2019)
- Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Behavioral Antecedents of Logistics Outsourcing Intentions (2019) Proceedings of the 31st Annual NOFOMA Conference: Supply Chain Designs and Sustainable Development of Societies Oskari Rintala, Tomi Solakivi, Sini Laari, Juuso Töyli, Lauri Ojala
(D3 Article in a professional conference publication)
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