Olli-Pekka Hilmola Libri

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of supply chain management literature since the 1980s, examining 1699 research works and case studies. It uniquely combines publication data and citations to highlight influential topics and authors, focusing on themes like sustainability and food supply chains post-financial crisis. The author identifies key scholars and articles, proposing new methodologies to expand future research opportunities in the field, thereby contributing to the discipline's evolution.

This book examines the current and controversial topic of the sulphur cap in maritime supply chains, a new regulation set to be enforced in 2020. The author presents extensive research on three northern countries - Finland, Sweden and Estonia - and the effects they felt when these regulations were rolled out in 2015. These regional case studies are presented alongside extensive private sector data, annual reports and interviews to assess and forecast how the maritime supply chain will cope with rising costs and alternative approaches to environmental regulations. This book includes advanced regression analyses alongside interactive simulation models for the reader to evaluate new supply chain strategies and study the effects of these regulations.