Professor Kostas Selviaridis

Personal Chair

Research Overview

My current research focusses on public contracting and its role in promoting innovation, resilience and sustainability goals in supply chains. It is directly relevant for the UN Sustainable Development Goals No. 3, 9 and 12. Specific themes in my research programme include: (a) contracting for R&D and innovation to address societal challenges such as affordable healthcare, (b) contracting for resilience in pharmaceutical supply chains to curb shortages of medicines, (c) procurement for social value and sustainability in public sector settings, and (d) performance-based contracting for effective delivery of equipment and related services in defence and healthcare. Through such work I cultivated an interest, more broadly, in the interplay between supply chain management and public policy. My research recently won the prestigious "Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award" of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.

External Roles

Board Member, European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)

Associate Editor, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Elsevier)

Research Grants

Selected grants

The Research Council of Norway (2020-2024). Measures for Improved Availability of medicines and vaccines (MIA). International collaborative project (PI for Lancaster University). Grant No.: 300867 (£150,834).

The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (2017-2019). Developing contracting capabilities for innovation-oriented public procurement. Grant No.: SG161483 (£9,770).

Research Interests

Supply chain management; contracting; innovation-oriented public procurement; contracting for resilience; procurement for social value; performance-based contracts; innovation policy; health policy

Current Teaching

MSCI 579 Global Sourcing; CEMBA 502 Global Operations and Marketing Management in the Cyber Context

Profile

Kostas Selviaridis is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Department of Management Science, LUMS. He previously lived in Sweden where he worked for Lund University (2010-2014). Kostas has held visiting positions at the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University; Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University; Tilburg University; BI Norwegian Business School; Stockholm School of Economics; EADA Business School; Aix-Marseille University; and the International Hellenic University.

Kostas holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from LUMS, with his work being co-awarded the 2008 Kingsman Prize for the best doctoral dissertation. He also received a M.Sc. in Operations Management from Manchester School of Management, UMIST, and a B.Sc. in Economics from the Department of Economics, Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki.

Kostas' engaged research with numerous firms and public sector organisations is internationally recognised and has attracted funding from various sources. His award-winning work has appeared in leading outlets including the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Research Policy, and Decision Sciences.

Kostas is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. He has designed and taught undergraduate, postgraduate and executive MBA courses in the UK, Sweden, France and Greece. Kostas is currently supervising two PhD students. He successfully co-supervised to completion three doctoral candidates in the recent past.

Kostas is an elected Board Member of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA). He also serves as Associate Editor in the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and an active member of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA).

PhD Supervision Interests

I am interested in supervising PhD research projects in the following areas: 1. Buyer-supplier relationships 2. Performance-based contracting 3. Procurement of innovation (in public or private sector settings) 4. Pharmaceutical supply chains 5. Contracting for sustainability and social value

Selected Publications

Facilitating Public Procurement of Innovation in the UK Defence and Health Sectors: Innovation Intermediaries as Institutional Entrepreneurs
Selviaridis, K., Hughes, A., Spring, M. 31/03/2023 In: Research Policy. 52, 2, 20 p.
Journal article

Fostering SME supplier-enabled innovation in the supply chain: The role of innovation policy
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M. 31/01/2022 In: Journal of Supply Chain Management. 58, 1, p. 92-123. 32 p.
Journal article

Drug shortages: A systems view of the current state
Van Oorschot, K., Van Wassenhove, L., Jahre, M., Selviaridis, K., de Vries, H. 18/09/2022 In: Decision Sciences.
Journal article

Future business and the role of purchasing and supply management: Opportunities for ‘business-not-as-usual’ PSM research
Knight, L., Tate, W., Carnovale, S., Di Mauro, C., Bals, L., Caniato, F., Gualandris, J., Johnsen, T., Matopoulos, A., Meehan, J., Miemczyk, J., Patrucco, A., Schoenherr, T., Selviaridis, K., Touboulic, A., Wagner, S. 29/03/2022 In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.
Journal article

One Crisis, Different Paths to Supply Resilience: The Case of Ventilator Procurement for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dube, N., Li, Q., Selviaridis, K., Jahre, M. 31/12/2022 In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 28, 5
Journal article

Short of drugs?: Call upon Operations and Supply Chain Management
de Vries, H., Jahre, M., Selviaridis, K., van Oorschot, K., van Wassenhove, L. 22/10/2021 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 41, 10, p. 1569-1578. 10 p.
Journal article

Managing information asymmetry in public-private relationships undergoing a digital transformation: The role of contractual and relational governance
Aben, T., van der Valk , W., Roehrich, J., Selviaridis, K. 8/09/2021 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 41, 7, p. 1145-1191. 47 p.
Journal article

Effects of public procurement of R&D on the innovation process: Evidence from the UK Small Business Research Initiative
Selviaridis, K. 30/11/2021 In: Journal of Public Procurement. 21, 3, p. 229-259. 21 p.
Journal article

Inter-organisational governance: A review, conceptualisation and extension
Roehrich, J., Selviaridis, K., Kalra, J., van der Valk , W., Fang, F. 1/05/2020 In: Production Planning and Control. 31, 6, p. 453-469. 17 p.
Journal article

Framing contractual performance incentives: effects on supplier behaviour
Selviaridis, K., van der Valk, W. 4/02/2019 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 39, 2, p. 190-213. 24 p.
Journal article

Me, myself and I: Non-collaborative customer behavior in service outsourcing – the key role of outcome orientation and outcome attributability
Steinbach, T., Wallenburg, C.M., Selviaridis, K. 2/07/2018 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 38, 7, p. 1519-1539. 21 p.
Journal article

The Governance of Collaboration in Complex Projects
Chakkol, M., Selviaridis, K., Finne, M. 3/04/2018 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 38, 4, p. 997-1019. 13 p.
Journal article

Supply chain alignment as process: Contracting, learning and pay-for-performance
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M. 5/03/2018 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 38, 3, p. 732-755. 24 p.
Journal article

Public procurement of R&D and innovation in the UK: Is there alignment between policy and practice? A study of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI)
Selviaridis, K. 10/09/2017 Lancaster : Lancaster University. 52 p.
Other report

Performance-based contracting in business markets
Essig, M., Glas, A., Selviaridis, K., Roehrich, J. 11/2016 In: Industrial Marketing Management. 59, p. 5-11. 7 p.
Journal article

Contract functions in service exchange governance: evidence from logistics outsourcing
Selviaridis, K. 15/09/2016 In: Production Planning and Control. 27, 16, p. 1373-1388. 16 p.
Journal article

Who’s to blame or praise?: performance attribution challenges in outsourced service provision in supply chains
Selviaridis, K. 8/08/2016 In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. 21, 5, p. 513-533. 21 p.
Journal article

Reverse resource exchanges in service supply chains: the case of returnable transport packaging
Selviaridis, K., Matopoulos, A., Szamosi, L., Psychogios, A. 9/05/2016 In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. 21, 3, p. 381-397. 17 p.
Journal article

Performance-based contracting for advanced logistics services: challenges in its adoption, design and management
Selviaridis, K., Norrman, A. 2015 In: International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. 45, 6, p. 592-617. 26 p.
Journal article

Performance-based contracting: a literature review and future research directions
Selviaridis, K., Wynstra, F. 2015 In: International Journal of Production Research. 53, 12, p. 3505-3540. 36 p.
Journal article

Exploring information sharing in the extended supply chain: an interdependence perspective
Kembro, J., Selviaridis, K. 2015 In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. 20, 4, p. 455-470. 16 p.
Journal article

Performance-based contracting in service supply chains: a service provider risk perspective
Selviaridis, K., Norrman, A. 2014 In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. 19, 2, p. 153-172. 20 p.
Journal article

Developing capabilities in performance-based contracting: a pre-study of Swedish defence acquisition
Selviaridis, K. 12/2014 Totalförsvarets Forskningsinstitut. 98 p.
Commissioned report

Theoretical perspectives on information sharing in supply chains: a systematic literature review and conceptual framework
Kembro, J., Selviaridis, K., Naslund, D. 2014 In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. 19, 5-6, p. 609-625. 17 p.
Journal article

Provider involvement in business service definition: a typology
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M., Araujo, L. 11/2013 In: Industrial Marketing Management. 42, 8, p. 1398-1410. 13 p.
Journal article

Contracting for logistics services: a critical appraisal of the outsourcing process
Selviaridis, K. 2012 In: Outsourcing management for supply chain operations and logistics services. Hershey : IGI Global p. 39-51. 13 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Business services 'in the making': (de)stabilisation of service definitions during the sourcing process
Selviaridis, K., Agndal, H., Axelsson, B. 05/2011 In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 17, 2, p. 73-86. 14 p.
Journal article

The dynamics of business service exchanges: insights from logistics outsourcing
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M. 2010 In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 16, 3, p. 171-184. 14 p.
Journal article

Third party logistics: a literature review and research agenda
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M. 2007 In: The International Journal of Logistics Management. 18, 1, p. 125-150. 26 p.
Journal article

Measures for improved availability of medicines and vaccines (MIA TRE)
01/03/2020 → 30/06/2024
Research

Developing contracting capabilities for innovation-oriented public procurement
27/03/2017 → 06/09/2019
Research

Public procurement of innovation in the UK: Understanding the gap between policy and practice (Funded by Lancaster University Research Committee, Early Career Small Grants Scheme 2015).
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2017
Other

Invited lecture to the UK Ministry of Defence: "Defence procurement and innovation", MoD Defence Economics Lunchtime Lecture Series
Invited talk

European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) (External organisation)
Membership of board

30th EurOMA Annual Conference
Participation in conference - Academic

Invited research seminar at BI Norwegian Business School
Invited talk

BI Norwegian Business School
Visiting an external academic institution

POMS Annual Conference - Special Session on "Procurement and supply of pharmaceuticals"
Participation in conference - Academic

33rd Annual POMS Conference
Participation in conference - Academic

IPSERA 2023 Professional Development Workshop: Procurement of innovative solutions to societal problems
Participation in conference - Academic

Annual IPSERA Conference 2023
Participation in conference - Academic