Professor Kostas Selviaridis
Personal ChairResearch Overview
My current work focusses on public contracting and its role in promoting innovation, resilience and sustainability goals in supply chains. Key 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) performance-based contracting for effective delivery of product-service bundles in defence and healthcare, and (d) procurement for sustainability and social value in public sector settings. Through such research I have cultivated an interest, more broadly, in the interplay between supply chain management and public policy. My research has attracted funding from multiple sources internationally. It is directly relevant for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3, 9 and 12.
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
All Publications
Measures for improved availability of medicines and vaccines (MIA TRE)
01/03/2020 → 28/02/2024
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
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
Hosting Dr Sangho Chae, LUMS Visiting Scholar 2023
Types of External academic engagement - Hosting an academic visitor
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation interview on medicine shortages
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
IPSERA Workshop on Procurement & Innovation
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
29th EurOMA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Research seminar at Warwick Business School
Invited talk
Member of Doctoral Thesis Examination Committee at Rotterdam School of Management
Examination
Pre-examination of PhD thesis, School of Science at Aalto University, Finland
Examination
Pre-examination of PhD thesis, RSM at Erasmus University, Netherlands
Examination
MIA project research seminar on UK medicines supply and shortages
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Annual IPSERA Conference 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Pre-examination of PhD thesis, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland
Examination
Rotterdam School of Management-LUMS joint research workshop in Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Seminar at EADA Business School
Invited talk
EADA Business School
Visiting an external academic institution
Seminar at the Department of Marketing & SCM, Maastricht University
Invited talk
Seminar at the Department of Management, Tilburg University
Invited talk
Tilburg University
Visiting an external academic institution
Rotterdam School of Management
Visiting an external academic institution
Departmental seminar, Fisher College of Business, OSU
Invited talk
Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
Visiting an external academic institution
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
POMS International Invited Panel on 'Performance-based Contracting Research'
Invited talk
POMS International 2019 Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
26th EurOMA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Centre for Productivity and Efficiency - Seminar on Productivity
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
28th IPSERA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Contracting for innovation in public services: Capabilities, institutions and intermediation
Invited talk
University of Bath School of Management
Visiting an external academic institution
49th Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (2018)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Production Planning and Control (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Fabian Nullmeier
Hosting an academic visitor
International seminar on "Innovation and coordination in inter-organisational networks", CRET-LOG, Aix-Marseille University
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Spring Servitization Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
27th IPSERA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Stimulating innovation through public procurement: The role of the Small Business Research Initative (SBRI)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
National Science Foundation, Science of Science and Innovation Policy Program (Event)
Membership of committee
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
24th EurOMA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International workshop on "Inter-organisational relationships in temporary and permanent networks", CRET-LOG, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Governing inter-organisational relationships in supply chains and the role of contracting
Invited talk
University of Aix-Marseille
Visiting an external academic institution
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Scandinavian Journal of Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Scandinavian Journal of Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Production Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
National Science Foundation (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Coventry University (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Supply Chain Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
23rd EurOMA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
25th Annual IPSERA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Production Planning and Control (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
22nd EurOMA Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
The Ohio State University
Visiting an external academic institution
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Supply Chain Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Manchester Business School
Visiting an external academic institution
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Election to learned society
Board Member, European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)
Election to learned society
Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award, Journal of Supply Chain Management
Prize (including medals and awards)
Supply Chain Management
- Centre for Health Futures
- Centre for Productivity & Efficiency
- Centre for Transport & Logistics (CENTRAL)
- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK
- Health Systems
- Pentland Centre
- Supply Chain Management