Lydia Bals

Dr. Lydia Bals is Professor of Supply Chain & Operations Management at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany and a Visiting Professor at the Department for Strategic Management & Globalization at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Prior to that she was a Visiting Scholar at Wharton and Columbia Business School. From 2008-2013 she worked in the industry fulltime in managerial positions, before returning to academia in 2014. Her main research areas are Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Offshoring and Procurement Organization. She has published in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of International Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management and other academic outlets.