Marianne Jahre

Marianne Jahre is Professor of Logistics at Lund University and BI Norwegian Business School. She received her PhD in logistics in 1995 at Chalmers University of Technology and is now docent there. She has been visiting professor at at Université de la Méditerranée in France for a number of years.

Marianne has co-edited and co-authored several books and published articles in International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications and International Journal of Logistics Management. She won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009 from Emerald. She is an international delegate to the Norwegian Red Cross and was during the fall of 2009 undertaking a project on health supply chains in Uganda for Unicef. At present she is heading the research project Contribute in disaster relief logistics cooperating with Everywhere Humanitarian Response and Logistics Services, Wilh.Wilhelmsen and International Federation Red Cross Red Crescent.

At BI Marianne is now responsible for the major in logistics, operations and supply chain management. She was part of the group who in 1989 established NOFOMA, the Nordic network for logistics researchers and has since been heading the organising and scientific commitee for the conference when it has been hosted by BI in 1995 and in 2006. Being member of the 'latino' version of NOFOMA, RIRL established in France in 1998, she functions as a liason between the Nordic countries and Southern European Countries and Brazil.

Marianne is a board member of SMARTRANS, the research programme on transport and logistics in the Norwegian Research Council.

Research areas

• Disaster relief logistics.
• Project-based logistics.
• Design and development of logistics networks.
• Supply chain integration and the role of service providers.
• Sustainable and reverse logistics.

Teaching areas

• Strategic issues in logistics.
• Design and development of logistics systems with particular focus on conceptual frameworks.
• Development of logistics and supply chain management as a research area in its own right.
• Research methodology.
• Supply chain management.
• Disaster relief logistics.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 1995 Chalmers University of Technology Ph.D Dr. Philos.
• 1988 BI Norwegian Business School Master of Science in Business

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2008 - Present University of Lund Professor
• 2007 - Present Chalmers Tekniska Högskole Docent
• 2005 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2001 - 2005 BI Norwegian Business School Project leader
• 1995 - 2005 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
• 1987 - 2005 BI Norwegian Business School Research assistant, Ph.D.student and assistant professor

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Jahre, Marianne. 

Supply chain risk management in temporary multi-organizations. EurOMA; 2016-06-20 BI

Ergun, Ozlem; Jahre, Marianne; Kembro, Joakim; Håpnes, Svein; Hultberg, Mats. 

Strategic stocks for joint prepositioning – predicting future demand in refugee emergencies. POMS; 2016-05-08 BI

Gooding, Emily; Goentzel, Jarrod; Jahre, Marianne. 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains for Infectious Disease Outbreaks. POMS; 2016-05-08 BI

Huemer, Lars; Jahre, Marianne; Dreyer, Heidi Carin. 

Seamless travel: The importance of network oriented business models. EurOMA; 2016-06-20 BI NTNU

Jahre, Marianne. 

Supply Chain Strategies in Humanitarian Logistics: A Review of how Actors Mitigate Supply Chain Risks. POMS; 2016-05-08 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Kembro, Joakim; Håpnes, Svein; Hultberg, Mats; Rezvanian, Tina. 

Scenario building in UNHCR - Predicting future demand in refugee crises. World P&OM Havana; 2016-09-09 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Ergun, Ozlem; Goentzel, Jarrod. 

One Size Fits All? – Using Standard Global Tools in Humanitarian Logistics. Humtech; 2015-05-11 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Goentzel, Jarrod; Gooding, Emily; Heigh, Ian. 

Defining Product Standards in the Ebola Response. POMS; 2015-05-06 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Pazirandeh, Ala; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.. 

Logistics Preparedness in Humanitarian Operations - more than prepositioning?. POMS; 2015-05-06 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Pazirandeh, Ala. 

Logistics Preparedness in Humanitarian Operations - more than prepositioning?. Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics; 2015-11-18 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Fabbe-Costes, N.; Selviaridis, Kostas. 

Provider Early Involvement In Project Logistics Services Specification - How To Achieve It And For What Benefits. NOFOMA; 2014-06-08 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Grønland, Stein Erik. 

Predicting the Unpredictable: Deciding where to Locate Strategic Stock Using Real Data. INFORMS; 2014-12-01 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Kembro, Joakim; Berling, Peter; Håpnes, Svein. 

‘Practice And Theory – Warehouse Network Optimisation for UNHCR’. POMS; 2014-05-07 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Navangul, Kaustubh Anil; Sharif Yazdi, Mehdi. 

On- and off-shore prepositioning and delivery mechanism for sudden-onset disaster response. POMS; 2014-05-01 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.. 

Logistics Preparedness in the context of emergency preparedness - more than prepositioning?. 2014 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics; 2014-06-02 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Heigh, Ian; Navangul, Kaustubh Anil. 

Predicting the Unpredictable - Use of Demand Forecasting in Disaster Relief. POMS; 2013-05-10 - 2013-05-11 BI

Jahre, Marianne; van Doorn, Hetty. 

BEYOND ‘ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP’ – PARTNERING UP TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN DISASTER RELIEF LOGISTICS. IMP Asia; 2012-12-06 - 2012-12-09 BI

Dieckhaus, Dan; Heigh, Ian; Tagle-Gomez Leonard, Natalia; Jahre, Marianne; Navangul, Kaustubh Anil. 

Predicting the Unpredictable - Demand Forecasting in International Humanitarian Response. NOFOMA 2011; 2011-06-09 - 2011-06-10 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Awaleh, Fahad. 

Temporary and permanent networks - Mobilising resources for international disaster relief. IMP conference -Asia 2009; 2009-12-06 - 2009-12-10 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Fabbe-Costes, N.. 

Flexible and integrated supply chains - Towards an innovative research platform. The 21th NOFOMA conference; 2009-06-11 - 2009-06-12 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Fabbe-Costes, N.. 

Integrated and flexible project supply chains and networks -Developing a research platform. The 25th IMP Conference; 2009-09-03 - 2009-09-05 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Jensen, L. M.. 

Supply Chain Design And Coordination In Humanitarian Logistics Through Clusters. The 21th NOFOMA conference; 2009-06-11 - 2009-06-12 BI

Fabbe-Costes, N.; Jahre, Marianne; Roussat, Christine. 

Supply chain integration: The role of logistics service providers. 20th Annual NOFOMA conference; 2008-06-05 - 2008-06-06 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Heigh, I.. 

Does failure to fund preparedness mean donors must prepare to fund failure in humanitarian supply chains?. 20th Annual NOFOMA conference; 2008-06-05 - 2008-06-06 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Elvekrok, Ingunn; Flygansvær, Bente. 

Influencing in Logistics Networks. 20th IMP Conference; 2004-09-05 - 2004-09-05 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Virum, Helge; Dreyer, Heidi. 

Dynamics in TPL Relationships- A Norwegian Case Study. The 15th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics (NOFOMA); 2003-06-12 - 2003-06-13 BI NTNU

Jahre, Marianne; Virum, Helge; Dreyer, Heidi. 

Dynamics in TPL Relationships- A Norwegian Case Study. The 15th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics (NOFOMA); 2003-06-13 BI NTNU

Jahre, Marianne; Fabbes-Costes, N.. 

Adaptation and Adaptability in logistics networks. 19th Annual IMP Conference; 2003-09-05 - 2003-09-07 BI

Eik, Arne; Brattebø, Helge; Brekke, Andreas; Jahre, Marianne. 

Using LCA and Network Theory as a basis for eco-efficiency improvements in Norwegian plastic packaging recycling. Joint SETAC Europe and ISIE meeting; 2002-12-02 - 2002-12-03 BI NTNU

Jahre, Marianne. 

Packaging logistics for improving the environment and economics in the value chain - study proposal including purpose, outline and literature review. Packaging Logistics Symposium; 2001 BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

Reverse logistics systems. Packaging Logistics Symposium; 2001 BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

The logistics costs of collecting recyclable household waste - modelling systems for cost consequence analysis. International Workshop in Gothenburg, February; 1999 BI

Virum, Helge; Persson, Gøran; Jahre, Marianne. 

Third Partry Logistics: Outsourcing strategy with focus on reverse distribution. 2nd International meeting for research in logistics; 1999 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Jahre, Marianne; Kembro, Joakim; Rezvanian, Tina; Ergun, Ozlem; Håpnes, Svein; Berling, Peter. 

Integrating supply chains for emergencies and ongoing operations in UNHCR. Journal of Operations Management 2016 ;Volume 45. p. 57-72 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Pazirandeh, Ala; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.. 

Defining logistics preparedness: a framework and research agenda. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2016 ;Volume 6.(3) p. 372-398 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Ergun, Ozlem; Goentzel, Jarrod. 

One Size Fits All? Using Standard Global Tools in Humanitarian Logistics. Procedia Engineering 2015 ;Volume 107. p. 18-26 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Fabbe-Costes, Nathalie. 

How Standards and Modularity can improve Humanitarian Supply Chain Responsiveness: The Case of Emergency Response Units. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2015 ;Volume 5.(3) p. 348-386 BI

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Håkansson, Håkan; Jahre, Marianne. 

A critical discussion of models for conceptualizing the economic logic of construction. Construction Management and Economics 2012 ;Volume 31.(2) p. 104-118 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Dumoulin, Luc; Greenhalgh, Langdon; Hudspeth, Claudia; Limlim, Philip; Spindler, Anna. 

Improving health in developing countries - reducing complexity of drug supply chains. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2012 ;Volume 2.(1) p. 54-84 BI

Sohrabpour, V.; Hellström, D.; Jahre, Marianne. 

Packaging in developing countries: identifying supply chain needs. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2012 ;Volume 2.(2) p. 183-205 BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

Field Logistics and Logistics in the Field - Undertaking a mission or performing research in humanitarian logistics. Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal 2010 ;Volume 11.(3) BI

Bankvall, Lars; Bygballe, Lena; Dubois, Anna; Jahre, Marianne. 

Interdependence in supply chains and projects in construction. Supply chain management 2010 ;Volume 15.(5) p. 385-393 BI

Bygballe, Lena; Jahre, Marianne; Swärd, Anna Sundberg. 

Partnering relationships in construction:A literature review. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 2010 ;Volume 16.(4) p. 239-253 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Jensen, Leif-Magnus. 

Coordination in humanitarian logistics through clusters. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 2010 ;Volume 40.(8-9) p. 657-674 BI

Listou, Tore; Jahre, Marianne; Jensen, Leif-Magnus. 

Theory development in humanitarian logistics: a framework and three cases. Management Research News 2009 ;Volume 32.(11) p. 1008-1023 BI FORSV

Bygballe, Lena; Jahre, Marianne. 

Balancing value creating logics in construction. Construction Management and Economics 2009 ;Volume 27.(7) p. 695-704 BI

Fabbe-Costes, N.; Jahre, Marianne; Roussat, Christine. 

Supply Chain Integration: The role of third party providers. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 2009 ;Volume 58.(1) p. 71-91 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Jensen, Leif-Magnus; Listou, Tore. 

Theory development in Humanitarian Logistics - A Framework and Three Cases. Management Research News 2009 ;Volume 32.(11) p. 1008-1023 BI HIB

Fabbe-Costes, N.; Jahre, Marianne. 

Performance and Supply Chain Integration - a review of the empirical evidence. International Journal of Logistics Management 2008 ;Volume 19.(2) p. 130-154 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Heigh, I.. 

Does failure to fund preparedness mean donors must prepare to fund failure in humanitarian supply chains?. Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal 2008 ;Volume 9.(2) BI

Fabbe-Costes, N.; Jahre, Marianne. 

Supply chain integration gives better performance - The Emperor's New Suit?. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 2007 ;Volume 37.(10) p. 835-855 BI

Fabbe-Costes, N.; Jahre, Marianne; Rouquet, A.. 

Interacting Standards - a basic element in logistics networks. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 2006 ;Volume 36.(2) p. 93-111 BI

Gripsrud, Geir; Jahre, Marianne; Persson, Göran. 

Supply Chain Management - back to the Future?. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 2006 ;Volume 36.(8) p. 643-659 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Fabbe-Costes, N.. 

Scandinavian Perspectives on Management Consulting. International Journal of Logistics 2005 ;Volume 8.(2) p. 143-157 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Hatteland, Carl Johan. 

Packages and Physical Distribution - implications for integration and standardization. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 2004 ;Volume 34.(2) p. 123-140 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Persson, Göran. 

Supply Chain Management ‘and Beyond’. ? 2003 ;Volume 6.(5) BI

RESEARCH REPORTS

Jahre, Marianne; dumoulin, luc; greenhalgh, langdon. 

Health Commodities Supply Chain Assessment in Karamoja Region – Uganda. : Global Emergency Group 2010 UNICEF Staff Working Papers(2010) BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

Logistics in International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - A Case Study. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 BI

Andersson, D; Halldorsson, A; Ojala, Lauri; Jahre, Marianne; Skjoett-Larsen, T; Virum, Helge; Dreyer, Heidi. 

Third Party Logistics - A Nordic Research Approach. : Turku School of Economics and Business Administration 2003 BI NTNU

Andersson, D; Halldorsson, A; Ojala, Lauri; Jahre, Marianne; Skjoett-Larsen, T; Virum, Helge; Dreyer, Heidi. 

Third Party Logistics - A Nordic Research Approach. : Turku School of Economics and Business Administration 2003 BI NTNU

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Jahre, Marianne. 

’Haiti-katastrofe forverret av manglende forebygging’. Bistandsaktuelt 2012 BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

’Skaffer bedre grunnlag for effektiv nødhjelpslogistikk’. Logistikk & innkjøp 2012 BI

Gadde, Lars-Erik; Håkansson, Håkan; Jahre, Marianne; Persson, Göran. 

”More instead of less” – Strategies for the use of logistics resources. ? 2002 ;Volume 2.(2) p. 81-92 BI NTNU

Jahre, Marianne. 

Debatten om gjenvinningens fortreffelighet eller skade .... ? 1998 BI

CHAPTERS

Jahre, Marianne. 

On a logistical mission. I: The XX factor. : Lund University 2016 ISBN 978-91-7623-747-2. p. 123-136 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Grønland, Stein Erik. 

Logistikk i Praksis (ch.4), in Persson, G. and Virum, H. (eds.) Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder, Gyldendal Akademisk. I: Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder. Gyldendal Akademisk 2011 ISBN 978-82-05-41125-8. BI

Jahre, Marianne; Flygansvær, Bente M.. 

Logistikk og Miljø (ch.17), in Persson, G. and Virum, H. (eds.) Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder, Gyldendal Akademisk. I: Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder. Gyldendal Akademisk 2011 ISBN 978-82-05-41125-8. BI

Jahre, Marianne; Persson, Gøran. 

Logistikk og Ledelse av forsyningskjeder (ch.3), in Persson, G. and Virum, H. (eds.) Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder, Gyldendal Akademisk. I: Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder. Gyldendal Akademisk 2011 ISBN 978-82-05-41125-8. BI

Jahre, Marianne; Persson, Göran. 

Origins and Influences in Logistics - Is there a Nordic Approach?. I: Jan Stentoft Arlbjørn, Árni Halldórsson, Marianne Jahre, Karen Spens (eds.), Northern Lights in Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Copenhagen Business School Press 2008 BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

Logistics Networks - Economic Log(ist)ics in Construction. I: Stentoft Arlbjørn, J., Halldórsson, A. Jahre, M., Spens, K. and Stefansson, G. (eds.), Nordic Case Reader in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2006 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Flygansvær, Bente; Elvekrok, Ingunn. 

Influencing in Logistics Networks. I: Jahre, M., Gadde, L-E., Håkansson, H., Harrison, D. and Persson, G. (eds.), Resourcing in Business Logistics - The art of systematic combining. Liber 2006 BI

Dreyer, Heidi; Jahre, Marianne; Virum, Helge. 

Dynamics in TPL- relationships: A Norwegian case study. I: Andersson et. al (eds): Third Party Logistics � A Nordic Research Approach. : Turku School of Economics and Business Administration 2003 BI NTNU

Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Jahre, Marianne; Virum, Helge. 

Dynamics in TPL- relationships: A Norwegian case study. I: Andersson et. al (eds): Third Party Logistics – A Nordic Research Approach. : Turku School of Economics and Business Administration 2003 BI NTNU

Jahre, Marianne. 

Miljølogistikk (revidert kapitel). I: Logistikk - et lederansvar/Deg,Bjørnland, Helge, Virum, Göran Persson (red.). Gyldendal Akademisk 2001 BI

BOOKS

Stentoft, Jan M.; Halidorsson, Mi; Jahre, Marianne. 

Northern Lights in Logistics and Supply chain Management. Copenhagen Business School Press 2008 (ISBN 978-87-630-0218-9) 285 p. NTNU

Arlbjørn, J.S.; Halldórsson, A.; Jahre, Marianne; Spens, K.; Stefansson, G.. 

Nordic Case Reader in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. : University Press of Southern Denmark 2006 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Gadde, Lars-Erik; Håkansson, Håkan; Harrison, Debbie; Persson, Göran. 

Resourcing in Business Logistics - The art of systematic combining. Liber 2006 BI

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Jahre, Marianne. 

Forberedt før krisen. BI strategy Magazine 2013 BI

Jahre, Marianne. 

Forberedt før krisen. BI Business Review 2013 BI

Jahre, Marianne; Bruvoll, Annegrete. 

Gjenvinning - hva er problemet?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 1998 BI