Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management with tenure, Finance / Supply Chain Management Department
Award of selected education
- 2017 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Honorary Ph.D. in Management - 2016 INSEAD, France & Singapore
Ph.D. in Management - 2012 INSEAD, France & Singapore
Master’s in Management - 1996 Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management - 1995 Far-Eastern State University, Vladivostok
Diploma in Probability, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics
Selected work experience
- 2016–current Shippensburg University, PA, USA
Associate Professor - 2009–2016 SCS Consulting, Singapore
Partner - 2004–2009 Hempel Asia Pacific, Singapore
Regional Managing Director - 2002–2004 Hempel Indonesia
President Director - 1999–2002 Hempel Czech Republic
Managing Director - 1996–1999 Hempel Russia
General Manager
Examples of Teaching
- Supply Chain Management, MBA core course, JL. Grove College of Business
- Global Logistics Systems, UG elective course, JL. Grove College of Business
- Supply Chain and Operations Management, UG core course, JL. Grove College of Business
- Statistical Application in Business, UG core course, JL. Grove College of Business
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship, UG elective course, JL. Grove College of Business
- Global Supply Chain Management, MBA course, JL. Grove College of Business
Academic Awards and Distinctions
- 2019 IABE-2019 Membership Award
- 2019 Award in recognition of Exceptional Academic Mentorship
- 2019 Charles R. & Joletta Nebel, Jr. Service Award
- 2019 Teaching Innovation and Pedagogy Spotlight Award (TIPS)
- 2016 Decision Analysis Special Recognition Award, Runner-Up
- 2010 – 2015 INSEAD Doctoral Fellowship
- 1994 – 1995 Far Eastern State University Scholarship
Grants
2017 Three years, $90,000 grant for organizing a Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education wide business plan competition.
Research Papers
- Massala, O., Tsetlin I. 2015. Search Before Trade-offs Are Known. Decision Analysis, 12(3), 105–121.
- Massala, O., Neidigh, R., Langella I. 2020. Teaching operational flexibility for mitigating risk in global supply chains. Operations Management Education Review, 14(1), 87–112 .
- Massala, O. 2017. Delegated Sequential Search. Working paper
- Massala, O. 2019. Role of Evaluation Uncertainty in Innovation Contests. Working paper
- Massala, O., Neidigh, R., Langella I. 2020. Optimal batch sizing in presence of organizational learning effects. Working paper
- Massala, O., Langella I., Farajnezam A. 2020. Linear programming models for maritime logistics. Working paper
Other Publications
- Massala, O. 1996. Conditions for Investing in Efficiency of Electricity Generation and Use in Primorsky Territory. M.Sc. thesis, Lappeenranta University of Technology.
- Massala, O. 1997. “Technical Convention of District Heating in Russia” (chapter in book, Markkinana IVY). Helsinki: Rakennustuoteteollisuus.
- Massala, O. 2016. Delegated Search. Ph.D. thesis, INSEAD Business School.
- Massala, O. 2017 “Business model could lead to lawn care by subscription”, Crossroads Business Journal, 06/2017
- Massala, O. 2017 “Best is yet to come for analytics”, Crossroads Business Journal, 08/2017
- Massala, O. 2017 “New business opportunities may arrive with Electric Vehicles”, Crossroads Business Journal, 11/2017
- Massala, O. 2018 “Finance industry’s important role in shifting entrepreneurship landscape”, Crossroads Business Journal, 4/2018
- Massala, O. 2018 “Professional services benefit from advancement of Artificial Intelligence Technologies”, Crossroads Business Journal, 5/2018
- Massala, O. 2018 “Applications of artificial intelligence move toward general applications”, Crossroads Business Journal, 11/2018
- Massala, O. 2019 “How does the last mile delivery work for ecommerce in 2040 ?”, Crossroads Business Journal, 3/2019