Morteza Pourakbar

Morteza Pourakbar serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Technology and Operations Management within the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he conducts rigorous research at the intersection of operations management and supply chain systems, contributing to both academic theory and industry practice.

His research program centers on Supply Chain Risk Management and Service Parts Inventory Optimization, with particular emphasis on security vulnerabilities in global containerized logistics and end-of-life service part provisioning. He investigates how public-private partnerships can mitigate security externalities in maritime trade, develops exact solution methodologies for complex inventory problems, and analyzes pricing mechanisms in product-service transition models, addressing critical operational challenges faced by multinational enterprises.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent thematic focus: 2023 works explore container security frameworks and servicizing pricing strategies, while 2017-2018 research examines customs' security role, consumer return impacts on multichannel sales, and computational approaches to end-of-life inventory. These contributions, published in premier journals like Production and Operations Management and European Journal of Operational Research, reveal his methodological strength in optimization modeling applied to high-stakes supply chain contexts.

His scholarly recognition includes:

• Wickham Skinner Best Paper Published in Production and Operations Management During 2012 (awarded May 5, 2013)

With significant citation impact across his 13 research outputs—including one paper accumulating 88 Scopus citations and patent references—Pourakbar maintains active collaborations with leading researchers in operations management, though specific grant funding or advising activities remain unreported in available sources.