Kelsey Taylor | Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

Kelsey Taylor

Assistant Professor
School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management
Email: 
ktaylo11@uoguelph.ca
Phone number: 
+1-519-824-4120 x56900
Office: 
MACS 305
Summary: 

Kelsey Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management in the School of Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management. She received her PhD in Operations Management from Ivey Business School, Western University, and has a Master of Environment & Sustainability from Western University, and her BA in Sociology and Criminal Justice & Public Policy from the University of Guelph. 

Kelsey’s research focuses on how supply chains can be used as a tool to create a positive societal impact, both socially and environmentally. She has done extensive research on operations and supply chain management in social enterprises and other impact-focused business models like B Corps. Her research also examines societal value creation from an environmental perspective, including topics like circular supply chain management and regenerative supply chain management. 

Kelsey’s research has been published in top supply chain management and business journals including the Journal of Supply Chain Management, the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, Industrial Marketing Management and others.  

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Cole, D., Rosca, E. & Taylor, K.M. (In Press). From social good to operational good: How women influence sustainable operations. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-09-2024-0826  

Taylor, K.M., Ciulli, F. & Bals, L. (In Press). Pathways to International Scaling: Exploring Capabilities in B Corps. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2024.2413074  

Bals, L., Taylor, K.M., Rosca, E. & Ciulli, F. (2024). Toward a circular supply chain: The enabling role of information and financial flows in open and closed loop designs. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 204, 107781. 

Taylor, K.M. & Rosca, E. (2024). Toward a moral approach to stakeholder management: Insights from the inclusion of marginalized stakeholders in the operations of social enterprises. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 44(10), 1831-1858.  

*Rosca, E. & Taylor, K.M. (2024). Delivering societal impact through supply chain design: Insights from B Corps. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 44(10), 1756-1785. *Authors contributed equally. 

Shourkaei, M.M., Taylor, K.M., Dyck, B. (2024). Examining sustainable supply chain management via a social-symbolic work lens: Lessons from Patagonia. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2), 1477-1496.  

Taylor, K.M. & Rosca, E. (2023). Sink, Swim, or Drift: How Social Enterprises Use Supply Chain Social Capital to Balance Tensions Between Impact and Viability. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 59(2), 62-86.  

Taylor, K.M., Hajmohammad S. & Vachon, S. (2021). Activist Engagement and Industry-Level Change: Adoption of New Practices by Observing Firms. Industrial Marketing Management, 92, 295-306.  

Taylor K.M., Vachon, S. (2018). Empirical Research on Sustainable Supply Chains: IJPR's Contribution and Research Avenues. International Journal of Production Research, 56(1-2), 950-959.  

Rosca, E., Zhang, H., Taylor, K.M. & Pullman, M. (2025). Post-growth supply chain governance: Embracing limits to growth in work integration social enterprises. Supply Chain Research Forum, Montreal, QC.  

Rosca, E., Taylor, K.M., Tate, W., Bals, L., Ciulli, F., Turken, N., Carmagnac, L., Seepma, A. (2025). Reconceptualizing value creation for regenerative supply chains: Elaborating the role of non-traditional actors. Proceedings of the IPSERA 2025 Conference, March 2025, Rotterdam, NL.  

Cole, D., Rosca, E., & Taylor, K.M. (2025). Climbing the ladder changes the view: how women at different levels of the organization influence firm social sustainability. 12th EurOMA Sustainability Forum. 

Taylor, K.M., Bals, L., Kemmner, F. (2025). Enabling Radical Sustainability: Collective Action in Regenerative Supply Chains. 12th EurOMA Sustainability Forum. 

Thai, M., Ngoasong, M., Mo, G. Y., Hassannezhad Chavoushi, Z., Baba, S. & Taylor, K. M. (2024) Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. [Invited Panel]. Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship 42nd Annual Conference, November 2024, Calgary, AB 

Strobel, M., Taylor, K.M., Bals, L. & Rosca, E. (2024) Creating shared value through meta-organizational common good human resource management: An empirical study on “Best for the World” certified B Corporations. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2024, Chicago, IL 

Bals, L., Ciulli, F., & Taylor, K.M. (2024) Pathways to International Scaling: Exploring Capabilities in B Corps. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2024, Chicago, IL 

Bals, L., Taylor, K.M, & Rosca, E. (2023). Exploring circular supply chains in B Corps: The role of flows and capabilities. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2023, Boston, Massachusetts  

Taylor, K.M. & Rosca, E. (2023) Supply chain design and societal impact in purpose-driven organizations: Insights from B Corps. Proceedings of the 30th EurOMA Annual Gathering, July 2023, Leuven, Belgium 

Taylor, K.M., Bals, L. & Rosca, E. (2022). Boundary spanners, cross-level linkages and collective action: How supply chains are driving the circular transition. Proceedings of the 29th EurOMA Annual Gathering, July 2022, Berlin, Germany. 

Taylor, K.M. (2018). ‘Does it pay to be green?’ revisited: LGM assessment of the relationship between sustainability performance and financial performance. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, November 2018, Chicago, IL.  

Taylor, K.M. (2018). Building sustainable and inclusive supply chains: Integrating base-of-pyramid producers. Proceedings of the 25th EurOMA Annual Gathering, June 2018, Budapest, Hungary.

  • 2023, Chris Voss Highly Commended Award, European Operations Management Association 

  • 2022-2024, Associates Fellowship in Supply Chain Management, Asper Associates 

  • 2020, 2021, Showcase Presentation, B Aademics Research Round Table 

  • 2019, Dr. Alvin J. Silk Graduate Scholarship, Ivey Business School 

  • 2016-2020, Brock Scholarship, Ivey Business School 

  • 2016-2019, C.B. (Bud) Johnson Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ivey Business School 

  • 2016, A.E.R. Environment & Sustainability Graduate Student Award for Excellence, Western University 

  • 2016, Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Canadian Sociological Association  

  • 2015, Fallona Family Interdisciplinary Science Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Western University 

  • 2015, Sociology and Anthropology Retiree Tribute Prize, University of Guelph 

  • 2014, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences Student Volunteer Award, University of Guelph 

MGMT*2150 – Introduction to Canadian Business Management 

HTM*3120 – Service Operations Analysis 

TRMH*6080 – Qualitative Research Methods 

HTM*6710 – Services Management Theory I