BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Tina Arabian joined Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business in August 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, following the completion of her PhD and a postdoctoral research appointment at the University of Lethbridge.

Her academic interests span operations and supply chain management, circular economy, sustainable business models, and strategic decision-making. Her research employs game theory, mathematical modelling, and optimization to examine complex operational challenges and explore how firms can balance economic and environmental objectives. In her teaching, she emphasizes analytical thinking, experiential learning, and the application of academic concepts to real-world business challenges.

KEY TEACHING AREAS

Operations and Supply Chain Management
Procurement Management
Inventory and Warehouse Management
Quality Management

RESEARCH and SCHOLARLY WORK

Dr. Arabian’s research lies at the intersection of operations and supply chain management, circular economy, and sustainable business strategies. Using game theory, mathematical modelling, and optimization, she examines strategic interactions among firms and explores how business decisions can balance economic performance with environmental sustainability. Her research focuses on servicizing, product upgradability, and technological obsolescence, investigating how innovative business models can support circular economy objectives. She also studies environmental coordination among supply chain partners, particularly shippers and logistics service providers.

Selected Publications

Arabian, T., Araghi, M., & Noori, H. (2025). Behavior-dependent pricing: An IoT-enabled pricing model under servicizing. Sustainability, 17(24), 10986.

Jourabchi, S. M. M., Arabian, T., Leman, Z., & Ismail, M. Y. B. (2014). Contribution of lean and Six Sigma to effective cost of quality management. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 14(2), 149–165.

Arabian, T., Jourabchi, S. M. M., Leman, Z., & Ismail, M. Y. (2013). A research on the impact of cost of quality models and reporting system on managing cost of quality. International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, 59, 50.

RESEARCH AWARDS

Selected Research Honours, Awards, and Grants.

Supply Chain Management Association of Ontario Achievement of Excellence Scholarship (2020–2021; 2016–2017)

MS2Discovery Institute Student Researcher Award (2019–2020)

The Co-operators Centre for Business & Sustainability Research Grant Award (2018–2019)

Lazaridis Institute for Management of Technology Enterprises Seed Grant Award (2018–2019) -Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2016–2017)

CN Graduate Scholarships in Supply Chain Management (2015–2019)

Maritime-Ontario Scholarships in Supply Chain Management (2018–2019)