Faculty Profile

Elicia Maine

Associate Professor
B.A., B.Eng. (Queen's), S.M., S.M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Ph.D. (Cambridge)

Segal Phone: 778-782-5260
Segal Office: Segal 3965

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Website: http://www.sfubusiness.ca/research/projects/emaine/

Biography

Elicia Maine’s main research interests are in technology management, technology entrepreneurship, and the commercialization of innovation. She is most interested in understanding the growth of New Technology Based Firms in the advanced materials, nanomaterials, fuel cell, biotech, and nano-bio sectors.

Dr. Maine has published in leading technology management journals, such as Research Policy, R&D Management, Technovation, and International Journal of Technology Management. She has also developed an investment methodology for materials, a strategic tool used to assist seed capital firms in assessing early stage material innovations. Her co-authored manual on this topic, "Succeeding with New Materials, a Comprehensive Guide for Assessing Market Potential" is available in hard copy from the SFU bookstore and from the Centre for Technology Management at the University of Cambridge, and electronically from www.advancedmaterialscommercialization.com

Before academia, Elicia worked in industry as a strategic consultant in Canada, the United States, and Austria.

Specialization and Research Interests

Technology Management, Technology Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation of Technological Innovation, Advanced Materials, New Product Development, New Technology Based Firms, Confluence of Technologies, Embeddedness, Nanomaterials, Nano-Biotech, Fuel Cells, Industry Evolution, Q-Analysis, Uncertainty

Selected Publications

Maine, E., Lubik, S., and Garnsey, E. (2012).  Process-Based vs. Product-Based Innovation: Value Creation by Nanotech Ventures.  Technovation, 32(3/4), 179-192.

Maine, E. (2008). Radical Innovation through Internal Corporate Venturing: Degussa's Commercialization of Nanomaterials. R&D Management, 38(4), 359-371.

Maine, E., and Garnsey, E. (2006). Commercializing Generic Technology: The Case of Advanced Materials Ventures. Research Policy, 35(3), 375-393.

Maine, E.M.A., Probert, D., and Ashby, M.F. (2005). Investing in New Materials: A Tool for Technology Managers. Technovation, 25(1), 15-23.

Maine, E.M.A., and Ashby, M.F. (2002). An Investment Methodology for Materials. Materials and Design, 23(3), 297-306.

Working Papers

Bliemel, M., Maine, E., and McCarthy, I. "A Q-Analysis Approach to Studying the Structures and Flows of Entrepreneurial Network Configurations"

Maine, E. "Predicting Value Creation through the Business Models of NanoMaterials Ventures"

Bliemel, M., Maine, E., and McCarthy, I. "A Typology of Entrepreneurial Network Configurations: Integrating the Complexity of Network Structures and Flows"

Maine, E., Bliemel, M., Thomas, V.J., Murira, A. and Utterback, J.  "Knowledge Diversity in the Emerging Global Bio-Nano Sector"

Maine, E. and Utterback, J. "Opportunity Creation from the Confluence of Technologies"