Elicia Maine
Professor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, & Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation
W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Email: emaine@sfu.ca
Curriculum Vitae: View
Credentials
BSc (Queen's University), BA (Queen's University), MSc (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), PhD (University of Cambridge)Biography
Specializing in technological innovation and science entrepreneurship, Professor Elicia Maine has used her expertise at home and abroad to guide innovation policy and strategy and to mentor emerging talent. Founding educational coordinator for New Ventures BC, and Academic Director of Invention to Innovation, a novel graduate program in Science & Technology Commercialization, Prof. Maine was awarded the 2017 TD / Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award and was a finalist for BC TECH’s 2016 “Person of the Year” award. An interdisciplinary scholar and engaged educator, she holds a PhD in Technology Management & Materials Engineering from the University of Cambridge and master’s degrees in Technology & Policy and Materials Engineering from MIT.
Prof. Maine teaches “Managing Technological Innovation,” "Managing Innovation" and “Lab to Market” at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. She has published in leading technology management journals, such as Research Policy, R&D Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, and Technovation. To reach scientist-entrepreneurs on their own turf, she also publishes her technology innovation research in top science and technology journals, including Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Materials. Prof. Maine has presented her research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and at the Academy of Management (AOM). She serves on the Boards of Directors of the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator and of BC Innovation Council’s New Ventures BC.
Research Interests
Technology Innovation; Science & Technology Entrepreneurship; Technology-Market Matching; Science-Based Business; Innovation Policy
Selected Publications
articles and reports
Park, A., Maine, E., Fini, R., Rasmussen, E., Di Minin, A., Dooley, L., Mortara, L., Lubik, S., & Zhou, Y. (2024). Science-based innovation via university spin-offs: the influence of intangible assets. R and D Management, 54(1), 178-198. http://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12646
Mani, A., Budd, T., & Maine, E. (2023). Emissions-intensive and trade-exposed industries: technological innovation and climate policy solutions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. RSC Sustainability, 2(4), 903-927. http://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00335c
Park, A., Park, A., Steel, D., & Maine, E. (2023). Evidence-based Medicine and Mechanistic Evidence: The Case of the Failed Rollout of Efavirenz in Zimbabwe. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom), 48(4), 348-358. http://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhad019
Osherov, A., Prasad, R., Chrzanowski, W., New, E. J., Brazaca, L., Sadik, O., Haynes, C. L., & Maine, E. (2023). Responsible nanotechnology for a sustainable future. One Earth, 6(7), 763-766. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.06.010
Park, A., Goudarzi, A., Yaghmaie, P., Yaghmaie, P., Thomas, V. J., & Maine, E. (2022). Rapid response through the entrepreneurial capabilities of academic scientists. Nature Nanotechnology, 17(8), 802-807. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01103-6
Maine, E. (2022, June). Canada needs to invest more money into science innovation to help prevent the next global crisis. Conversation. https://theconversation.com/canada-needs-to-invest-more-money-into-science-innovation-to-help-prevent-the-next-global-crisis-182575
Pokrajac, L., Abbas, A., Chrzanowski, W., Dias, G. M., Eggleton, B. J., Maguire, S., Maine, E., Malloy, T., Nathwani, J., Nazar, L., Sips, A., Sone, J., Van Den Berg, A., Weiss, P. S., & Mitra, S. (2021). Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Future: Addressing Global Challenges with the International Network4Sustainable Nanotechnology. ACS Nano, 15(12), 18608-18623. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c10919
MacQuarrie, E. R., Simon, C., Simmons, S., & Maine, E. (2020). The emerging commercial landscape of quantum computing. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(11), 596-598. http://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-020-00247-5
Thomas, V. J., Bliemel, M., Shippam, C., & Maine, E. (2020). Endowing university spin-offs pre-formation: Entrepreneurial capabilities for scientist-entrepreneurs. Technovation, 96-97. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2020.102153
Miele, A., Axsen, J., Wolinetz, M., Maine, E., & Long, Z. (2020). The role of charging and refuelling infrastructure in supporting zero-emission vehicle sales. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 81. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102275
Thomas, V. J., & Maine, E. (2019). Market entry strategies for electric vehicle start-ups in the automotive industry – Lessons from Tesla Motors. Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 653-663. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.284
Shum, V., Park, A., Maine, E., & Pitt, L. F. (2019). A Bibliometric Study of Research-Technology Management, 1998–2017: An analysis of 20 years of RTM articles offers a perspective on trends and evolutions in the journal’s content and in the field of innovation management. Research Technology Management, 62(1), 34-43. http://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2019.1541728
Thomas, V. J., & Maine, E. (2019). Impact of regional systems of innovation on the formation of university spin-offs by biomedical star scientists. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 37(2), 271-287. http://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2019.100108
Dahabieh, M. S., Bröring, S., & Maine, E. (2018). Overcoming barriers to innovation in food and agricultural biotechnology. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 79, 204-213. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2018.07.004
De Baere, B., & Maine, E. (2017, September). Canada Needs a National Overhaul of University IP Policies. University Affairs. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/canada-needs-national-overhaul-university-ip-policies/
Maine, E., & Thomas, V. J. (2017). Raising financing through strategic timing. Nature Nanotechnology, 12(2), 93-98. http://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.1
Bliemel, M. J., McCarthy, I. P., & Maine, E. M. (2016). Levels of Multiplexity in Entrepreneur's Networks: Implications for Dynamism and Value Creation. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 6(3), 247-272. http://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2015-0001
Maine, E., & Seegopaul, P. (2016). Accelerating advanced-materials commercialization. Nature Materials, 15(5), 487-491. http://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4625
O'Donnell, L., & Maine, E. M. (2015). Assessing development and commercialization priorities for a novel hydrogen production process through Technical-Economic Cost Modeling. Translational Materials Research, 2(1), 1-21. http://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1613/2/1/016001
Maine, E., Soh, P. H., & Dos Santos, N. (2015). The role of entrepreneurial decision-making in opportunity creation and recognition. Technovation, 39-40(1), 53-72. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2014.02.007
Taleb, A., Maine, E., & Kjeang, E. (2014). Technical-economic cost modeling as a technology management tool a case study of membranes for PEM fuel cells. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 25(2), 279-298. http://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-09-2013-0136
Maine, E., Thomas, V. J., Bliemel, M., Murira, A., & Utterback, J. (2014). The emergence of the nanobiotechnology industry. Nature Nanotechnology, 9(1), 2-5. http://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.288
Malek, K., Maine, E., & McCarthy, I. P. (2014). A typology of clean technology commercialization accelerators. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M, 32, 26-39. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2013.10.006
Maine, E., Thomas, V. J., & Utterback, J. (2014). Radical innovation from the confluence of technologies: Innovation management strategies for the emerging nanobiotechnology industry. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M, 32, 1-25. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2013.10.007
Maine, E. (2013). Scientist-entrepreneurs as the catalysts of nanotechnology commercialization. Reviews in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2(5), 301-308. http://doi.org/10.1166/rnn.2013.1037
Maine, E., Lubik, S., & Garnsey, E. (2013). Value creation strategies for science-based business: A study of advanced materials ventures. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 15(1), 35-51. http://doi.org/10.5172/impp.2013.15.1.35
O'Donnell, L., Soh, P., & Maine, E. (2012). New ventures BC economic impact and entrepreneurial research project. New Ventures BC.
Maine, E., Lubik, S., & Garnsey, E. (2012). Process-based vs. product-based innovation: Value creation by nanotech ventures. Technovation, 32(3-4), 179-192. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2011.10.003
Maine, E. M., Shapiro, D. M., & Vining, A. R. (2010). The role of clustering in the growth of new technology-based firms. Small Business Economics, 34(2), 127-146. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-008-9104-3
Maine, E. (2008). Radical innovation through internal corporate venturing: Degussa's commercialization of nanomaterials. R and D Management, 38(4), 359-371. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2008.00521.x
Maine, E., & Garnsey, E. (2006). Commercializing generic technology: The case of advanced materials ventures. Research Policy, 35(3), 375-393. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2005.12.006
Maine, E., Probert, D., & Ashby, M. (2005). Investing in new materials: A tool for technology managers. Technovation, 25(1), 15-23. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00070-1
Maine, E. M., & Ashby, M. F. (2002). An investment methodology for materials. Materials and Design, 23(3), 297-306. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-3069(01)00055-3
books chapters and monographs
Ashby, M. F., & Maine, E. M. (2017). Design aspects of metal matrix composite usage. In Beaumont, P. W., & Zweben, C. (Eds.), Comprehensive Composite Materials II (pp. 554-572). Elsevier Ltd (UK). http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.09980-X
Maine, E. (2016). Overcoming nanotechnology commercialisation challenges: Case studies of nanotechnology ventures. In Bawa, R., Audette, G. F., & Reese, B. E. (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Nanomedicine: Law, Business, Regulation, Safety, and Risk (pp. 187-222). Pan Stanford Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1201/b19910-19
Related Teaching Material
Bliemel, M., & Maine, E. M. (2016). Solectric: Market entry decisions under uncertainty. Case ID:Ivey ID: 9B16M004..