Jonathan Linton
- Laboratory Head:Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge / International Research and Educational Foresight Centre / Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies
- Jonathan Linton has been at HSE since 2014.
Education and Degrees
- 1997
PhD
York University, Toronto, Canada - 1992
Master in B.Sc. in Biology
University of Western Ontario - 1989
Bachelor in BESc in Materials Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
1992: M.B.A., York University, Toronto, Canada
Editorial board membership
2012: Member of the Editorial Council, Foresight.
2012: Member of the Editorial Council, Форсайт (Foresight and STI Governance).
2011: Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M (Journal of Engineering and Technology Management ).
2009: Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management.
2005: Member of the Editorial Council, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
2005: Editor-in-chief, Technovation.
2011 - present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management.
2009 - present: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management.
2001 - 2012: Editorial Board Member, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
2005 - 2007: Co-editor of Special Issue, Journal of Operations Management.
2004 - 2005: Chair Research Journal Committee, IAMOT.
2004: Co-Editor, Guest Issue on Roadmapping, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 71 (1/2).
2003 - 2004: Editor, Guest Issue on Innovation and the Internet, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 50(4).
2002 - 2005: Area Editor, Engineering Management Journal.
2001: Co-Editor, Guest Issue on Technology Management, Engineering Management Journal 13(2).
Honours and awards
2012: Elsevier. Top Cited Paper Award.
2009: International Association for the Management of Technology. Research Award.
2005: International Association for the Management of Technology. Service Award.
2004: International Association for the Management of Technology. Research Award.
Responsibilities
Performs management of the Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge.
Performs project management of the laboratory, and implementation of relevant objectives and functions.
Organises and conducts research within the framework of the Basic Research Programme and the Global Competitiveness Programme.
Coordinates activities of the research teams members.
Performs supervision of junior scholars of the laboratory.
Participates in organisation of scientific conferences and workshops of the laboratory and institute.
Courses (2017/2018)
- Strategies in STI Management (Master’s programme; Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge; programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2016/2017)
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge; programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation"; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Strategies in STI Management (Master’s programme; Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge; programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2015/2016)
Courses (2014/2015)
Graduate courses taught
Operations Management (2007, 2008)
Environmental Management and Policy (2005, 2004)
Data Analysis for PhDs (2004, 2003)
Technology Operations (2004, 2003)
Statistical Methods for Managers (2003)
Managing Innovation (2002)
Project Management Assessment for Technology managers (2001)
Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Decisions (2001)
Operations Management for Knowledge Based Enterprises (2000)
Project in Strategy and Innovation (1999)
Publications20
- Article Linton J., Solomon G. Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and The Small Business-Technology and Innovation in Small Business // Journal of Small Business Management. 2017 doi (in print)
- Article Bredikhin S. V., Linton J., Matoszko T. Why and How the Value of Science-Based Firms Violates Financial Theory: Implications for Policy and Governance. // Foresight and STI Governance. 2017. Vol. 11. No. 1. P. 24-30. doi
- Article Linton J. Improving impact of research papers // Technovation. 2016. Vol. 52-53. P. 1-3. doi
- Article Linton J. Improving the Peer review process: Capturing more information and enabling high-risk/high-return research // Research Policy. 2016. Vol. 45. No. 9. P. 1936-1938. doi
- Chapter Linton J. D., Walsh S. T. Integrating Foresight with Corporate Planning, in: Deploying Foresight for Policy and Strategy Makers: Creating Opportunities Through Public Policies and Corporate Strategies in Science, Technology and Innovation / Ed. by L. Gokhberg, D. Meissner, A. Sokolov. Netherlands : Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. doi P. 49-64. doi
- Article Casault S., Groen A. J., Linton J. D. Linking the Value Assessment of Oil and Gas Firms to Ambidexterity Theory Using a Mixture of Normal Distributions // Oil and Gas Science and Technology. 2016. Vol. 71. No. 3 doi
- Article Casault S., Groen A., Linton J. D. Towards a Better Understanding of the Dynamics of Value Creation in R&D Intensive Small Firms // R & D Management. 2016 (in print)
- Article Harms R., Linton J. D. Willingness to Pay for Eco-Certified Refurbished Products: The Effects of Environmental Attitudes and Knowledge // Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2016. Vol. 20. No. 4. P. 893-904. doi
- Article Linton J., Vonortas N. From research project to research portfolio: Meeting scale and complexity // Foresight and STI Governance. 2015. Vol. 9. No. 2. P. 38-43. doi
- Chapter Chavez V. A., Linton J.D., Stinnett R., Walsh S. Overcoming Hurdles for Commercializing Emerging Technologies: The Harbingers of Schumpeterian Cycles for Superior Economic Rent, in: Small Business in a Global Economy: Creating and Managing Successful Organisations Vol. 2. Santa Barbara, Denver : Praeger, ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015. P. 299-321.
- Article Linton J. D. Teaching innovation to technologists (non-business people) and non-technologists (business people): Scotch Whisky as an exemplar of process changing product an alternative to traditional lectures // Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2015. Vol. 100. P. 39-43. doi
- Article Casault S., Groen A. J., Linton J. D. Improving value assessment of high-risk, high-reward biotechnology research: the role of 'thick tails' // New Biotechnology. 2014. Vol. 31. No. 2. P. 172-178. doi
- Article Olson, D., Birge, J., Linton, J.D. Risk and Uncertainty Management in Technological Innovation // Technovation. 2014. Vol. 34. No. 8. P. 395-398. doi
- Article Sun H., Linton J.D. Structuring papers for success: Making your paper more like a high impact publication than a desk reject // Technovation. 2014. Vol. 34. No. 10. P. 571-573. doi
- Article Linton J.D., Boyson S., Aje J. The Challenge of Cyber Supply Chain Security to Research and Practice // Technovation. 2014. Vol. 34. No. 7. P. 339-341. doi
- Article Sun H., Linton J.D. Value of design for competitiveness // Technovation. 2014. Vol. 34. No. 11. P. 647-648. doi
- Article Linton J. D. All journals need to correct errors // Nature. 2013. Vol. 504. No. 7478. P. 33. doi
- Article Casault S., Groen A. J., Linton J. D. Examination of the behavior of R&D returns using a power law // Science and Public Policy. 2013. Vol. 40. No. 2. P. 219-228.
- Article Kirchhoff B. A., Linton J. D., Walsh S. T. Neo-Marshellian Equilibrium versus Schumpeterian Creative Destruction: Its Impact on Business Research and Economic Policy // Journal of Small Business Management. 2013. Vol. 51. No. 2. P. 159-166.
- Article Linton J. D., Walsh S. The effect of technology on learning during the acquisition and development of competencies in technology-intensive small firms // International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 2013. Vol. 19. No. 2. P. 165-186.
Casault, S., Groen. A., Linton, J.D. 2013. “Selection of a Portfolio of R&D Projects”, in Handbook on the Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation, Link, A. N. and Vonortas, N.S. (Eds), Edward Elger, Cheltenham, UK.
Linton, J.D., Walsh, S.T., 2013. “Extracting Value from Learning Curves: Integrating Theory and Practice”, Creativity and Innovation Management, 22(1), 10-25.
Embrechts, M.J., Gatti, C.J., Linton, J.D., Roysam, B. 2013. “Hierarchical Clustering for Large Data Sets”, Studies in Computational Intelligence, 410: 197-233.
Chang, Y.-C., Linton, J.D., Chen, M.-N., 2012. “Service Regime: An Empirical Analysis of Innovation in Service Firms”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 79: 1569-1582.
Tierney, R., Groen, A. J., Harms, R., Luizink, M., Hetherington, D., Stewart, H. Walsh, S.T., Linton, J.D., 2012. “Managing highly flexible facilities: an essential complementary asset at risk”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 18(2): 233-255.
Goldenberg, D. H., Linton, J.D., 2012. “The Patent Paradox – New Insights Through Decision Support Using Compound Options”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 79(1): 180-185.
Linton, J.D., Himel, M., Embrechts, M. 2009. “Mapping the Structure of Research: Business and Management as an exemplar”, Serials Review, 35(4): 218-227.
Linton, J.D., Walsh, S., 2008. “A Theory of Innovation for Process Based Innovations such as Nanotechnology”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 75: 583-594.
Linton, J.D., Morabito, J., Yeomans, J.S., 2007. “An extension to a DEA support system used for assessing R&D projects”, R&D Management, 37(1): 29-36, January.
Berson, Y., Linton, J.D., 2006. “Leadership Style and Quality Climate Perceptions: Contrasting Project versus Process Environments”, International Journal of Technology Management, 33(1): 92-11.
Linton, J.D., Jayaraman, V., 2005. “A Framework for Identifying Differences and Similarities in the Managerial Competencies Associated with Different Modes of Product Life Extension”, International Journal of Production Research, 43(9): 1807-1829, May.
Giasolli, R., Walsh, S.T., Celluci, T., Rahal, N., Atherton, T., Eijkel, K., Williams, D., Walsh, D., Newberry, D., Linton, J.D., 2004. “Nanotechnology”, in: International Micro-Nano Roadmap 2nd Edition, Mancef, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 152-315.
Linton, J.D., Bhattacharya, S., 2003. “Reuse and Technology Diffusion”, in: Business Perspectives on Closed Loop Supply Chains, Guide, V.R.D., Jr., Van Wassenhove, L.N. (Eds.), Carnegie-Mellon Press, Pittsburgh, 221-254.
Linton, J.D., Thukral, I.S., Walsh, S.T., Kirchhoff, B.A., 2002. “An Improved Method and Forecast for the World-Wide Market Growth of Firms”, in: International MEMS, Microsystems, Top-Down Nano Roadmap, Mancef, Naples, FL, 158-173.
Linton, J.D., Walsh, S.T., 2001. “Forecasting Micro Electro Mechanical Systems: A Disruptive Innovation”, in Technology Management in the Knowledge Era, Kocaoglu, D.F., Anderson, T.R. (Eds.), Portland State University, Portland, 391-399.
Walsh, S.T., Linton, J.D., Grace, R., Marshall, S., Knutti, J., 2000. “MEMS Microsystems, Micromachines: Commercializing an Emergent Disruptive Technology”, in MEMS and MOEMS Technology and Applications, Choudhury, K. (Ed.), SPIE: Bellingham, Washington, 479-516.
(the full list of publications is presented in CV)
Participation in international research conferences and workshops
International Symposium – SymOrg 2012. Board Member.
11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, Limerick, Ireland, June 2012. Track Convenor.
International Association for the Management of Technology, Hsinchu, March 2012. Conference International Advisory Board Member.
IAMOT 2011 Conference, Miami Beach, April 2011. International Advisory Board Member.
2011 International Conference on Information Management, Innovation Management, and Industrial Engineering, Shenzhen, China, November 2011. International Advisory Board Chair.
International Conference of Service Science and Innovation, Taipei, August 2009. International Advisory Board Member.
EuroMot Conference, Nice, September 2008. Track Chair.
R&D Management Conference, Ottawa, June 2008. Co-Chair.
IAMOT Conference, 2005, Innovation and New Product Development Track Chair.
Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 2005, Supply Chain Management Track Chair.
PICMET Conference, 2003-2005, Program Committee Member.
IEEE Engineering Management Conference, 2000. Technology Transfer Track Chair.
Employment history
2017 to present: Chair in Operations and Technology Management, School of Management, University of Sheffield, UK.
2014 to present: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia). Head of the Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge.
2013 to present: Canada-India Trade Mission for Inclusive Innovation Projects for Aerospace, Defense and Energy Sectors, using emerging Sensors, Small Satellites and Nanotechnology. Member.
2013 to present: Associate Director for Technology Innovation, Institute for Science, Society and Policy.
2012 to present: US/Canada Bilateral Committee on Innovation.
2011 to present: Medical Devices Innovation Institute, University of Ottawa. Affiliated Expert.
2010 to present: Committee on Publication Ethics. Member.
2008 – 2017: University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management, Full Professor.
2005 – 2012: International Advisory Board, IAMOT. Member.
2006 to present: Power Corporation Professor for the Management of Technological Enterprises.
2006 – 2008: University of Ottawa, School of Management, Associate Professor.
2002 – 2006: Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Assistant Professor.
1999 – 2002: Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Assistant Professor.
1998 – 1999: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor.
1997 – 1997: Old Dominion University, Visiting Assistant Professor.
1991 – 1994: Technical and Educational, Environmental Design Consulting Engineers Ltd., Consultant.
1989 – 1991: Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, Ford Electronics, Project Engineer.
1988 – 1989: Materials Innovation, Co-Founder.
1986 – 1986: University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Researcher.
New Foresight: Effective Solutions in Challenging Areas
In the latest issue of ‘Foresight’ (2015, Vol. 9, No 2) consideration is given to the long-term prospects of the market of hybrid cars and nuclear energy, development of entrepreneurship, and the factors behind people's willingness to engage in continuing education; new tools to assess the quality of research are also proposed.
Professor Jonathan Linton: 'An Opportunity to Learn a Great Deal in Moscow'
Professor Jonathan Linton, Power Corporation Professor for the Management of Technological Enterprise of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Technovation‘ journal has been appointed as the new Head of the HSE Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies at ISSEK the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. In this interview for the HSE English Language News Servicel he talked about what he hopes to achieve in his new job.
