Jianxi Luo
Department of Technology Management and Innovation
- Phone: (718) 260-3817
- Email: jluo@nyu.edu
- Location: LC401

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Engineering Systems: Technology Management & Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., Technology Policy
Tsinghua University
M.S., Automotive Engineering
Tsinghua University
B.S., Thermal Engineering
Courses Taught
1) Entrepreneurship
- Undergraduate;
- Graduate
- Executive Program in Management of Technology (eMOT)
2) Managing Technological Change and InnovationResearch Interests
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Complex System
Network Analysis
Flow HierarchyI am accepting postdocs and doctoral students in the areas of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Visiting scholars in such areas are also welcomed. If interested, please send me your c.v. and key publications. More information here.
Awards + Distinctions
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Grant, 2013
- Singapore-MIT International Design Center Research Grant, 2012
- National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Course and Program Grant, 2012
- Best Dissertation Award (Runner-Up), Technology Management Section of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2011
- Best Paper Award (2nd Place), Annual Conference of Chinese Association in Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), 2010
- IMVP Research Grants, 2006; 2007
- Alfred A.H. Keil Fellowship for Wiser Uses of Science and Technology, 2004
- CIMC (China Int'l Marine Containers Ltd) Fellowship, 2003
- Mercedes-Benz Fellowship, 2002
- Special Award for Creativity, Mechanical Innovation Competition, Tsinghua University, 2001
Event Participation
INFORMS, AOM, ISA, IMVP
Journal Articles
Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Jianxi Luo. 2013. Innovation Differences between New Venture Startups and Incumbent Firms. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13).
Victor Tang, Jianxi Luo. 2013. Idea Matrix and Creativity Operators. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13).
Jianxi Luo. 2013. Which Industries to Bail Out First in Economic Recession? Ranking U.S. Industrial Sectors by the Power-of-Pull. Economic Systems Research. Forthcoming. [Read]
Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, Christopher L. Magee. 2012. The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors. Industrial and Corporate Change. doi: 10.1093/icc/dts007. [Read]
Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee. 2012. Technology-Based Design and Sustainable Economic Growth. Technovation. doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.06.005. [Read]
Jianxi Luo and Christopher L. Magee. 2011. Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement. Complexity, 16(6), 53-61. [Read]
Christopher L. Magee, Pey Kin Leong, Jin Chen, Jianxi Luo, Daniel D. Frey. 2012. Beyond R&D: What Design Adds to a Modern Research University. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28(2): 1-10. [Read]
Matthias Holweg, Jianxi Luo, and Nick Oliver. 2009. The Past, Present and Future of China's Automotive Industry: A Value Chain Perspective. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2(1/2), 76-118. [Read]
James Winebrake, Sandra Rothenberg, Jianxi Luo, Erin Green. 2008. Automotive Transportation in China: Technology, Policy, Market Dynamics, and Sustainability. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2(4), 213-233. [Read]
Other Publications
Dissertations
"Hierarchy in Industry Architecture: Transaction Strategy Under Technological Constraints" [Read]
Doctoral Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
Committee: Christopher Magee (Chair), Daniel Whitney, Carliss Baldwin, Daniel Roos"The Impact of Government Policies on Industrial Evolution: The Case of China's Automotive Industry" [Read]
Master's Thesis, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, 2006
Advisor: Daniel RoosBiography
I am currently on leave of absence at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) ==>.