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Winston T. Lin

Professor
Operations Management and Strategy Department

Education

PhD, Northwestern University
BA, National Taiwan University

Research

Dr. Lin's current research interests are in the areas of production and operations management, information systems, multinational finance, and forecasting. He has published 74 articles in refereed proceedings and leading academic journals, including the Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Information & Management, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, The Financial Review, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, International Finance, Multinational Finance Journal, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Forecasting, Information and Software Technology, Resources and Energy, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, and Decision Support Systems. He has presented papers at 64 national and international conferences. He has been awarded numerous significant research grants and awards. He won a best paper from the Multinational Finance Society in 2001 and an Excellent Scholar/Sustained Achievement Award from The State University of New York at Buffalo in 2004.

Selected Publications

Chen, Y.H. and W.T. Lin, "Analyzing the Relationships between Information Technology, Inputs Substitution and National Characteristics Based on CES Stochastic Frontier Production Models," International Journal of Production Economics (August 2009), 552-569.

Lin, W. T., "The Business Value of Information Technology as Measured by Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Country-Level Data," Decision Support Systems (March 2009), 865-874.

Lin, W. T. and B. B. M. Shao, "Assessing Input Effect on Productive Efficiency in Production Systems: The Value of Information Technology Capital, "International Journal of Production Research (May 2006), 1799-1819.

Lin, W. T. and B. B. M. Shao, "The Relationship between User Participation and System Success: A Simultaneous Contingency Model, "Information & Management (September 2000), 283-295.

Lin, W. T. and B. B. M. Shao, "Relative Sizes of Information Technology Investments and Productive Efficiency: Their Linkage and Empirical Evidence," Journal of the Association for Information Systems (September 2000), 1-35.

Lin, W. T., Y. H. Chen, R. Chatov. "The Demand for Natural Gas, Electricity, and Heating Oil in the United States." Resources and Energy (October 1987): 233-258.

Lin, W. T., "Analysis of Lumber and Pulpwood Production in a Partial Adjustment Model with Dynamic and Variable Speeds of Adjustment." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (July 1986): 305-316.

Professional Associations

• The Decision Sciences Institute 
• Association for Information Systems
• International Institute of Forecasters
• Eastern Finance Association
• American Economic Association
• Multinational Finance Society
• American Mathematical Society
• Econometric Society

Administrative Responsibilities

• Undergraduate Program Chairman, 1991-1994.

Consulting Activities

• Reviewer of journal manuscripts, text books, and grant proposals
• Reviewer of papers for Mathematical Reviews, and 23 academic and professional journals

International Activities

Dr. Lin has advised, consulted and lectured in China; in addition, he taught International Financial Management in the China MBA Program. He has given many speeches in foreign countries, and he has presented numerous papers at foreign universities and at international conferences.

Grants

Dr. Lin was awarded a three-year, $100,000 and a two-year, $94,000 (co-sponsored by National Sun Yat-sen University) research grants from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (USA); and grants from the Pacific Cultural Foundation, New York State Health Research Council, and National Sun Yat-sen University.

Honors

• Who's Who in the World
• Who's Who in America
• Personalities of America
• Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology
• The International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement
• Dictionary of International Biography
• World Directory of Mathematicians of the American Mathematical Society
• Who's Who in the East
• Cambridge Who's Who