A Time of Transition.

The article presents information about the transfer of editorial post to Abbie Griffin, a co-editor of the Journal of Product Innovation. Her role has been to solicit new manuscript and take complete responsibility for reviewing all new submissions. The January 2000 issue of the journal starts the 17th year of publication. This journal has been rated as a leading journal in both fields of social science and physical science. It numbers readers from universities and companies, from marketing and engineering, from the U.S. and from nearly 40 other countries. The journal occupies a unique position as a research-based publication that supports communication among these otherwise diverse groups of new products people. The editor also showers praises upon Abbie. She has been tireless supporter of the Product Development & Management Association. She has been the principal investigator for the second best practices study and several task forces of the journal. She is a prolific author and a popular conference presenter.