Merle Crawford was Professor of Marketing (Emeritus) at the University of Michigan, where he taught from 1965 until his retirement in 1992. Prior to his appointment at Michigan, he was Marketing Director at Mead Johnson & Co. Professor Crawford was an original member of the Product Development & Management Association from its founding in 1976, and he served as the charter president from 1977 to 1978 and on the Board of Directors until 1994. He authored the first edition of the groundbreaking textbook New Products Management, published in 1983 and still widely used by managers, executives, and business students. Anthony Di Benedetto is Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management and Senior Washburn Research Fellow at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, and Professor of High-Tech Entrepreneurial Marketing, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He has held visiting professorships worldwide, lecturing on product development and management. He was named one of the 50 leading research scholars worldwide in Innovation and Technology Management by the International Association of Management of Technology. Professor served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Product Innovation Management for nine years.