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E S E A R C H j o u r n a l s h a v e a major responsibility in the generation and transfer of knowledge. Inclusion of a paper in such a journal is t h e culmination of efforts by a large n u m b e r of people including the researchers, a u t h o r s , e d i t o r s , and reviewers. In many cases, these efforts take several m a n months spread over t w o or three years, maybe m o r e . W h e n the paper is finally published it becomes the a u t h o r ' s c o m m u n i c a tion with researchers and practitioners w h o apply his research results a n d refer to his findings in their o w n studies. In this context the archival j o u r n a l s establish the strategic direction of research and influence the scholarly activity in their fields. T h e long-term impact of their contents and the leadership role they play in the identification o f critical issues represent a big challenge for these j o u r n a l s . Their success is m e a s u r e d by the degree t o which they respond t o that challenge. The

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always accepted the challenge and responded successfully since its inception 3 4 years a g o . As engineering m a n a g e m e n t continues to g r o w a s an e m e r g i n g discipline, t h e leadership responsibility and challenge for this TRANSACTIONS is also g r o w i n g . I a m pleased to observe that the expansion of the scope of the j o u r n a l , the formation of the editorial depart m e n t s , a n d the broadening of the editorial board h a v e p r o v e d t o be timely actions to prepare the journal for the n e w challenges. T h e s e challenges are being met b y a highly dedicated t e a m . It is a team of researchers, e d u c a t o r s , and practitioners whose objective is to assure that the research component of engineering management represented in this TRANSACTIONS will always b e of the highest caliber. This team has six major components: the readers, the a u t h o r s , the A d C o m , the editors, the editorial board, and the external referees. I would like to introduce these c o m p o n e n t s and briefly describe their roles in the strategic direction of this TRANSACTIONS.

T h e readers provide important input to the decision making process through the readership survey. It w a s originally intended as a one-time survey, but the feedback provided by the respondents has been so valuable that w e decided to

include it in every issue. The responses a r e discussed in detail in the editors meetings and the suggestions are incorporated into the strategic decisions. W e e n c o u r a g e you t o fiii out the survey instrument. W e would like to h a v e your suggestions about the critical research issues w h i c h , you feel, should b e addressed by this TRANSACTIONS. T h e authors are the knowledge g e n e r a t o r s . Their research, analysis, and implementation of critical engineering manage ment concepts establish the basis for the strategic direction of this TRANSACTIONS. About a thousand a u t h o r s have published approximately 1200 papers in the j o u r n a l so t a r , and those figures are g r o w i n g at an increasing rate. T h e trend in manuscript submittals is a good indication of this growth. T h e average n u m b e r of manuscripts received by this TRANSACTIONS w a s steady at 5 0 p e r year until a few y e a r s a g o . That figure showed a 3 0 percent increase in 1985, and an additional 35 percent last y e a r . A s the research c o m p o n e n t of engineering m a n a g e m e n t continues to expand, w e e x p e c t to receive more manuscripts for all editorial d e p a r t m e n t s from a growing n u m b e r of a u t h o r s . T h e Administrative Committee (AdCom) of the I E E E Engineering Management Society is t h e administrative body which oversees the entire operation o f the Society. Its 27 m e m b e r s meet twice a year t o decide o n the critical issues and strategic directions affecting this field. T h e president of the E M Society is M s . Vivian A . C a r r , the vice presidents are M r . Paul A . Willis and Dr. Aileen C a v a n a g h . D r . Ronald L . Seaman is the publications director. T h e other m e m b e r s are listed o n the inside front cover of this TRANSACTIONS. T h e editors carry the full responsibility of developing and implementing this TRANSACTIONS policies and strategies. A s you k n o w , w e established editorial departments in line with the expanded scope of the j o u r n a l t w o y e a r s a g o . Since then, the d e p a r t m e n t editors and I h a v e been w o r k i n g very closely t o assure that this TRANSACTIONS fulfills its role of both respond ing to the e m e r g i n g research a r e a s , and identifying new research directions in engineering m a n a g e m e n t . I would like to introduce the editors to you at this t i m e .

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D u n d a r F . Kocaoglu is the Editor-in-Chief of this TRANSACTIONS. He received B . S . C . E . degree from Robert College in Turkey, the M . S . C . Ε . degree from Lehigh University, and the M . S . I . E . and P h . D . degrees in operations research and systems management from the University of Pittsburgh. H e is currently Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Engineering M a n a g e m e n t Program at the University of Pittsburgh. D r . Kocaoglu is the coauthor of the b o o k , Engineering Management ( M c G r a w - H i l l ) , and has t w o forthcoming books, Management of R&D and Engineering (Elsevier/North Holland) and Handbook of Technology Management (John W i l e y ) . H e has published and presented n u m e r o u s papers on Engineering M a n a g e m e n t , and been a consultant to W e s i i n g h o u s e , Brown Boveri, Crucible Steel, General M o t o r s , the United N a t i o n s , the U . S . G o v e r n m e n t , and several universities in the United States and C a n a d a . H e is a recipient of the I E E E Bicentennial M e d a l , and is listed in Who's Who in Engineering, Who's Who in Science, and Technology, Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who in the World. H e has served as the president, c h a i r m a n , and board m e m b e r of sevecal societies, both scholarly and honorary including the T I M S College o n Engineering M a n a g e m e n t , the A S E E Engineering M a n a g e m e n t Division, the American Society on Engineering Management, and O m e g a R h o . His research interests are in the areas of strategic planning, decision modeling, conflict resolution, resource management for R & D and E n g i n e e r i n g , and the m a n a g e m e n t of technological innovation. H e is also the editor of the Wiley Series in Engineering M a n a g e m e n t and President o f the consulting firm, Technology M a n a g e m e n t Associates.

Ralph Katz is the Department Editor for the Engineers and Scientists D e p a r t m e n t . H e received the M . B . A . and P h . D . degrees from the W h a r t o n G r a d u a t e School, University of Pennsylva nia. H e is Professor of Management at the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University. Previously, he was a Professor of M a n a g e m e n t in the M a n a g e m e n t of Technology Department at the Sloan School of M a n a g e m e n t , M . I . T . O v e r the past fourteen y e a r s , he h a s been carrying out extensive management research, education, and consulting on technologybased innovation with a particular interest in the m a n a g e m e n t of technical professionals and technical project teams. D r . Katz has published extensively in leading professional j o u r n a l s , including the Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, R&D Management, CHEMTECH, Human Relations, and Organizational Behavior and Human Performance. In recognition of his a c h i e v e m e n t s , the National Academy of M a n a g e m e n t a w a r d e d h i m the 1981 ' N e w Concept A w a r d " for that y e a r ' s most significant contribution to the field of organizational behavior. A s an internationally recognized consultant and lecturer, h e has conducted n u m e r o u s workshops and seminars on R D & E management topics for universities in both the U . S . and Europe including Northeastern, M . I . T . , California Institute of Technology, Columbia, and the Polytechnic Institute of Barcelona. His industrial clients include many major corporations such as Aerospace, A m o c o Production C o m p a n y , Bethlehem Steel, Control D a t a , Corning G l a s s , Data General, Digital Equipment, Eaton, Gould, G T E , I B M , Kodak, O w e n s Corning, Procter and G a m b l e , and Rockwell. H e also presently serves o n the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Management and Management Science. 4

R. (Bala) Balachandra is the D e p a r t m e n t Editor for the R & D and Engineering Projects Department. H e received the B . E . degree in mechanical engineering from the M a d r a s University, India, the M . E . degree from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and the P h . D . degree in business administration from C o l u m b i a University. H e also attended the International T e a c h e r s ' Program at the H a r v a r d Business School. H e has worked as a Metallurgical Engineer at P r e m i e r Automobiles, Bombay, and as a W o r k e r s M a n a g e r in a foundry in Bangalore, India. H e has taught at t h e Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India, Boston College, and the University o f North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N C . He joined the Northeastern University Faculty in 1980. H e has authored many articles on R & D management, technological forecasting, and technology management. D r . Balachandra is a member of T I M S , DSI, and A P I C S .

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Philip H . Birnbaum is the Department Editor for the Technical Organizations D e p a r t m e n t . H e was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and t h e University of Washington in Seattle. H e is n o w Associate Professor o f M a n a g e m e n t and Organization at the University of Southern California, specializing in competitive strategy a n d the m a n a g e m e n t of high technology firms in global markets. H e taught at the University of Washington a n d Indiana University before coming to USC in the fall of 1986. H i s experience includes both staff and line positions in large electronics organizations as well as consultancies with organizations such as Booz-Allen, Arthur D . Little, Citicorp, General M o t o r s , a n d the governments of C a n a d a , Thailand, K o n g K o n g , and the United States. His current research is concerned with the use of technology in achieving competitive advantage by global firms competing in the U . S . In addition to this teaching in the U . S . , E u r o p e , and Asia, he h a s been a Fulbright Scholar in H o n g Kong w h e r e he conducted a series o f studies on strategy implementation by international banks in the Pacific basin. His previous research has concentrated on the management of R & D a n d the strategies of firms dealing with governmental regulation. D r . B i r n b a u m has published extensively including two books on R & D management and organization design a n d over 5 0 articles and papers which h a v e appeared in leading scholarly j o u r n a l s . H e currently has three books in preparation on competitive strategy in high technology industries, R & D management, and organization design. H e is a m e m b e r of n u m e r o u s scholarly and honorary societies and reviews for eight journals and the National Science Foundation. H e is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest and Who's Who in the World.

J a m e s R. E v a n s is the Department Editor for the Critical Resources Department. H e received the B . S . I . E . and M . S . I . E . degrees from P u r d u e University a n d the P h . D . d e g r e e from the Georgia Institute of Technology. H e is currently Professor and H e a d of the Department of Quantitative Analysis and Informations Systems in the College o f Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati and also holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering. H i s research interests include mathematical p r o g r a m m i n g a n d n e t w o r k s , applied combinatorial optimization, and applications of operations research and artificial intelligence in production. D r . Evans has published over 5 0 technical papers and is t h e principal author of Applied Production and Operations Management, second e d . ( W e s t ) , and t w o introductory calculus texts.

Burton V . D e a n is the Department Editor for the Technological Systems D e p a r t m e n t . H e holds the P h . D . degree in mathematics, with a m i n o r in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois. Currently h e is Professor and C h a i r m a n of the Department o f Organization and M a n a g e m e n t in the School of Business at San Jose State University and is responsible for the U n i v e r s i t y ' s Visiting Scholars Program in Organization M a n a g e m e n t . His research is in the areas of R & D / engineering management, operations m a n a g e m e n t , innovation management and entrepreneurship, and project management. O v e r the past 3 0 years, D r . Dean h a s published 6 books and 100 professional j o u r n a l articles. He also has editor responsibility for the Department of R & D and Innovation of Management Science, the Journal of Business Venturing, and a series o f volumes in the Studies in the Management Sciences and Systems, N o r t h Holland/Elsevier Science Publishing C o m p a n y .

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R i c h a r d C . D o r f ( S ' 5 4 - M ' 6 0 - S M ' 6 7 - F ' 7 3 ) is the D e p a r t m e n t Editor for the Book R e v i e w s D e p a r t m e n t . H e received the B . S . degree from C l a r k s o n College of Technology, t h e M . S . d e g r e e from the University of C o l o r a d o , and the P h . D . d e g r e e from the U . S . Naval Postgraduate School, all in electrical engineering. H e has previously taught at Clarkson College, the U . S . Naval Postgraduate School, a n d the University of Santa Clara. H e served as Visiting L e c t u r e r at the University of E d i n b u r g h , Scotland, in 1 9 6 1 - 1 9 6 2 , and as C h a i r m a n of Electrical Engineering at the University o f Santa C l a r a from 1963 to 1969. H e w a s an American Council on Education Fellow in A c a d e m i c Administration in the Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley in 1 9 6 7 1969. Subsequently, he became the Dean of the College of Engineering at O h i o University in 1969 and assumed the position of Vice President for Educational Services in that university from 1969 to 1972. He joined the University of California as its first D e a n of E x t e n d e d Learning in 1972, serving until 1982. H e is currently Professor of Electrical and C o m p u t e r Engineering and Professor of Administration at the University of California, D a v i s , and is active in the fields of control s y s t e m s , technology management, n e w business ventures, and finance. D r . D o r f is the author o f fourteen b o o k s including Encyclopedia Mutual Fund Advisor.

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Albert H . Rubenstein is the Editor Emeritus. H e received the B . S . degree from Lehigh University and M . S . and P h . D . degrees from C o l u m b i a University, all in industrial engineering. H e is W a l t e r P . M u r p h y Professor of Industrial E n g i n e e r i n g and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. H e was on the Industrial E n g i n e e r i n g Staff at C o l u m b i a from 1950 to 1953, a n d on the Faculty of the School of Industrial M a n a g e m e n t at M . I . T . from 1953 t o 1959. Since 1959 h e has been Professor of Industrial E n g i n e e r i n g and Management Sciences at Northwestern University, where he established the Organization T h e o r y area and the P r o g r a m of Research on the Management of Research and D e v e l o p m e n t . H e is also Director of the M a s t e r o f Engineering Management P r o g r a m and the C e n t e r for Information Technology at N o r t h w e s t e r n . H e has worked in the chemical e q u i p m e n t industry and in m a n a g e m e n t consulting, specializing in organization and e c o n o m i c s of Research, Development, and Innovation. D r . Rubenstein w a s Editor of this TRANSACTIONS from 1960 to 1985 and the author of o v e r 150 articles on research and technology management, organization t h e o r y , and the innovation process. H e has been a director of t w o companies and consultant to many industrial a n d g o v e r n m e n t organizations. Since 1977 he has been President of International Applied Science a n d Technology Associates ( I A S T A , I n c . ) , a consulting firm specializing in the m a n a g e m e n t of the R&D/innovation p r o c e s s .

T h e Editorial Board is the m a i n b o d y of support for the editors of this TRANSACTIONS,. T h e b o a r d has 87 m e m b e r s . T h e y have been selected for their scholarly research a n d / o r the management of research in engineering m a n a g e m e n t . Seventyo n e of the Board m e m b e r s (82 percent) are from the United States, distributed a m o n g 2 2 states and the District of Columbia as follows: Arizona 1 California 9 4 Dist. of Columbia Florida 3 1 Georgia Illinois 3 Louisiana 1 Massachusetts 9

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T h e remaining sixteen members (18 percent) represent nine countries. Belgium Canada France G r e a t Britain Italy Japan T h e Netherlands D r . Paul S. A d l e r D r . Jeffrey L. Arthur D r . Michael K. Badawy D r . Bruce F . Baird D r . Jonathan F . Bard D r . Richard T . Barth D r . Alden S. Bean D r . R o g e r E . Bohn D r . A n d r e Briand Dr. Warren Brown D r . J o h n L . Burbidge D r . Richard Burton D r . M a r v i n J. Cetron D r . Alok Chakrabarti Dr. Monica Chaves Dr. Kim Clark D r . David I. Cleland D r . Joseph F . Coates D r . Patrick E . C o n n o r D r . Kathleen Eisenhardt D r . J. M o r l e y English D r . G e o r g e F . Farris D r . J. D a v i d s o n F r a m e D r . Jay Galbraith D r . Eliezer Geisler D r . L u d o F . Gelders D r . Parviz Ghandforoush D r . Richard J. Giglio D r . Bela Gold D r . Joel D . G o l d h a r D r . Y v o n S. Gousty Dr. Margaret Graham D r . R. D . H a u n Dr. Frank Harrison D r . Olaf H e l m e r Dr. John L. Hunsucker D r . Nils O . Johnson Prof. D e l m a r W . Karger Dr. Takeshi Kawase D r . Robert T . Keller D r . Robert Leachman D r . Denis M . S. Lee D r . R e u v e n R. Levary D r . Harold A. Linstone Dr. Geoff A . Lockett

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Stanford University Oregon State University VPI&SU University of Utah University of Texas at Austin University of British C o l u m b i a , Canada Lehigh University Harvard Business School University of Q u e b e c , C a n a d a University of Oregon Cranfield Inst, of T e c h . , England D u k e University Forecasting International Ltd. Drexel University American Express C o . Harvard Business School University of Pittsburgh J. F . Coates, Inc. Willamette University Stanford University Consultant and Professor E m e r i t u s , U C L A Rutgers University G e o r g e Washington University University of S. California Northeastern Illinois University University of L e u v e n , Belgium VPI&SU University of Massachusetts Claremont Graduate School Illinois Institute of Technology T h e French G o v e r n m e n t Boston University Westinghouse C o r p . San Francisco State University Consultant and Professor E m e r i t u s , U S C University of Houston F F V , Sweden Consultant and Dean Emeritus, RPI Keio University, Japan Louisiana State University University of California-Berkeley Worcester Polytechnic Institute St. Louis University Portland State University University of Manchester, England

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University of W a t e r l o o , Canada University o f Pennsylvania University of Dayton University of N o r t h Carolina Florida International University University o f Pittsburgh C a s e Western Reserve University I B M Corporation Carnegie Mellon University University of Lowell Princeton University Hitachi, Japan I B M Corporation W e s t Virginia University Consultant and D e a n Emeritus, U C L A Commission of the European C o m m u n i t i e s , Italy ALCOA Manchester Business School, England Rand Corporation University o f Pittsburgh Georgia Institute of Technology University of O k l a h o m a MIT T e x a s A & M University University o f Pittsburgh Battelle M e m o r i a l Institute University of T e n n e s s e e Mitsubishi Electric C o . , Japan Worcester Polytechnic Institute L y c e e Polyvalent Mixte de la Versoie, F r a n c e Northwestern University Industrial T e c h n o l o g y Center Clarion University Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Columbia University MIT University of Minnesota Effective Research C o r p . G e o r g e Washington University University of Central Florida Syracuse University Consultant, T h e Netherlands.

T h e Editor-in-Chief, the Department Editors, and the Editorial Board m e m b e r s w o r k together for the review o f the m a n u scripts, t h e selection of potential p a p e r s , the invitation of potential a u t h o r s , and the development of the strategic pathway for this TRANSACTIONS. W e hold several meetings during the year to discuss the critical issues and the feedback w e receive from the readers and the authors. In addition to the Editorial Board, the manuscripts a r e also frequently reviewed by external referees. T h e y a r e the

researchers and practitioners well recognized for their exper tise in specific areas of Engineering Management. T h e i r recommendations a r e woven into this TRANSACTIONS' strategy and become a part of it. A large n u m b e r of such reviewers have assisted this TRANSACTIONS' editors o v e r the past y e a r s . The complete list is very long. T h e following contains the external referees w h o have reviewed p a p e r s since the begin ning of 1985.

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Prof. Linda Aragote D r . A u t h u r L . Baron D r . R . M . Belbin Prof. David Blurnenihai D r . Donald Boadbent Prof. William Brickner Prof. Robert Brockhaus D r . John C . Camillus D r . J. D . C a m m Prof. John R . C a n a d a D r . Chris B . Chapman Prof. Joseph C o r d e s D r . W . G a l e Cutler D r . Robert Cutler Prof. Ezey Dar-El Prof. Michael D o m s c h D r . Donald E d w a r d s Dr. Ward Edwards Prof. Salah E . Elmaghraby D r . E . A . Elsayed D r . John E . Ettlie D r . Donald Gerwin D r . Martin E . Ginn D r . Luis R. Gomez-Mejia Prof. Denis G r a y Prof. A r n o l d o C . Hax Prof. Eric A . v o n Hippel D r . A n d r e w W . Imada Prof. Leslie Jankovic D r . M a r i o Kamenetzky D r . Harold Kaufmann D r . William R. King D r . F r e d Landis Prof. K. L e e D r . Dorothy Leonard-Barton D r . M a t t h e w J. Liberatore D r . G r e g o r y R. Madey D r . M . J. M a g g a r d D r . S. J . Mantel D r . Neville Marzwell D r . E d w a r d F . M c D o n o u g h III M r . Roy M i z e , J r . Prof. T h o m a s M o s s D r . David C . M u r p h y Prof. G e o r g e S. O d i o r n e Prof. Ronald Pelz D r . K. Ramanathan M r . Niels R e i m e r s D r . G e n e Richman Prof. H e n r y E . Riggs D r . Donald F . Root D r . Roy Rothwell D r . Alan R o w e Prof. T h o m a s L . Saaty D r . Borje O . Saxberg Prof. Kaye Schoonhoven D r . Stanley Seashore Prof. W y c h h a m Skinner

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