Journal of Product Innovation Management

Published on behalf of the Product Development & Management Association

Edited by:
C. Anthony Di Benedetto

Print ISSN: 0737-6782
Online ISSN: 1540-5885
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 26 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 1/33 Engineering, Industrial; 11/77 Business; 12/89 Management
Impact Factor: 2.65

TopAuthor Guidelines

All manuscripts should be submitted to Professor Anthony Di Benedetto, Editor, Department of Marketing, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, 1810 North Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083.
Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they are original, unpublished works and are not being submitted elsewhere.

Manuscript. Submit via attached files to anthony.dibenedetto@temple.edu. Manuscript files should be…

Computer Disks. Please observe the following criteria. E-mail only the electronic file when first submitting your paper for review. When your paper has been refereed, revised if necessary, and accepted, send a disk containing the final version with two copies of the final hard copy to the editor. Make certain that the disk and hard copy match exactly. The article file should include all textual material (text, references, tables, figure captions, etc.) and illustrations. The file should follow…

References. References are indicated in the text by author name and publication date. The date always is enclosed in parentheses. When authors' names are not used in the sentence, they too are inside parentheses. Footnotes to the text are indicated by superior numbers and are placed at the bottom of the page on which they are cited. The following reference style should be used, with authors listed alphabetically and entries numbered:

Journal article: Cooper, Robert G. (1982). New Product Success in Industrial Firms. Industrial Marketing Management 11(2), 215-223 (July).

Book: Lowell J. (1987). Innovation in Big Business. New York: Elsevier, 1-80.

Chapter in edited book: Ayre, Robert and Shapanka, Adele (1976). Explicit Technological Substitution Forecasts in Long Range Input-Output Models. In: Technological Substitution: Forecasting Techniques and Applications. Harold Linstone and Devendra Sahal. New York: Elsevier, 1-3.

Chapter in edited book: 3. Ayre, Robert and Shapanka, Adele. Explicit technological substitution forecasts in long range input-out models. In:Technological Substitution: Forecasting Techniques and Applications, Harold Linstone and Devendra Sahal (eds.). New York: Elsevier, 1976, pp. 1-3.

These, reports and other unpublished materials: Style as a journal article with as much source material as possible.

Illustrations. Unmounted, glossy, black-and-white photographs or India ink drawings on white paper should accompany the original copy of the manuscript. Photocopies are suitable for the other copies of the manuscript. To facilitate identification and processing, on the back of each figure (in light pencil) write the number, first author's name, and indicate which side is the top. Captions appear on a separate page.

Proofs and Reprints. The corresponding author will receive proofs, which should be corrected and returned within 48 hours of receipt or the article will be published without author's corrections. The author will be responsible for proofreading the manuscript; the publisher is not responsible for any error not marked by the author on the proof. Corrections on the proof are limited to printer's errors; no substantial author changes are allowed at this stage. Reprints may be ordered prior to publication; consult the price list accompanying proofs.

Copyright. Authors will be required to assign copyright in their paper to the Product Development and Management Association. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless copyright has been assigned. (Papers subject to government or Crown copyright are exempt from this requirement). To assist authors an appropriate copyright assignment form will be supplied by the editorial office.

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