Contributors 1: Toshihiro Nishiguchi: Introduction: Managing Product Development I. Broad Perspectives of Product Development 2: Yves Doz: New Product Development Effectiveness: A Triadic Comparison in the Information-Technology Industry 3: Marc Maurice: The Social Bases of Industrial Innovation and Product Development 4: Kiyonori Sakakibara, D. Eleanor Westney, and Masaru Kosaka: International Product Development of Japanese Firms: Product Group Coherence and Internal Isomorphism Matrix II. Automobile Development 5: Michael A. Cusumano and Kentaro Nobeoka: Strategy, Structure, and Performance in Product Development: Observations from the Auto Industry 6: Takahiro Fujimoto, Marco Iansiti, and Kim B. Clark: External Integration in Product Development III. Supplier Involvement 7: Susan Helper: Incentives for Supplier Participation in Product Development: Evidence from the U.S. Auto Industry 8: Shoichiro Sei: Is Technical Innovation All? A Hidden Meaning of Social Relationships Behind Product Development Stage in the Japanese Automotive Industry 9: Toshihiro Nishiguchi and Masayoshi Ikeda: Suppliers' Process Innovation: Understated Aspects of Japanese Industrial Sourcing IV. Industry Specificities 10: Walter W. Powell and Peter Brantley: Magic Bullets and Patent Wars: New Product Development and the Evolution of the Biotechnology Industry 11: Rebecca Henderson: Product Development Capability as a Strategic Weapon: Canon's Experience in the Photolithographic Alignment Equipment Industry 12: Arnoud De Meyer: Product Development in the Textile Machinery Industry Index