Abbie Griffin earned her Ph.D. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her M.B.A. from Harvard University and her B.S.ChE from Purdue University. She is editor of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, and serves as director of the Product Development and Management Association. She has received the 1997 Marketing Science Institute Best Paper Award, the 1993 John D. C. Little Best Paper Award, and the 1994 Frank M. Bass Dissertation Paper Award for "Voice of the Customer." Dr. Griffin teaches product development and business-to-business marketing. Her research inte...