About this issue

A POSSIBLY notable feature of the current issue is the review article about a potentially competitive journal — R&D Management — published in England. We welcome the competition for good articles (our competition for readership is, at present, not significant). When this TRANSACTIONS embarked on its “new” editorial policy in 1960 (see inside of back cover), it was the only refereed professional journal devoted entirely to analysis of the management of the research, development, and engineering (RD&E) process. Since its inception three years ago, R & D Management has helped fill a significant gap in the field, especially in Europe. As Alan Pearson mentions in his review article, our two journals have a high degree of complementarity and we are seeking ways of closer collaboration, since the problems of RD&E management are fairly universal. An opportunity to examine a copy is provided with the article, as well as an opportunity to subscribe. If members of the Engineering Management Group express sufficient interest, more direct ways can be explored to provide subscriptions as an adjunct of G-EM membership.