The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is a non-profit professional society that organizes and publishes information about the development of new products. Founded in 1976, they currently have about 3500 members worldwide, with 22 chapters in the

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and 16 affiliates in other parts of the world, including

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. PDMA operates a training program leading to the New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification. They hold an annual conference that gives an opportunity for professional exchange, and they offer a wide range of publications, including: * The bimonthly '' Journal of Product Innovation Management'' (JPIM)Journal of Product Innovation Management - Journal Information
Wiley-Blackwell * Visions Magazine * PDMA Handbook of New Product Development.Kenneth B. Kahn (editor)
The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development, Second Edition
published by

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. . * further books on product development topics The JPIM journal, published by

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and held in numerous university libraries, ranked 19 out of 40 marketing journals that were evaluated for their usefulness in a 2002 study.

External links

* http://www.pdma.org/
''Journal of Product Innovation Management'' homepage

References

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