THOMAS PETZINGER, JR., the author of "The New Pioneers: The Men and Women Who Are Transforming the Workplace and Marketplace", spent 22 years at The Wall Street Journal as a weekly columnist, beat reporter, investigative reporter, bureau chief, and Washington ecomomics editor. From 1995 to 1999 he wrote the paper's Front Lines column, a weekly exploration of entreprenurial ideas and management trends. He also edited the paper's special edition for Jan. 1, 2000. Petzinger's earlier books are Oil & Honor: The Texaco-Pennzoil Wars" (Putnam, 1987) and "Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits that Plunged the Airlines into Chaos" (Random House, 1995). Petzinger is applying his knowledge of complex systems in the new economy as founder, director, and CEO for LaunchCyte, a biotechnology incubator.