About Stage-Gate International
Stage-Gate International is the world's leading full-service provider of solutions which enable organizations to improve their Product Innovation and Portfolio Management capabilities. A globally recognized and trusted brand, Stage-Gate International accelerates client success with strategic advisory and transformation services, leading-edge products, best-selling publications, first-rate seminars and Stage-Gate^® certification. Clients include more than 5000 organizations of all sizes across all industries.

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With over sixty years of research and professional advisory experience combined, co-founders Dr. Robert G. Cooper and Dr. Scott J. Edgett are globally recognized as leaders in the area of new product development and new product portfolio management. They have been published more than 200 times and have written eleven books; creating a wide body of research knowledge. Dr. Cooper and Dr. Edgett have worked with 1,000+ companies including many of the Global 1000. They have compiled the largest body of knowledge on product innovation best-practices in the world.

The Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM), headquartered in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, is the largest global, real-time knowledge-creating network addressing the needs of Business-to-Business marketers, salespeople, and senior managers across all industries. ISBM has assembled a network of more than 100 field researchers from leading universities and institutes around the world. The foundation of the ISBM is a three-tiered integrated platform--Research, Education and Networking and Interchange.  ISBM research spans the entire practice of business-to-business markets and delivers expert knowledge that can be applied to all dimensions of the marketing and sales cycle. From executive to practitioner, member firms benefit from research driven new knowledge, professional development programs and best practice tools and techniques to achieve excellence within their marketing and sales teams.  Since 1983, the ISBM has been serving all industries--chemical, industrial, manufacturing, information technology, and beyond. For more information on the ISBM, visit www.isbm.org