News Release
Dr. Robert Cooper Delivers the Keynote Address at the ISBM Annual Members Conference
ANCASTER, ONTARIO, CANADA – September 20, 2005 -
Stage-Gate Inc., a Member company of the Product Development
Institute, today announced that Dr. Robert Cooper, co-founder
of the Product Development Institute and Stage-Gate Inc.,
delivered the Keynote Address at the ISBM Annual Members
Conference on August 23, 2005 in State College, PA.
The Conference’s focus this year was Key
Challenges for B-to-B: Innovation and Organization. ISBM is the Institute
for the Study of Business Markets and it is housed within
Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business
Administration. Dr. Cooper’s keynote presentation “The
State of Product Innovation Practice in Business-to-Business” reflected
on the deteriorating performance of new product development
in America, the reasons why, and what companies can do
to improve their NPD productivity.
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| About Stage-Gate Inc.
Stage-Gate Inc., a member company of the Product Development Institute, is
mandated very specifically to enable product innovators to become better product
innovators. Our international team of Product Innovation Experts and Consultants
are mentored by Dr. Cooper and Dr. Edgett and understand the complex challenges
organizations face. We help companies achieve product innovation through our
world-class products and services.
Through its close working relationship with the Product Development Institute,
Stage-Gate Inc. has access to the world’s most comprehensive research
into best practices in Product Innovation. This research has led to some of
the most important discoveries in the innovation field; such as, Stage-Gate®,
the NewProd™ Studies, and the concept of Portfolio Management.
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