Winning at New Products: Creating Value Through Innovation, 4th Edition by Robert G. Cooper Emir O.
Senior Digital Analyst at BMO Financial Group
With so much that’s new in innovation management and new product development, Dr. Robert G. Cooper has recently released the 4th edition of his best-selling book “Winning at New Products”. This 4th edition highlights new developments in product innovation and empowers product innovation professionals to develop bold innovations – game-changing products that drive corporate growth today!
As Dr. Cooper notes: “So much more has been learned since the previous edition of this book. Companies continue to use Stage-Gate® to drive new products to market, but I really lower the microscope on how the process has evolved. You will discover how global users have redefined and improved it to create a ‘next-generation’ Stage-Gate process that generates business results.”
Among the numerous company and new product launch examples in the book, Cooper dives into critical next generation Stage-Gate topics, including:
- Shortening development times to launch quickly and more efficiently
- Increasing adaptability to manage changing conditions and fluid information
- Characteristics of a successful next-generation Stage-Gate system
- Integration of gate meetings with portfolio reviews to ensure good projects move forward
- “Open Innovation” to drive new product ideas
To learn more about the book, please visit the link below which takes you to an article by Dr. Cooper which dives more in-depth about the book.