Measure innovation: the innovative elite

A validated method to measure innovation your power It is possible to measure innovation by using ProBE&reg Innovation Benchmarker. The ProBE&reg innovation measure is based on professor R.G. Cooper's research that include analyses of over 2000 project (both successes and failures) and more than 400 companies in different countries. He demonstrates that there is a world elite of particularly innovative companies. He defines the elite as the top 20% of these companies who generate the best business from their new products. These top 20% achieve far better results than the rest. The reasons for these results are that the elite companies - to a much higher degree - use certain working methods - the so-called best practices. ProBE&reg allows you to <a href="http://www.stage-gate.eu/dk-contactus-stage-gate.asp" target="_blank">measure</a> and compare your company's innovation performance and practices with the industry average and the international elite in Cooper's research database.<a href="Introduction-ProBE-Innovation-Benchmarker.html">Measure your innovation power</a> Remove the barriers against high new-product performance! The development department often face problems leading to delays and disappointing results. Furthermore, it is often difficult to reach agreement of how to overcome the barriers - particularly regarding the barriers in other departments. Here's where ProBE&reg-Innovation Benchmarker can help. It builds on comprehensive research in the success factors and over 20 years of practical experience. We have two versions of ProBE&reg 1) ProBE: The comprehensive model that we have used for at number of years. It builds on a detailed questionnaire and two one-day workshops. During the first workshop map and visualise the problems. What are the strengths and weaknesses. What stands in the way of higher performance? On the second day we develop solutions and plans for implementation. 2) MicroProBE: The new quick model This model was introduced in 2004 in cooperation with the Federation of Danish Industries. We use a shorter questionnaire and a compressed one-day workshop. The experiences with this model are positive. The speedy process has proved to be quite dynamic. The analysis and the suggested solutions are not as detailed. But the process requires less time from the management.

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Are you part of the world's innovative elite?
Professor R. G. Cooper of McMaster University, Canada, has charted 2000 projects and 400 companies in different countries. The elite is the top 20% of these companies who generate the best business from their new products.

How do the world's elite differ?
Elite companies earn far more, their rate of success is twice that of other companies and they have the shortest time from idea to market. Cooper has charted the grounds for these results by comparing the top 20% with the bottom 20%. Elite companies' working methods differ in the four areas of the innovation diamond.

Measure your company's innovative power!
ProBE^® is probably the world's best documented method of measurement. You compare your company with the international elite and get a reliable, detailed report of your strengths and weaknesses. ProBE^® also includes:

	Expert advice to help you focus on your biggest potential gains.
	An objective process of analysis and discussion that provides management-team consensus on what needs to be done.
	A situational report for following up and verifying the results of the improvements you implement.

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Innovation Diamond.
The methods of the world's elite differ particularly within the four areas of the innovation diamond.
The diamond is based on Robert G. Cooper's analyses of 2000 new-product launches and 400 companies in many countries.
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