Consultants and Networking Partners

Dr. Robert G. Cooper , Professor

Jens Arleth, Partner, Management Consultant

Claus Varnes, Associate Professor

Per Knudsen, Management Consultant

Herluf Trolle, M.A., Psychology

About our company

U3 is a member of Danish Management Council (DMR)
and follows DMR's Code of Professional Ethics.

About Innovation Management U3

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Leading European Stage-Gate^® experts

Innovation Management U3 is the leading Stage-Gate^® consulting group in Europe. Since the process was first introduced in 1988, we have helped many European companies in implementing Stage-Gate approaches.
During this period we have co-operated closely with professor Robert G. Cooper - the "father" of Stage-Gate.

International network

We are part of Product Development Institute Inc. (PDI) with partners in Europe and North America. Our senior consultants are acknowledged experts in the field of innovation management, consulting and research. They have proven track records in the design and implementation of management approaches and have been successfully participating with major European firms in this field for more than twenty years. In addition, several of our consultants have many years of experience as executives in the business community.

Proven management tools

We have specialised in helping our customers improve profits from new products and reduce the time from idea to market.

Our proven services and management tools include		We strive to establish an innovation climate
Design and implementation of the Stage-Gate development process. Portfolio Management for new products. Benchmarking product development with ProBE In-house seminars for management, project leaders and team members. On-the-job-training of teams and project leaders.		that is stimulating and creative where the developers are highly motivated, and where it is fun to create and develop new products.

Seminars and publications

We are continuously holding seminars on how to manage product development. You can always see the current program at www.stage-gate.eu/seminars. We also write books. "Winning at New Products" by Dr. Robert G. Cooper is like a Bible for professionals working with the process from idea to a successful product. Some 70,000 copies have been sold. This and other books are sold at www.u3.dk/books. You can also download free articles about Stage-Gate and innovation management at www.stage-gate.eu/articles.

Practical experience and comprehensive research

Thus our organisation possess a wealth of experience; excellent credentials and testimonials; and the requisite theoretical underpinnings for providing a host of tips, examples, do's and don'ts from our many assignments; and which are founded on the world's most extensive Research into new product success factors (over 100 articles and books published on the topic).