The International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT) recently recognized Di Benedetto as one of the top 50 authors of technology and innovation management over the last five years, based on a quantitative analysis of research from 2003-2007. This exceptional achievement places Di Benedetto among the top 1 percent of all researchers in the field. He will be presented with a formal

award at this year’s annual IAMOT conference, being held in April in Orlando.

An authority in product development and management, Di Benedetto teaches in the Fox School’s M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A. programs and has also served as director of the International Business Summer Program at Temple’s Rome, Italy campus.

In his most recent research studies, Di Benedetto has examined managerial perceptions of global first-mover advantage, the competitive advantage of new ventures with innovative new products and services, the use of knowledge for product innovation performance, the effects of manufacturer-distributor and manufacturer-supplier cooperation and the effects of marketing and technology capabilities on strategic type.

Di Benedetto has been editor-in-chief of the Journal of Product Innovation Management since 2004, and is co-author of the leading product innovation textbook, New Products Management, currently in its ninth edition. He is a certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP).

In 2007, Di Benedetto was ranked among the world’s top scholars in innovation management, according to a study in the Journal of Product Innovation Management. He was named a Washburn Senior Research Fellow in 2007 and has been named to the Fox School’s Dean’s Research Honor Roll multiple times.

Di Benedetto's research interests include new product development and launch, new product strategy, global new product development and technology entrepreneurship. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America and Marquis Who’s Who in the World.

—Written by Lori Bookbinder