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Harvard Business Case:
9-696-061
December 18, 1998

Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc (A)

Case Analysis

Analyze case study and respond to all the questions. . Please use references

1. How does the internal market for innovation at Nypro function?
2. How does Lankton manage the process?
3. How would you go about making the NovaPlast decision?

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Case Analysis
Analyze case study and respond to all the questions. Please see attached. Please use references

1. How does the internal market for innovation at Nypro function?

The internal market for innovation at Nypro functions in the following manner. Once it is known that NovaPlast is a valuable addition to the firm's competitive weapons different plants would acquire NovaPlast for innovation and achieving competitive advantage in the market place. The internal market had its own way of spotting the most valuable innovations, assessing their value in terms of commercial viability and adapting such products to make the division successful. The firm's engineers and plants would soon smell a good innovation and adapt NovaPlast to their needs. Nypro's internal structure was such that there was strong competition within groups in the company. The result was an intense rivalry for improving performance. If NovaPlast was successfully implemented in one plant then the strong internal competition for innovation performance will ensure that different groups will adopt NovaPlast. The groups were internally independent, but they would seize upon an internal tool that could ...

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