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East Japan entered its fifth day of power rationing on Friday, with no end to the planned blackouts in sight. The power shortages began last week when a massive earthquake and tsunami knocked nuclear power stations offline. The local electrical utility can't make up the shortfall by importing power from another region, though, because Japan lacks a national power grid, a consequence of a decision taken in the late 1800s.

One finding that has become increasingly clear is that collaboration across traditional boundaries within and outside of an enterprise, including the information technology (IT) function in a visible fashion, can improve an organization's innovation outcomes.