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6 Keys to Putting the Crowdsourced Surveillance Genie Back in the Lamp

Harvard Business Review

When outraged Vancouverites turned to blogs and Facebook to identify participants in the Stanley Cup riots, many celebrated sites like Vancouver 2011 Riot Pics and Vancouver 2011 Criminal List as examples of putting social media to concrete and constructive use.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. This lab isn't located in Bangalore or Hyderabad (where Dr Reddy's is headquartered) but in. Cambridge, U.K.