The organisation, claim interior ministry officials in Madrid, has only 50-60 commandos currently in operation, plus a network of up to 500 collaborators providing support.

ECONOMIST: Spain and the Basques

Organizations that do this well have a management hierarchy plus a less formal employee innovation network.

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The telecommuting boom has been driven in part by the rapid penetration of broadband in the home, easier and cheaper forms of IP telephony, more robust VPN (virtual private network) software, plus a new generation of powerful laptops that are true desktop replacements.

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