Business Benefits of Telecommuting takes another look at the report from Economist Intelligence Unit, blogged earlier.

Some interesting statistics and quotes:

• by 2005, 80% of companies around the world will have employees who telecommute (up from 54% in 2003)
• executives surveyed cited the following benefits: office overhead cost savings (69%), enhanced productivity (64%), improved staff morale (49%), enhanced business continuity (31%), and attractive recruiting benefit (29%).
• employees most suited to telecommuting were those in the sales (75%), research (52%), marketing (42%) and IT (34%) business lines

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