Terrorism is a violent version of an “agile virtual enterprise.” A virtual enterprise is any small group that self-assembles into an organization that is just large enough to accomplish the collective intention.
我们在完全不同的背景下对这种新构架的特征进行了研究。恐怖主义是“灵活的虚拟组织”与暴力相关的版本，虚拟组织是自发成立的小型团体，其规模大小恰好能够完成某项集体目标。