Information Society and Spatial Structure
Published on 15. July 1989
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-0-471-94597-0 (ISBN)
Description
The extent to which new information technologies influence the spatial organization of our economy depends on a whole series of factors and policy decisions. This book analyzes the enabling characteristics of information technologies with regard to regional and urban development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94597-0 (9780471945970)
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Content
Part 1 Information technology and trends in services: speed, information exchange, and spatial structure, William B.Beyers; some observations on information technology in the office environment, Peter W.Daniels; service activities and regional development - a Swiss case study, Antoine S.Bailly; the spatial corporate organization and its changing environment implications for the office sector, Peter A.Wood. Part 2 Information technology and culture: vocational territories, Gregor Durrenberger; communication in cultural and regional development, Michel Bassand; the corporate culture and its linkages with the corporate environment, Huib Ernste. Part 3 Information technology and new organizational structures: alternative successors to Fordism, Rod Coombs and Bryn Jones; the future of the white-collar worker, Martin Baethge and Herbert Oberbeck; telework - effects of changing work patterns in space and time, Margrethe H.Olson; satellite offices for computer specialists at Credit Suisse, H.R.Erzberger and U.Sonderegger; new orientations in management, Eberhard Ulich. Part 4 Outlook: ways beyond Fordism?, Carlo Jaeger and Huib Ernste.