EFFECT OF IMPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ON BUSINESS TRAVEL

INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD OF POINT-TO POINT COMMUNICATIONS COULD HAVE FAR-REACHING ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES, SUCH AS REPLACING, FOR SOME, THE JOURNEY TO WORK. IMPROVED LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS IS UNLIKELY, HOWEVER, TO MAKE BUSINESS TRIPS UNNECESSARY, GIVEN THE NATURE OF SUCH TRIPS AT PRESENT AND BUSINESSMEN'S FEELINGS ABOUT THEM. THESE NEW COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES ALL BY THEMSELVES WILL NOT PRODUCE SOCIAL CHANGE, BUT THEIR INTERACTION WITH CHANGING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPORT AND WITH SOCIAL DESIRES IN GENERAL WILL. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol Ews-14, NO 3, PP 76-78
• Corporate Authors:

  Ieee Trans Engr Writing & Speech

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• Authors:
  • Westrum, R M
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Businesses; Communication systems; Communications; Economic impacts; Innovation; Social values; Travel; Travel patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Electric communication systems; Future concepts; Substitutes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223723
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM