Accessibility is both an important concept, and a powerful indicator, in the understanding of the impact of spatial technologies, i.e. transportation, communication, and information technologies. However, virtually all existing measures of intra-metropolitan accessibility incorporate only transportation without considering other means of spatial interaction. In this paper, the author argues tha...

This paper examines the prospects for rural areas within the Information Society, referring particularly to the EU experience. Among these are the diminishing e!ects of distance from core markets and enhancing the learning capacities of rural areas by improving access to relevant information. EU policy to date has been in#uenced by a strong technology dimension with an emphasis on the installat...

Internet-distributed systems are beginning to offer a serious platform for stable, long-lived, flexible applications development. Moreover, such Internet-scale applications are motivating new modes of work and company integration such as teleworking and virtual enterprises. There is an increasing realisation that within such flexible working structures that applications will have to support som...

Pair programming is a practice in which two programmers work together at one computer, collaborating on the same design, algorithm, code or test. Studies have shown that pair programmers produce higher quality code in essentially the same amount of time as solo programmers. Additional benefits include increased job satisfaction, improved team communication, and efficient tacit knowledge sharing...

This large-scale study analyses the influence of co-ordination and trust problems on employees’ access to weekly home-based teleworking from a combined perspective of transaction-cost theory and new economic-sociology. Access is more likely when additional co-ordination and control problems are smaller. Indicators of the so-called ‘telework-risk’ are ‘time sovereignty’, ‘job autonomy’, ‘job int...

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed a large number of workers out their offices and to homes for significant period time teleworking. However, some continued work in others went home only partially. This arguably exogenous shock the way which performed jobs opened opportunity evaluate whether environments are ideal promoting healthier diets reducing overweight among office workers. We explore results ...

Research background: Teleworking is becoming more current and used. It an instrument that allows supports globalization. The corona crisis increased its use even more. has advantages, but also disadvantages which are perceived evaluated by users. With intense penetration, the users’ perception will become important factor in implementation. effects both on whole economy employees - it affects t...