Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from October 1993

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from October 1993

Oregon prison has call center ready for business. (Telecommuting Applications)
October 1, 1993... How would you like to have access to a low-cost, well-trained workforce that is virtually guaranteed to have zero absenteeism, no drug or alcohol problems, and an unusually high level of motivation to do work that many others find boring? That...

Kinko's retail chain to offer "retail" videoconferencing services. (Kinko's Service Corp.) (Product and Service News)
October 1, 1993... In just a few months, it may be as easy to set up a videoconference as it is to get some photocopies made--and you'll be able to do both in the same place. Kinko's Service Corp., announced last month that it was teaming with Sprint Corp. to...

The background to the flexible working debates in Europe.
October 1, 1993... During the last month or two there have been measures of great significance introduced by the national and European levels of government aimed at creating a more flexible labor market, and more responsive, competitive industries. Europe has a...

Regional approaches to telecommuting taking hold. (Special Topics)
October 1, 1993... It may not be worthy of being called a "trend" yet, but I'm starting to see signs that coordinated regional approaches to telecommuting planning have some unique advantages over less-organized attempts to promote telecommuting. The...

National study findings: workers' lives complex and often frustrating, but clear path exists for improvements. (The Changing Workplace: The Flexible Workforce News Digest)
October 1, 1993... A comprehensive national study of U.S. workers, the first such study since 1977, portrays the American workforce as being willing to do more and better work but often stymied by problems in the workplace and problems in balancing their work and...