Look at What is Shaping the Future of Business Home Offices, Virtual Offices, and Telecommuting Increasing numbers of workers and corporations in the United States are abandoning the traditional office building environment. At the same time, a large and growing percentage of the workforce is performing work from home either as independent contractors or as employees who telecommute to larger firms from home or remote locations.
Some workers operate from so-called virtual offices in cars, airports, and hotel rooms.
This rapid transformation of the office environment will cause businesses and employees to reassess how to accomplish tasks and where to locate workers to make the best use of their talents. This study looks at the factors governing the evolution to remotely based work. Us Copyright 2001 SRI Consulting Business Intelligence.