Videoconferencing and business air travel: Do new technologies produce new interaction patterns?

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-13

  Denstadli, Jon Martin ^a   Gripsrud, Mattias ^b   Hjorthol, Randi ^a   Julsrud, Tom Erik ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business air travel; New videoconferencing technologies; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CIVIL AVIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

AIR PASSENGERS; AIR TRAVELS; BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS; BUSINESS TRAVEL; FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS; INTERACTION PATTERN; NEW TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM; VIDEO MEETING;

TOURISM INDUSTRY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMMUNICATION; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873649034     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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