The spatial distribution of telematics: Modeling and empirical evidence

Harnessing the Information Society? European Union Policy and Information and Communication Technologies

“…The social and economic implications of the new information and communications technologies are complex and frequently contradictory. They have been identified as having the potential both to centralize (Genosko, 1987;Mulgan, 1991) and decentralize (Gottman, 1977;Kellerman, 1993) economic development activities. They have been associated with both employment creation (although there remains doubt over their additionality in relation to productivity, growth and output) and encouraging capital investments to displace employment.…”