The carbon footprint of business travel in the knowledge-intensive service sector

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• 作者：Age Poom^a ; ^{age.poom@ut.ee} ; Kati Orru^b ; ^{kati.orru@ut.ee} ; Rein Ahas^a ; ^c ; ^{rein.ahas@ut.ee}
• 关键词：Business travel ; Carbon footprint ; Environmental load ; Mobile positioning ; Virtual communication
• 刊名：Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：50
• 期：Complete
• 页码：292-304
• 全文大小：945 K
• 卷排序：50

文摘

Co-production of new knowledge in business communication benefit from physical proximity. Strong interpersonal ties allow physical co-presence to be substituted by virtual communication. Trips related to core business processes cause the highest carbon footprint. Marketing is the most vulnerable business phase due to its high requirement of co-presence. Low-carbon communication and travel modes should be considered in business travel management.