Overview on Smart Work Centres in Europe

2013
Liena Ādamsone, Iveta Baltiņa, Ilze Judrupa, Maija Šenfelde, Alise Vītola

The proportion of rural population is decreasing all over Europe; young and qualified people are the first to leave because of the lack of challenging jobs in the countryside. The in-migration of qualified professionals, which have good market-contacts with the core regions, only to a small extent mitigates the decrees of socioeconomic activity in the periphery (Grimes, 2000). However, the establishment of smart work centres relying on networks and market contacts can help repopulate rural communities.

Keywords
Smart work, telework, regional development, rural development
Hyperlink
http://www.micropol-interreg.eu/Discover-the-publications

Ādamsone, L., Baltiņa, I., Judrupa, I., Šenfelde, M., Vītola, A. Overview on Smart Work Centres in Europe [online]. Institute of National and Regional Economy, Riga Technical University, 2013. Available from: http://www.micropol-interreg.eu/Discover-the-publications.

Publication language
English (en)