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Useful information in this study of telecommuting.

The Scandinavians have done a lot of research in the area. One Swedish study followed a number of companies which gave grants to employees to construct home offices. Employees continued to travel to work 2-3 days per week and worked from home the rest of the time. The results were staggering. The company saved money from the move - even though there was a significant set-up cost for the home offices. The savings occured because teleworkers no longer needed full-time office accommodation and could share "hot-desks" with other teleworkers. This led to significant savings on expensive rents for commercial space. The workers saved on commuting cost and increased the value of their homes to boot. The most interesting find was that productivity was much higher in the home office, away from the distractions of colleagues, phones etc.

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