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To talk about and understand the needs of the information and knowledge worker, it is necessary to understand and define what we mean by the “information and knowledge society.”
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Costa-i-Pujol, R. (2013). Flexible Working, Mobility and IT Innovation, and ICT in 2012: The Case of Flexible Working. In: Brem, A., Viardot, É. (eds) Evolution of Innovation Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137299994_14
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