The modern corporate campus
Description
Why a corporate campus? "By the 1990s, the possibilities of working from home (or anywhere), outsourcing and offshoring challenged the need for a campus. Committing to so much space represented a liability for businesses in an increasingly digital, economically uncertain environment...Natural disasters and terrorism also raise questions about centralising an organisation in a single location. Given these risks, why would Apple build a $5bn campus?
Resources in this Chunk:
-
Article
BBC, 2017: "Tech giants like Apple are building vastly expensive headquarters – but university-style spaces have been used by companies for decades... (2017)
Categories: BUSINESS
-
Article
Eco-friendly glass architecture that incorporates flora into its design is trending high among West Coast tech giants. Only last week, Amazon's 'Sp... (2018)
Categories: ARCHITECTURE, ENVIRONMENT
-
Article
Slate: "In 1956 GE bought a parcel of leafy land about an hour north of New York City and established its Crotonville management training center. ... (2017)
Categories: BUSINESS, EDUCATION Locations: USA
-
Article
The ease with which one can extend the workday is not, in fact, a perk at all. (2018)
Categories: JOB, WORK, EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS, TEAM BUILDING, CAREER
