“Can webconferences, videoconferences and other virtual meetings really take the place of face-to-face contact?”

Great, short paper concerning the differences and effects of utilizing virtual meetings. Paper sites that fact-to-face “provides deeper engagement” and “build[s] stronger more meaningful business relationships”.

http://www.mpiweb.org/Libraries/Content_Portal_Docs/Business_Meetings_FaceToFace_Forbes.pdf