The Untethered Executive: Business Information in the Age of Mobility
November 20, 2010
Much has been written about how smartphones and other mobile devices are changing the way people communicate. But little has been done to understand what the impact of this shift is on the executive suite. Are executives willing to use their smartphones for business purposes beyond email? Is the information they access via a mobile device being used to help drive business decisions? Do different “generations” of executives treat mobility differently, and are some more willing than others to blur the lines between business and personal communications devices?
The Untethered Executive: Business Information in the Age of Mobility is based on an exclusive survey of more than 300 senior executives at large U.S. companies ($500 million-plus in annual revenues) conducted by Forbes Insights, in association with Google. It found that smartphones are a critical part of the executive’s arsenal of devices, second only to laptop PCs. And while computers are still their most important devices for locating and filtering business information, within three years smartphones and Internet-enabled tablets could be their equal.
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