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Federal
Reserve Bank, numerous university consortiums and individual company
information provided to OMNI Consulting Group through its ongoing
Network Economics Study (NES), to an entirely new collection of models
and statistics, this is the first study that quantifies the positive
correlation between the investment of these mobile data services and
increased global workforce productivity. This study shows why mobility makes these business solutions
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"Affirming the Mobility Quotient: How Wireless Connectivity and
Services are Shaping Worker Productivity," visit
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"For quite some time, the general business population has
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offers a competitive advantage," said Frank J.
By applying a rich cross-section of data that spans numerous
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operators, the U.2 times out of 10, when
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productivity, empowerment and access to real-time mobility data.

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, Babson College economics and
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of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to work on entrepreneurship and
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The quantitative study entitled "Affirming the Mobility Quotient:
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Productivity" shows the substantive, positive impact of mobile data
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(NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced the results of a new sponsored
study conducted by independent economist firm OMNI Consulting Group
LLP, which shows that use of mobile data services increases global
workforce productivity by 13. Bernhard, technology
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The OMNI study reflects Cisco's growing involvement with leading
mobile network operators around the world, as they add advanced mobile
data services.omniconsultinggroup . (NASDAQ:CSCO), the worldwide leader in
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Minniti is a lead researcher on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
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Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. For more
information, visit http://www.com.
workers contributed 1. "The
scope of this research breaks new ground in quantifying the net impact
of mobility and its associated productivity gains by examining
business and worker performance under many different scenarios. "This research shows businesses that the rewards
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The study also observes that use of mobile data services by U.

The use of RFID wireless technology in the manufacturing and
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She has published numerous journal articles in entrepreneurship and economics,
and her work has been presented at many national and international
conferences, such as the American Economic Association Meeting, the Academy of
Management Meeting, and the Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference.S.9 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of
approximately US$10. Conforming to normal
economies of scale, OMNI expects similar increases worldwide in the
acceleration of mobility's impact on economic performance. In addition to Cisco Mobile Exchange technology, these
operators value Cisco's experience with making technology relevant to
business. OMNI
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Babson's Minniti Receives NSF Fellowship for Entrepreneurship

A grant awarded to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU ), where Minniti's
co-author Moren Levesque is on faculty, allows them to host one scholar per
year as a NSF Distinguished Fellow.newswise.4 percent total factor productivity (TFP)
per week on average for a full-time worker.4 trillion in calendar year 2003.cisco.com

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claims per worker per week and improved payout ratios by an
annual yield of 6.

Public safety law enforcement agencies utilizing mobile data
services in the apprehension of suspects resulted in 3.
"This study shows that with mobile data services, workers are not
only more productive, but they also develop new business processes
that yield increased customer and job satisfaction as well as
competitive advantage," said Steve Hoch, Director of Service Provider
Mobility for Cisco .

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