MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)

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Founded in 1974, the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) will cease operations on October 31, 2026. Throughout fifty-two years as a practice-oriented research center, MIT CISR has conducted hundreds of projects studying how to…

Abstract:
Founded in 1974, the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) will cease operations on October 31, 2026. Throughout fifty-two years as a practice-oriented research center, MIT CISR has conducted hundreds of projects studying how to…

Abstract:
Founded in 1974, the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) will cease operations on October 31, 2026. Throughout fifty-two years as a practice-oriented research center, MIT CISR has conducted hundreds of projects studying how to…

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A well-designed AI architecture enables the organization’s business units to apply AI faster and with less risk.

Publication date: 2026-09-17

Publication type: Talking Points

Publication authors:
Alan Thorogood
,
Peter Reynolds
, …

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A surge of energy, investment, and optimism is driving organizations to adopt artificial intelligence (AI). However, these efforts carry risks, including wasted resources from redundant investments and added operational complexity and costs….

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A surge of energy, investment, and optimism is driving organizations to adopt artificial intelligence (AI). However, these efforts carry risks, including wasted resources from redundant investments and added operational complexity and costs….

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As AI becomes increasingly capable, it forces a reckoning with what makes us uniquely human, and how we can best partner with it. We are still responsible for how we show up in relationships, the values that we stand for, how we guide what w…

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AI adoption is now widespread—but adoption is not the same as value creation. AI foundation models and agents are capabilities that every one of your competitors can also leverage. The winners, then, may not be the fastest adopters, but the …

Abstract:
AI adoption is now widespread—but adoption is not the same as value creation. AI foundation models and agents are capabilities that every one of your competitors can also leverage. The winners, then, may not be the fastest adopters, but the …

Abstract:
AI adoption is now widespread—but adoption is not the same as value creation. AI foundation models and agents are capabilities that every one of your competitors can also leverage. The winners, then, may not be the fastest adopters, but the …

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How can midsize firms create and capture value within ecosystems dominated by technology giants? Belden’s transformation from a manufacturer of industrial networking components to a provider of data-powered solutions required the company to …

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Over a decade of collaboration between MIT CISR researchers and the MIT CISR Data Research Advisory Board has produced a research model that explains how organizations translate data assets into financial performance. The model traces a caus…