MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)

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In our research, executives we talked with at many large companies noted that a pathway well-suited to one business unit may not work as well for another. In such cases, it makes sense for a company to progress on multiple pathways. There’s …

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In 2020 Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) was the world’s top-selling car manufacturer. Despite this, the company was being driven to excel further in response to changing consumer expectations, technological developments, and new kinds of entr…

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Meg Regan of MIT Sloan Executive Education described the benefits, challenges, and opportunities of continuous learning in organizations and the learning programs offered by MIT Sloan Exec Ed.

Publication date: 2022-04-14

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Transforming businesses for digital has proven to deliver great value for customers and stakeholders, but it takes time, and it is easy to lose momentum. Our research shows that high performing firms keep their “foot on the peddle” by invest…

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Peter presented a preview of his forthcoming book, co-authored with Stephanie Woerner and Ina Sebastian, entitled Future Ready: The Four Pathways to Capturing Digital Value. He focused on the lessons learned in how firms create and then capt…

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For 2022, what are the most important capabilities you need to develop further in your enterprise? Who owns responsibility for managing digital in your enterprise? What’s been your most successful digital initiative in the last 12 months? In…

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In new MIT CISR research we studied how top performing firms solved their organization’s Rubik’s Cube challenge—simultaneously achieving customer responsiveness, sharing services, reusing modular capability, and commercializing new services….

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In 2021, Microsoft was a $168 billion technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company employed 190,000 people who operated out of more than six hundred office buildings worldwide. This vignette describes how Microsoft us…

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To generate greater value faster from digital innovation, many companies are increasing how much they learn from their own innovation efforts. However, in many companies, these changes are limited to one stakeholder group: innovation teams. …

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To generate greater value faster from digital innovation, many companies are increasing how much they learn from their own innovation efforts. However, in many companies, these changes are limited to one stakeholder group: innovation teams. …

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Creating a distinct digital unit or organization can help a company to recruit talent with specialized digital skills. Free from corporate legacy and with the decision rights to operate as a startup, such digital entities can disrupt the sta…

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Creating a distinct digital unit or organization can help a company to recruit talent with specialized digital skills. Free from corporate legacy and with the decision rights to operate as a startup, such digital entities can disrupt the sta…