MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)

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Today, by adopting a product mindset for data, organizations hold people accountable for the payoff of data investments over time. Data assets and data solutions represent two distinct types of “data products.” Organizations can use three se…

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Today, by adopting a product mindset for data, organizations hold people accountable for the payoff of data investments over time. Data assets and data solutions represent two distinct types of “data products.” Organizations can use three se…

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New MIT CISR research shows that there are four stages of enterprise AI capability—and that companies’ AI maturity aligns with their financial performance. In this presentation, Stephanie describes eight capabilities needed to achieve AI mat…

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An AI agent is a type of AI software that can understand and respond to its environment without human intervention and can adapt based on experience. In this presentation, Gayan describes current and proposed uses of AI agents in enterprises…

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In this presentation, Stephanie describes five organizational designs for capturing value from platforms. She showcases the designs top-performing companies use and shares successful case studies and lessons learned to drive value.

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Real-time business (RTB) companies use trusted real-time data to enable people and systems to make real-time decisions—and these companies perform better.​ In this presentation, Peter shares four capabilities that combine to propel RTB compa…

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Alan describes six forces driving change in organizational IT that his current research has unearthed. Foremost changes are the blurring of borders between the business and IT and the impacts from the proliferation of AI.

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In 2019, MIT CISR published findings from our research on the digital savviness of company boards that showed 24 percent of boards were digitally savvy and had associated performance premiums. In 2024, we repeated the 2019 board analysis wit…

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In 2019, MIT CISR published findings from our research on the digital savviness of company boards that showed 24 percent of boards were digitally savvy and had associated performance premiums. In 2024, we repeated the 2019 board analysis wit…

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In 2019, MIT CISR published findings from our research on the digital savviness of company boards that showed 24 percent of boards were digitally savvy and had associated performance premiums. In 2024, we repeated the 2019 board analysis wit…

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Companies are getting better at data monetization—and many are focusing on products. In this presentation, Barb shares new survey findings on the current state of data monetization strategies, and offers recommendations for shifting to a pro…

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A company may have a digital platform, but does it have a platform business? Should it? In this presentation, Martin discusses what it takes to monetize a platform based on lessons from an in-depth study of Salesforce’s Platform business and…