4 years, 11 months ago

MIT CISR’s Top Ten Publications in 2018

MIT CISR research has concluded that digitally transformed companies enjoy net margins 16% above the industry average. Our top content from 2018 covers transformation’s various facets, such as business models, digital design, agility, analytics, and employee experience. Here are our top ten publications in 2018. Each of these publications can be accessed with free registration […]

5 years, 3 months ago

Jeanne Ross’s Lasting Impact on MISQE

Jeanne Ross can look back on her contributions to MISQE1 over the last twenty years and feel very proud. She was the linchpin in the first discussions about the journal (in 1999), and I’m pretty sure she helped Allen Lee rope Jack Rockart into taking on the role of the first Editor in Chief (EIC) […]

5 years, 11 months ago

MIT CISR’s Top Ten Publications in 2017

Each of these publications can be accessed with free registration on the MIT CISR website. Designing Digital Organizations—Summary of Survey Findings To succeed in the digital economy, established businesses must develop and apply new technology and organizational capabilities. In August 2016, MIT CISR distributed a survey to 171 senior business and IT leaders about their […]

8 years, 5 months ago

Bricks, Bytes, Behavior, and Branding: Four Pillars of the Digital Workplace

When thinking of a digital workplace strategy, you might—understandably so—expect that it primarily involves technological change. However, at last week’s European Conference on Information Systems, a panel of academic and industry experts led by MIT CISR research scientist Kristine Dery pointed out that this couldn’t be further from the truth. Technology can be potentially disruptive […]

8 years, 8 months ago

Is the Digital Workspace New? Lessons from Building 20

Imagine a place of work where the windows leaked—or fell out if the winds got high enough, the roof leaked to the point of pouring through in heavy rain, and soot blew in from the city. It was searing hot in summer and freezing cold in winter and there was “always the noise, the strange, […]

8 years, 9 months ago

Using Big Data to Build a Strategy Toolbox

There is academic debate regarding whether big data helps or hurts strategy. In our research at MIT CISR, we’ve identified some important advantages to viewing big data as a strategic opportunity. In particular, companies can use big data to greatly improve and innovate their business model—and to extend their strategy toolboxes. Improving the Business Model […]

8 years, 9 months ago

Tackling Digital Disruption from the Top

Digitization has caused lots of disruption in the financial services industry, with new entrants stealing retail customers and changing customer expectations (see the first post of this two-part series, “How Digitization Is Creating a Fork in the Road for Banks”). Yet it’s only a matter of time before this disruption spreads to more industries. This […]