MIT CISR will cease operations on October 31, 2026

Founded in 1974, the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) will cease operations on October 31, 2026. Throughout 52 years as a practice-oriented research center, MIT CISR has conducted hundreds of projects studying how top-performing enterprises generate business value from technology. Via hundreds of research briefings, working papers, and events, MIT CISR researchers have shared their research findings with practitioners and academics around the world. 

On behalf of all those who have worked at MIT CISR over the past half-century(!), we are proud that, with engagement from our amazing member firms, we've produced rigorous management-focused research that has been used in running your enterprises. We will publish one more working paper summarizing MIT CISR's legacy, and we have ensured that MIT CISR content will continue to be publicly available on the web through the MIT Libraries. We very much appreciate your support and participation in the MIT CISR community.