Research Library

In this briefing, we examine the reasons why transformations stall and what actions help companies keep achieving results, and share the most recent financial results from companies becoming future ready. Read Now

Top-performing firms develop ten capabilities to achieve progress on both customer and operational dimensions and capture digital value. Read Now

Dashboarding works because everybody in the company gets to compare progress against agreed-upon metrics and work together to make course corrections when necessary. Read Now

Future-Ready companies outperform their industry. To get there you must choose a pathway and manage the “explosions.” Read Now

In this briefing, we share our research on companies pursuing multiple pathways, describe the necessity of coordinating the pathways, and highlight the experiences of commercial bank Bancolombia as it pursues multiple pathways. Read Now

Companies achieve value from sustainability by embedding sustainability goals into company strategy and then developing capabilities to advance these goals. Read Now

Enterprises are replatforming to overcome the challenge that the systems, data, and processes in the enterprise aren’t fit to become Future Ready. Read Now

We compare the results of 2019 and 2024 studies on board digital savvy, augmented with insights from director interviews and an initial analysis of board committees. Read Now

A global MIT CISR study of the digital savvy of companies’ top management teams (TMTs) indicates that among larger companies, only 7 percent had a TMT more than half made up of digitally savvy members, and those companies outperformed on key metrics. Read Now

Using digital tech, is incremental improvement or radical transformation better? See results from 4,000+ companies. Read Now

MIT CISR research has found that to be a top-quartile growth company in the digital era requires focusing on four levers to unlock digital value. Read Now

This briefing celebrates the 50th anniversary of the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) and highlights seven lessons learned over the years. Read Now

Companies with strong dynamic capabilities are able to pivot during a crisis, develop new digital offerings, and experiment with new digital business models. Read Now