Research Library

In this briefing, we identify and describe dominant digital platform designs and share the financial performance of companies using each design. Read Now

Product management practices help organizations better sell, improve, and profit from their data assets and data solutions. 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

What are the strategy-specific practices that maximize the impact of your data initiatives on strategic business outcomes? Read Now

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

The MIT CISR Enterprise AI Maturity Model describes four stages of enterprise AI maturity, and identifies capabilities an enterprise needs as it progresses through the four stages. Read Now

Top-performing organizations in our research attributed more than five times the revenues to data monetization compared to bottom-performing organizations. 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

GenAI tools enhance personal productivity, while GenAI solutions drive organizational value. Each requires its own management approach. Read Now

Companies operating in the top quartile versus the bottom quartile of “real-time-ness” had more than 50 percent higher revenue growth and net margins—a huge premium. Read Now

Learn how managers can scale AI without breaking the bank. Read Now

Running a platform business is different from running a product business because it requires building an ecosystem of various constituents with differing interests. Here’s how Salesforce approached this. Read Now

Learn what principles to keep in mind to maximize the financial returns from your organization’s AI investments. Read Now

Determine the future-readiness of your workforce by means of skills inference. Read Now

Technology leaders are building and leveraging a digital enterprise capability for carbon emission reduction. Read Now

Design ecosystem governance to fit participants’ expectations regarding engagement to secure their trust and generate more ecosystem value. Read Now

As digital technologies have become pervasive in enterprises, demands and opportunities on tech leaders affect how they spend their time, and often expands their roles. Read Now

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

xTechs, small technology companies, are innovative and fast. This briefing explores how some large organizations engage with xTechs safely to leapfrog slower competitors. Read Now

The success of decentralized decision-making hinges on organizations having an ingrained and comprehensive organizational purpose. Read Now

A domain-oriented company helps serve a customer’s end-to-end need by focusing on customer outcomes—but such an orientation requires a big company-wide mindset change. Read Now

There is a world of difference between creating valuable benefits from data and turning those benefits into money. 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

Three actions counter resistance to change in digital business transformations emanating from organizational inertia. Read Now