MIT CISR

Ina Sebastian reads MIT CISR's June 2026 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill, Thomas Haskamp, and Jan vom Brocke. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2026_0601_AIDecisionMatrix_SebastianWeillHaskampVomBrocke. Abstract: One of the biggest challenges companies face today is designing decision rights between humans and AI. For example, sh...

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's May 2026 research briefing, which she co-authored with Hippolyte Lefebvre, Christine Legner, Nick van der Meulen, and Cynthia M. Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2026_0501_SemanticLayer_LefebvreWixomLegnerVandermeulenBeath_Audio. Abstract: A semantic layer is a system of technologies and techniques that organizes and ma...

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's April 2026 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2026_0401_DigitalColleagues_WeillWoerner. Abstract: Digital colleagues—AI-enabled systems that collaborate with humans to perform complex work—are rapidly transitioning from experimentation to an embedded enterprise ca...

Nick van der Meulen reads MIT CISR's March 2026 research briefing, which he co-authored with Jennifer Jewer and Nadège Levallet. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2026_0301_GenAIGovernance_VanderMeulenJewerLevallet. Abstract: Traditional technology governance assumes stable technologies, predictable consequences, and manageable demand. Generative AI (GenA...

Nils Fonstad reads MIT CISR's February 2026 research briefing, which he co-authored with Martin Mocker and Jukka Salonen. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2026_0201_LeadingDigitalInnovation_FonstadMockerSalonen_Audio. Abstract: To survive and thrive in volatile business conditions, organizations increasingly need digital innovation, the process of taking...

Nick van der Meulen reads MIT CISR's January 2026 research briefing, which he co-authored with Hippolyte Lefebvre and Barb Wixom. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2026_0101_GenerativeAIRisk_VanderMeulenLefebvreWixomLegner. Abstract: Generative AI (GenAI) risks have multiplied as organizations progress from GenAI tools and solutions to AI agents—amplified...

Alan Thorogood reads MIT CISR's December 2025 research briefing, which he co-authored with Stephanie Woerner. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_1201_EntITOperatingModels_ThorogoodWoerner. Abstract: Newer digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are blurring the lines between the IT function and business units, offering new approaches to t...

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's November 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Joaquin Rodriguez, Gabriele Piccoli, and Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_1101_DataLiquidityLevers_WixomRodriguezPiccoliBeath. Abstract: Organizations with big aspirations for leveraging AI technology increasingly need data assets with high data li...

Ina Sebastian reads MIT CISR's October 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill, Stephanie Woerner, and Gayan Benedict. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_1001_BizModelsAIEra_WeillSebastianWoernerBenedict. Abstract: MIT CISR anticipates that rapid advancements in AI will drive business model evolution over the next decade, and we...

Nick van der Meulen reads MIT CISR's September 2025 research briefing, which he co-authored with Ida Someh, Barb Wixom, and Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0901_DataDemocracy_VanderMeulenSomehWixomBeath. Abstract: Many organizations fail to realize value from their data investments, with only an average of 28 percent of employees dra...

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's August 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Ina Sebastian, Peter Weill, and Evgeny Káganer. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0801_EnterpriseAIMaturityUpdate_WoernerSebastianWeillKaganer. Abstract: Last year, MIT CISR introduced a four-stage enterprise AI maturity framework to help leaders identify how...

Martin Mocker reads MIT CISR's July 2025 research briefing, which he co-authored with Ina Sebastian. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0701_MonetizingExDPs_MockerSebastian. Abstract: To gain additional value from their digital platforms, some companies open them to external developers via APIs, thereby creating external developer platforms (ExDPs). M...

Ina Sebastian reads MIT CISR's June 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Stephanie Woerner and Peter Weill. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0601_ANZInstitutionalPlatformTransformation_SebastianWoernerWeill. Abstract: As business models become more AI-enabled, strategically designing, evolving, and reusing platforms that reflect a comp...

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's May 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0501_DigitalPlatformDesigns_WoernerWeill. Abstract: People use the term “digital platform” to mean lots of different things—an internal business capability, a business model, a technology, a business service, or a m...

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's April 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Nick van der Meulen and Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0401_DataProductMindset_WixomVanderMeulenBeath. Abstract: Today, by adopting a product mindset for data, organizations hold people accountable for the payoff of data investments over time. Data...

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's March 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill, Jennifer S. Banner, and James Moore. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0301_SavvyBoardsUpdate_WeillWoernerBannerMoore Abstract: In 2019, MIT CISR published findings from our research on the digital savviness of company boards that showed 24 percen...

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's February 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Nick van der Meulen and Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0201_DataMonetizationImpact_vanderMeulenWixomBeath. Abstract: While organizations generally recognize data’s potential to drive business value, many still struggle to realize substantial fina...

Ina Sebastian reads MIT CISR's January 2025 research briefing, which she co-authored with Stephanie Woerner, Peter Weill, and Daniel Woerner. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0101_DigitalSustainability_SebastianWoernerWeillWoerner. Abstract: Sustainability is a cost of doing business for many companies today—but it is also an opportunity for creatin...

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's December 2024 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill and Ina Sebastian. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_1201_EnterpriseAIMaturityModel_WeillWoernerSebastian. Abstract: With so much excitement and hype around AI, we pursued research that would help leaders make sense of the chaos and understand h...

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's November 2024 research briefing, which she co-authored with Cynthia Beath and Ja-Naé Duane. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_1101_HighPerformanceDataMonetization_WixomBeathDuane. Abstract: Top-performing organizations invest in three factors that amplify the financial impact of data monetization: CEO-level data leadership...

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's October 2024 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill, Chris Foglia, and Dorothea Gray. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_1001_MITCISR50Years_WeillWoernerFogliaGray. Abstract: This briefing celebrates the 50th anniversary of the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). For 50 years MIT CI...

Nick van der Meulen reads MIT CISR's September 2024 research briefing, which he co-authored with Barb Wixom. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0901_GenAI_VanderMeulenWixom. Abstract: As generative AI (GenAI) becomes more prevalent, organizations are implementing it in two distinct ways: as broadly applicable tools to enhance individual productivity,...

Peter Weill reads MIT CISR's August 2024 research briefing, which he co-authored with Elizabeth van den Berg, Jason Birnbaum, and Maxime de Planta. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0801_RealTimeBusiness_WeillvanderBergBirnbaumdePlanta. Abstract: In a study with Insight Partners, we found that companies operating in the top quartile versus the bottom...

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's July 2024 research briefing, which she co-authored with Ida Someh and Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0701_CemexScalingAI_WixomSomehBeath. Abstract: In recent years, large established organizations have been growing business value by increasing the volume of AI models they have in production, an activity w...

Martin Mocker reads MIT CISR's June 2024 research briefing, which he co-authored with Ina Sebastian. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0601_SalesforcePlatformBusiness_MockerSebastian. Abstract: Platform business models have become highly popular; they are used by half of the world’s ten largest companies by market capitalization. The challenge for es...