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The Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) conducts field-based research on issues related to the management and use of information technology (IT) in complex organizations. Established at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1974, our mission is to develop concepts and frameworks to help executives address the IT-related challenges of leading increasingly dynamic, global, and information-intensive organizations. The relevance of our research is ensured by the active participation of corporate sponsors from a range of industries. Research results are disseminated primarily through working papers, research briefings, an annual conference, and sponsor forums.
PUBLICATION SPOTLIGHT
“Chevron: Outsourcing Commodity Processes in a Commodity Business,” authored by Cynthia Beath of the University of Texas, Austin and Jeanne W. Ross of MIT Sloan CISR, describes how Chevron learned to identify appropriate
outsourcing opportunities and how the IT unit—and managers of IT-enabled processes—incrementally built skills around architecture, integration, and vendor management to enable the
company to benefit from outsourcing opportunities. Access the working paper.
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IT Risk: Turning Business Threats Into Competitive Advantage, co-authored by George Westerman, is listed as one of the best books of 2007 by CIO Insight Magazine. More information.
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