Nick van der Meulen

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Dr. Nick van der Meulen is a Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR). He conducts academic research that targets the challenges of senior level executives at MIT CISR's nearly 100 global sponsor companies, with a specific interest in how companies need to organize themselves differently in the face of continuous technological change. His work on digital workplaces and the employee experience resulted in a range of academic and industry publications, in outlets such as the Journal of Information Technology, MIS Quarterly Executive, and the European Business Review. Currently, he examines how decision rights are changing in the context of digital business transformation.

Nick earned his PhD in Business and Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Prior to joining MIT CISR, he was a faculty member at the University of Amsterdam.

Publications

"Digital in the Driver’s Seat: Accelerating Toyota’s Transformation to Mobility Services."

van der Meulen, Nick, John G. Mooney and Cynthia M. Beath, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6784-22. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, April 2022.

"Mars' Recipe for Creating Value One Hundred Times Faster."

Van der Meulen, Nick, and Cynthia M. Beath, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6780-21. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, July 2021.

"Digital Transformation at KPN: Navigating Organizational Disruption."

van der Meulen, Nick, Peter Weill, and Stephanie L. Woerner, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6760-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, August 2018.

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Barb Wixom and MIT CISR on managing data like a product

In a recent research brief, principal research scientist Barbara Wixom, research scientist Nick van der Meulen, and co-author emphasized the importance of distinguishing between two types of data products: Data assets and data solutions. While both types require a product management mindset their performance metrics differ. "Asset owners think in terms of reuse and internal market development," says Wixom. "Solution owners think about cost, margin and actual dollar value."

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