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MIT CISR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Designing an Organization for High Data Liquidity

Information Technologies; Data, AI, and Analytics; Data Monetization; Organizational Structure and Agility; Enterprise Architecture

Big organizations, especially those with big aspirations for leveraging AI technology, increasingly need data assets with high data liquidity (i.e., ease of data asset reuse and recombination) to achieve their aims. However, developing and fully exploiting liquid data assets requires significant changes to data architecture, development processes, operations, and organizational design. Further, effectively managing liquid data assets requires that organizations learn how to measure and realize value from data assets and establish adaptable data asset management practices.

Research questions we will pursue include:

  • How can organizational design enable the establishment of data liquidity management practices and processes?
  • What are the current states of data liquidity investments and outcomes in organizations?
  • What management practices help organizations effectively build liquid data assets?

This study will rely on a large-scale case study of a global manufacturing organization that has learned over time how to successfully build and monetize liquid data assets as a part of the organization’s standard operations. Additionally, the study will analyze data from a 2024 MIT CISR survey of 349 executives who understand their organization’s data monetization investments and outcomes. The analysis will identify the current states in organizations of data asset experience, digital data assets, data liquidity investments, and data asset reuse and recombination.

SEEKING: We are seeking executives who will react and contribute to insights during the analysis phase of the project.

CONTACT: Barb Wixom

RESEARCH TEAM

Barbara H. Wixom, Principal Research Scientist

Barbara’s academic research explores how organizations generate business value from data assets. Barbara enjoys deep expertise in data and analytics techniques and technologies, with particular interest in data and analytics strategy, capabilities, and success.

Gabriele Piccoli, Professor

Gabriele is the Edward G. Schlieder Chair of Information Sciences and a member of the Cultural Computing group at the Center for Computation and Technology at Louisiana State University. He is also on the faculty of the University of Pavia (Italy) and an MIT CISR academic research fellow. Gabe's interests are centered on digital strategic initiatives and digital strategy. He focuses on the use of information systems to create and appropriate economic value, and in enabling digital customer experiences.

Joaquin Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Information Systems

Joaquin is an assistant professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France and an MIT CISR academic research fellow. His research interest is in strategic information systems, investigating how firms competing within platform ecosystems can achieve and sustain superior performance. 

Nick van der Meulen, Research Scientist

Nick’s work centers on how companies need to organize themselves differently in the face of continuous technological change. Nick is passionate about separating hype from reality using quantitative data, while also studying the complexity of business practice through in-depth case studies.

Cynthia M. Beath, Professor Emerita and Researcher

Cynthia is a professor emerita at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin and an MIT CISR academic research fellow. Her research interests include the study of how organizations redesign themselves for the digital era and how they get value from data assets.

Ida A. Someh, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems

Ida is a senior lecturer at the UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia and an MIT CISR academic research fellow. Her research focuses on organizational and societal impact of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

 

 

MIT CISR research is funded by the more than seventy-five member organizations that support our work and participate in our consortium. 

MIT CISR Patrons
AlixPartners
Avanade
Cognizant
Collibra
IFS
The Ogilvy Group
MIT CISR Sponsors
Alcon Vision
Amcor
ANZ Banking Group (Australia)
AustralianSuper
Banco Bradesco S.A. (Brazil)
Banco do Brasil S.A.
Bank of Queensland (Australia)
Barclays (UK)
BlueScope Steel (Australia)
BNP Paribas (France)
Bupa
CarMax
Caterpillar, Inc.
Cemex (Mexico)
Cencora
CIBC (Canada)
Cochlear Limited (Australia)
Commonwealth Superannuation Corp. (Australia)
Cuscal Limited (Australia)
CVS Health
Dawn Foods
DBS Bank Ltd. (Singapore)
Doosan Corporation (Korea)
Fidelity Investments
Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B., de C.V.
Fortum (Finland)
Genentech
Gilbane Building Co.
International Motors
Jewelers Mutual
Kaiser Permanente
Keurig Dr Pepper
King & Wood Mallesons (Australia)
Mater Private Hospital (Ireland)
Nasdaq, Inc.
NN Insurance Eurasia NV
Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Japan)
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Systems Consulting Division (Japan)
Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark)
OCP Group
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Pentagon Federal Credit Union
Posten Bring AS (Norway)
Principal Life Insurance Company
QBE
Ramsay Health Care (Australia)
Reserve Bank of Australia
RTX
Saint-Gobain
Scentre Group Limited (Australia)
Schneider Electric Industries SAS (France)
Tabcorp Holdings (Australia)
Telstra Limited (Australia)
Terumo Corporation (Japan)
Tetra Pak (Sweden)
Truist Financial Corporation
UniSuper Management Pty Ltd (Australia)
Uniting (Australia)
USAA
Vanguard
Westpac Banking Corporation (Australia)
WestRock Company
Xenco Medical
Zoetis Services LLC

MIT CISR Associate Members

MIT CISR wishes to thank all of our associate members for their support and contributions.

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