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Keynote Speakers
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Professor Vallabh Sambamurthy
Eli Broad Professor of Information TechnologyExecutive Director, Center for Leadership of the Digital EntrepriseMichigan State University Editor-in-Chief Information Systems Research
Samba is widely known for his work on how firms leverage information technologies in their business strategies, products, services, and organizational processes. His outstanding research record includes numerous publications in premier journals in the field such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Management Science, and Decision Sciences. Samba has served on the editorial boards of MIS Quarterly, the Journal of Strategic Information Systems and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. |
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Abstract:
The Frontiers of Information Systems Research: Promising Directions and Opportunities
Information systems researchers have studied phenomena related to the convergence of information technologies and individual, organizational, societal, and economic behaviors. The strength of the information systems disciplines lies in its plurality of perspectives related to the technical, economic, behavioral, and strategic aspects of information systems. As significant changes occur in the nature of the information technologies, they are catalyzing digital transformations. This presentation will highlight some of the promising research directions and opportunities presented by the contemporary digital transformations in individual behavior, organizational design, strategy, and performance, and societal structures. These research opportunities not only extend the boundaries of the information systems discipline, but they also represent a vigorous research agenda for impacting scholarly understanding and practice. |
Professor Peter Weill
Chairman and Senior Research Scientist
MIT, Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)
Peter’s work centers on the role, value and governance of IT in enterprises. Peter joined the Sloan faculty in 2000 to become director of MIT Sloan’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). MIT CISR is funded by sixty-five corporate sponsors and patrons, and undertakes practical research on how firms generate business value from IT. Peter is now Chairman of MIT CISR and focused on globalizing MIT CISR research and delivery.
In 2008 Ziff-Davis recognized Peter as # 24 of “Top 100 Most Influential People in IT”. Peter has written award-winning books, journal articles, and case studies. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, ISR, MIS Quarterly and the Wall Street Journal and he has been an associate editor of Information Systems Research and MIQ Quarterly.
Peter has coauthored books published by Harvard Business School Press entitled: “Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution” (2006), “IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results” (2004), and “Leveraging the New Infrastructure: How market leaders capitalize on information technology” (1998). Peter’s coauthored book “Place to Space: Migrating to eBusiness Models”, (2001) won one of the Library Journal of America’s best business book of the year awards and was reviewed by the New York Times.
Peter’s new book with Jeanne Ross is “IT Savvy: what top executives must know to go from pain to gain” was published by HBS Press in June 2009. Peter presents executive and MBA programs on the business value of IT and in 2007 Peter received a MIT Sloan “Outstanding Teacher” award.
Before joining Sloan, Peter was Foundation Professor and Chair of Management (Information Systems) and a member of the Board of Directors of MBS. Peter continues his association as an MBS Professorial Fellow. In May 2009 Peter conducted a workshop on “IT Savvy” at Bill Gate’s CEO Summit.
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Abstract:
Research to impact managers: the MIT CISR Experience
A lot has changed since we gathered for the first ACIS in 1990. Then we were focused on what kind of research would be needed in a world that was in the early stages of digitization. Now IT is everywhere but also more and more dispersed both in enterprises and in university curricula. The challenge for most IS faculty is to do research that is impactful, publishable and differentiated around how enterprises can operate digitally and effectively. The MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) has been trying to walk that tightrope since 1974. In this session I will describe our business model, some research projects and findings and the lessons learned in that journey. |
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