The DMIS concentration investigates the business and managerial implications of technologies and how they redefine organizations and society. From Generative AI and the future of work to platforms, fintech, blockchain, analytics, and data, faculty in ESSEC’s Information Systems group conduct research on a variety of current topics, examining the governance, impact, and diffusion of emerging technologies with both breadth and depth. The group has been consistently ranked among the top schools in the research rankings of the Association for Information Systems, and our graduates pursue research-intensive academic careers at leading universities worldwide and contribute to evidence-based practice and policy.
The Digitalization and Management Information Systems concentration’s training combines theory-building with methodological range that deploys fieldwork and qualitative analyses; computational and data-science techniques; as well as design science for creating and evaluating artifacts. The concentration equips students with the necessary skills to pursue leading academic careers, and emphasizes close collaboration with our core faculty from day one, where students learn to frame novel research questions, investigate and analyze complex data, as well as communicate their findings for research and practical impact.
Members of the IS group (currently twelve core faculty) that serve as advisors to admitted students employ a variety of research methods and regularly publish their work and serve as editorial board members in premier journals including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Information Technology, Decision Support Systems, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Organization Studies. In addition, they have received numerous best paper, best dissertation, best editor, best case, career awards, as well as best “40 under 40 MBA professors” honors.
Research topics of interest include:
• Business, Organizational, Managerial, and Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain
• Digital Business, Innovation, Transformation, Future of Work, and IS Strategy
• Processes of IS Change
• IS Design, Implementation, & Use
• Data & Society, Data Governance & Analytics
• Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, Ecosystems, Social Movements, and E-Government
• Sustainable IS
Core Courses (Representative):
- Digital Business Research
- Disciplinary Foundations of Management
- Qualitative Research Methods in Management
- Quantitative Research Methods in Management
- Research Design
Elective Courses (Representative):
- Technology Management and New Product Development
- Creativity and Innovation Management
- Network Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Entrepreneurship
- Corporate and Non-Market Strategy
- Experimental Methods
- Philosophy of Sciences
- Decision Theory
- Identity Processes in Individuals, Groups and Organizations
- Fundamental Readings and Theories in Management Contro
Representative Academic Placements — Digitalization & MIS Concentration:
