The MISRC is the showcase for the research activities of the faculty and doctoral students of the Information and Decision Sciences (IDSc) department, and its research projects, and visiting faculty and research associates. The research is aimed at creating new managerial knowledge involving the application of information systems and information technologies to form the core strategic, operational and infrastructure capabilities of firms and markets.

The MISRC's primary activities involve the MISRC Working Paper Series, recurring topical Research Symposia, Friday Research Workshops, and Research Projects that reflect the primary interests and capabilities of the IDSc faculty in research.

During the 2004-2005 academic year, the MIS Research Center will launch two new Research Roundtable events aimed at revealing new insights on leading issues that were suggested by the main representatives of the MISRC member firms.

The IDSc Department and faculty research covers a number of different research areas, including:

• Technology-focused, technical and design science research;
• Information, decision making and decision sciences-related research;
• Economics of IS and IT and electronic commerce, and management science research involving technology and the various academic disciplines represented in schools of management;
• Strategy and technology, organizational issues and behavioral IS research.

Taken together, these research areas are representative of the strategic directions of the IDSc Department in its research and its teaching: IS TIES -- for Technology, Information, Economics and Strategy. This strategy is intended to articulate a vision for the department's key activities. They are related to IS and IT first, but also tie into the various academic disciplines represented in schools of management and industry. The strategy is also intended to distinguish and build upon the areas of the faculty's high competency in research.