The discussion paper "Software-defined Business – Implications for IT Management" which I co-authored together with Rainer Alt, Jan Marco Leimeister, Thomas Priemuth, Stephan Sachse and Nico Wunderlich has been pubslished in  Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE) (online first).

I received the Best Paper Award 2019 from transfer – Zeitschrift für Werbung, Kommunikation und Markenführung for my article "Die Digitalisierung des Marketings – Wie innovative Technologien die Marktkommunikation verändern" (The digitalization of marketing – How innovative technologies change market communication).

In the context of our research project InDEED, we held a blockchain webinar covering fundamentals, applications, and advancements of the technology (in German).

The whitepaper "The Advance of the Machines – Vision and Implications of a Machine Economy" (so far only available in German) elucidates the opportunities offered by the combination of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain technology. The convergence of these technologies enables machines to act autonomously in economic processes. The whitepaper analyzes the vision of such a machine economy, explicates its implications for companies, and makes it tangible by means of three use cases.

As of October 1st, 2020, I will take over a new responsibility at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences where I will hold the professorship of Information Systems, especially Digital Business & Mobility. After more than seven memorable and fantastic years at the University of Bayreuth, I have decided to stop commuting several hours per week and to work in Frankfurt where I live with my family since several years.

At the same time, I am pleased to remain in the management team of the Project Group Business and Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT as well as the FIM Research Center. Together with my team in Bayreuth, I will continue my work in the research fields of strategic IT management, digital transformation, managing AI, and blockchain. Further, I will maintain my close collaboration with the University of Bayreuth in several initiatives and research projects.

Leaving the Faculty of Law, Business and Economics at the University of Bayreuth with its fantastic colleagues was quite a tough decision. Thanks to its president, Stefan Leible, the University of Bayreuth with its increasing focus on entrepreneurship and digitalization topics has developed into a very vibrant and innovative place with fantastic opportunities especially for young researchers. Furthermore, developing the information systems group in Bayreuth together with Torsten Eymann, Max Röglinger and Gilbert Fridgen into one of Germany’s IS hotspots was quite a rewarding journey.

Now, I am very much looking forward to the new challenges and experiences in Frankfurt as well as the continued cooperation with my existing partners!

This week, I gave the opening keynote talk on DLT in mobility and logistics at Blockchain 2020 organized by the Finanz & Wirtschafts Forum. The event took place at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut in Rütschlikon/Zurich, Switzerland.

We are pleased that our Electronic Markets article "Investigating the co-creation of IT consulting service value: empirical findings of a matched pair analysis" has been published online (Open Access).

As of today I am part of the Transformation Think Tank! As a member of the Advisory Council @WARGITSCH TRANFORMATION ENGINEERS I am looking forward to interdisciplinary and inspiring exchange in order to make transformation initiatives successful.

We published a white paper about our blockchain project in cooperation with the National Association of Notaries and the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice.

Our Blockchain project in cooperation with the National Association of Notaries and the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice has been awarded with the “Innovationspreis Reallabore” by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy.