Bio
Trained in economics and business administration in Germany, I work at the interface between information systems and organization theory. I received a doctorate in economics and business administration from the University of Wuppertal with a thesis on the economic analysis of standardization processes and earned a post-doctorate degree ("venia legendi") at the University of Bremen with a thesis on IT Management. From September 1998 to August 2003 I worked as a Visiting Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Since September 2003 I work as a Full Professor of Information Systems at RWTH Aachen University in the Faculty of Business and Economics where I head the Research Group on Electronic Business. My fields of interest cover inter-organizational information systems (electronic data interchange, electronic markets), enterprise systems implementation, and issues of information systems standardization.
