Nikolaus Obwegeser

Nikolaus Obwegeser is head of the institute for Digital Technology Management at the Business School of the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland. Prior to his current role, he was Associate Director at the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. His areas of expertise include digital business transformation, innovation, and information systems. Nikolaus holds a PhD degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and received his tenure as Associate Professor for Information Systems at Aarhus University, Denmark. His recent works are published in various academic and practitioner outlets, including MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Systems and Software, and Technovation. Nikolaus regularly provides advisory and consulting services for public and private organizations in the area of digital business transformation.

Specialisations

• Digital Transformation
• Digital Innovation
• Agile Methods and Tools
• Information Systems Development
• Educational Technology

Education

• 2008-2011 Ph.D. - Information Business Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
• 2003-2007 Mag. (FH) - Projektmanagement und IT University of Applied Sciences bfi Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Professional experience

• 2019-2021 Research Fellow, Associate Director IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2013-2019 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
• 2012-2013 Scientific Project Manager European Business School (EBS University), Wiesbaden, Germany
• 2011-2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
• 2008-2011 Research Associate, Doctoral Student Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

Language skills

• German - Native or bilingual proficiency
• English - Full professional proficiency
• Danish - Professional working proficiency
• French - Limited working proficiency

Selected Publications

• Wade, Michael; Bonnet, Didier; Yokoi, Tomoko; Obwegeser, Nikolaus (2021). Hacking Digital: Best Practices to Implement and Accelerate Your Business Transformation New York: McGraw-Hill

• Papadopoulos, Pantelis M.; Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Weinberger, Armin (2021). Let me explain! The effects of writing and reading shortjustifications on students' performance, confidence andopinions in audience response systems Journal of Computer Assisted Learning John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Rønnow, Henrik M.; Yokoi, Tomoko (2021). Bespoke open databases would be cheaper and easier to analyse Nature, 596(7872), p. 343.

• Yokoi, Tomoko; Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Beretta, Michela (2021). Crisis Innovation: Leveraging Virtual Hackathons for Rapid Ideation IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, pp. 1-13.

• Hron, Michal; Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Müller, Sune Dueholm (2021). Innovation drift: the influence of digital artefacts on organizing for innovation Innovation: Organization & Management, pp. 1-33. Taylor & Francis

• Papadopoulos, Pantelis M.; Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Weinberger, Armin (2021). Concurrent and Retrospective Metacognitive Judgements as Feedback in Audience Response Systems: Impact on Performance and Self-Assessment Accuracy Computers and Education Open, 2, p. 100046. Elsevier

• Raff, Stefan; Wentzel, Daniel; Obwegeser, Nikolaus (2020). Smart Products: Conceptual Review, Synthesis, and Research Directions Journal of Product Innovation Management, 37(5), pp. 379-404. Wiley

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Arenfeldt, Katrine; Dam, Amalie Corty; Fenger, Kim Harder; Silkjaer, Johan Vang (2020). Aligning drivers, contractual governance, and relationship management of IT-outsourcing initiatives Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, 22(1), pp. 40-66. Taylor & Francis

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Nielsen, Daniel T.; Spandet, Nicklas M. (2019). Continual Process Improvement for ITIL Service Operations: A Lean Perspective Information Systems Management, 36(2), pp. 141-167. Taylor & Francis Online

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Danielsen, Peter; Hansen, Kenneth Sandfeld; Helt, Mads Aa.; Nielsen, Lasse Holm (2019). Selection and training of super-users for ERP implementation projects Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, 21(2), pp. 74-89. Taylor & Francis Online

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Müller, Sune Dueholm (2018). Innovation and public procurement: Terminology, concepts, and applications Technovation, 74-75, pp. 1-17. Elsevier

• Papadopoulos, Pantelis M.; Natsis, Antonis; Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Weinberger, Armin (2018). Enriching feedback in audience response systems: Analysis and implications of objective and subjective metrics on students' performance and attitudes Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 35(2), pp. 305-316.

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Bauer, Stefan (2016). Digital Innovation and the Becoming of an Organizational Identity In: HCIBGO 2016: HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations: eCommerce and Innovation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 9751 (pp. 556-564). Cham: Springer International Publishing

• Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Bauer, Stefan (2016). Digital Innovation and the Becoming of an Organizational Identity In: HCIBGO 2016: HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations: eCommerce and Innovation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 9751 (pp. 556-564). Cham: Springer International Publishing

• Bernroider, Edward; Obwegeser, Nikolaus; Stix, Volker (2011). Analysis of heuristic validity, efficiency and applicability of the profile distance method for implementation in decision support systems Computers & Operations Research, 38(5), pp. 816-823. Elsevier