Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess

Curriculum Vitae

• Born in 1967 in Darmstadt, Germany
• "Diplom" in Information Systems from the Darmstadt University of Technology in 1992
• Doctorate in Economics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1995 including a research period at the Nanyang University of Singapore
• Assistant to the Board of Bertelsmann in 1996 and 1997
• Taskgroup-supervisor at the Institute for Information Systems at the University of Göttingen (1998-2001); interim professor at the University of Augsburg during the summer term 2001
• Habilitation at the University of Göttingen in 2001
• Full Professor for Information Systems & Management and Director of the Institute for Digital Management and New Media (prev. Institute for Information Systems and New Media) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) since 2001
• Rejected a proposal for a chair at the University of Mannheim (2004)
• Visiting Professor at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration (spring 2004)
• Dean of the Munich School of Management at Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich (2008-2011), Chairman of the Business Information Systems Research Committee from 2011 to 2013
• Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 2017
• Co-editor (and others) of the journals: Journal of Management Information Systems, Electronic Markets as well as MISQ Executive and MedienWirtschaft
• Founder and member of the board of directors of BIDT, founder and member of the board of IBC e.V., member of the board of directors of Münchner Kreis
• Consultant and member of a supervisory board with main focus on media management, ICT industry and information management

Research Focus

• Management of Digital Change
• Data-based Business Concepts
• Digital Media Companies

Selected Publications

• Bründl, S. ; Matt, C.; Hess, T. ; Engert, S. (2022)
  How Synchronous Participation Affects the Willingness to Subscribe to Social Live Streaming Services: The Role of Co-Interactive Behavior on Twitch
  published in: European Journal of Information Systems,
• Hess, T. (2022, 2nd edition)
  Digitale Transformation strategisch steuern. Vom Zufallstreffer zum systematischen Vorgehen.
  published in: Springer Fachmedien
• Chanias, S.; Myers, M.; Hess, T. (2019)
  Digital transformation strategy making in pre-digital organizations: The case of a financial services provider
  published in: Journal of Strategic Information Systems (28:1), pp. 17-33.
• Singh, A.; Hess, T. (2017)
  How Chief Digital Officers Promote the Digital Transformation of Their Companies
  published in: MIS Quarterly Executive (16:1), pp. 1-17.
• Berger, B.; Matt, C.; Steininger, D. M.; Hess, T. (2015)
  It Is Not Just About Competition with “Free”: Differences Between Content Formats in Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay
  published in: Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) (32:3), pp. 105-128.
  

Publications Overview