Armin Heinzl

Chairperson and Full Professor at University of Mannheim

Biography

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Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl ist seit 2002 Inhaber des Lehr­stuhls für Allgemeine Betriebs­wirtschafts­lehre und Wirtschafts­informatik an der Universität Mannheim. Zwischen 1996 und 2002 hatte er den Lehr­stuhl für Betriebs­wirtschafts­lehre, insbesondere Wirtschafts­informatik an der Universität Bayreuth inne.

Er beschäftigt sich mit den Eigenschaften von Informations- und Kommunikations­technologien und deren Aus­wirkungen auf Aufgabenträger, Prozesse, Plattformen sowie Organisationen. Dabei versucht er nicht nur bestehende Theorien durch empirische Untersuchungen zu verbessern, sondern neue Technologien auf der Basis empirischer Er­kenntnisse zielgerichteter zu gestalten.

Research Interest

  • Digital Innovation (Platform Ecosystems, Agile Methodologies, and Conversational Agents)
  • Health Care IT (Mobile Health Applications, AI-driven Decision Automation and Augmentation)
  • IT Outsourcing and Cloud Computing

Teaching

  • Digital Innovation
  • IT Management in the Digital Age
  • Integrated Information Systems
  • Introduction to Business Informatics
  • Epistemological Foundations of Information Systems Research

Awards

  • 2021: ICIS 2021 Best Paper Award for “Feedback Messages During Goal Pursuit: The Dynamic Impact on mHealth Use“ (in cooperation with Dr. Monica Fallon, Konstantin Schmidt, Dr. Okan Aydingül)
  • 2021: The scholary article “Chatbots often Fail! Can Anthropomorphic Design Mitigate Trust Loss In Conversational Agents for Customer Service?” (together with Anna-Maria Seeger) has been distinguished with the Claudio Ciborra Award (Runners Up) at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2021
  • 2018: Information Systems Research Best Paper Award 2018 for the scholarly article „Does Platform Owner’s Entry Crowd Out Innovation? – Evidence from Google Photos“ (together with Förderer, J.; Kude, T.; and Mithas, S.)
  • 2015: Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting best paper notification for “Disciplined Autonomy and Innovation Effectiveness: The Role of Team Efficacy and Task Volatility” (together with Schmidt, C., Kude, T., Mithas, S.)
  • 2008: Best Information Systems article during the past 50 years for “Outsourcing der Informationsverarbeitung im Mittelstand: Test eines multitheoretischen Kausalmodells” in Journal WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK (together with Jens Dibbern)
  • 2001: Best Paper Award for the essay “A Conceptual Approach for Simultaneous Flight Schedule Construction with Genetic Algorithms” at the Second European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Aerospace (Evoflight), Como, Italy, 18.- 20. April 2001 (together with T. Grosche and F. Rothlauf)
  • 1993: Disseration award from the Association for Organization (Gesellschaft für Organisation (GfürO))
  • 1983–1987: Scholarship from the Organization of Young Talent of the H.F. & PH.F. Reemtsma GmbH & Co, Hamburg

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