Our re­search

In our research, we investigate the behaviour of human and machine market participants in digital markets and its effects from an economic perspective. A connecting element of our diverse research is the existence of a (digital) platform through which market participants (e.g. customers) are brought together with other or similar market participants (e.g. sellers or other customers) and through which they can interact with each other. The market participants influence the platform (e.g. by contributing content in the form of product reviews) and are in turn influenced by the platform (e.g. through the design of the rating system) ...

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Re­search top­ics

Electronic Word of Mouth

Factors influencing and effects of Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM)

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Platform economy

Market behaviour on and effects of digital platforms

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Business model innovation

IT-based methods and tools to support business model innovation processes

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Re­search meth­ods

Observation data analysis

Econometric methods for testing causal relationships

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Online and field experiments

Active manipulation of online and offline environments

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Analytical modelling

Development of microeconomic models to predict market developments

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Taxonomies

Development and evaluation of taxonomies

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"The digital transformation affects everyone: Employers and employees, students and families, young and old. In the countryside and in the city. In the workshop next door and in large companies. This harbours great opportunities - but also challenges."

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Ak­tuelle Forschung­s­pro­jekte

Hierarchische Taxonomien und Taxonomievisualisierung: Methodische Erweiterungen für die Wirtschaftsinformatik

Taxonomien ermöglichen die systematische Klassifizierung von Objekten. Damit tragen sie dazu bei, dass bestehendes oder neu geschaffenes Wissen auf alle Objekte, die zu einer bestimmten Klasse gehören, übertragen werden kann. Die Bedeutung von Taxonomien für die Schaffung eines grundlegenden Verständnisses neuartiger Phänomene und als Ausgangspunkt ...

Duration: 04/2026 - 03/2028

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Robuste Planung der leitungsgebundenen Wärmeversorgung von Städten und Quartieren

Duration: 10/2025 - 09/2028

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FlexLabQuartier

Planned neighbourhood management that networks future technologies and integrates relevant stakeholders offers numerous synergy potentials for increasing energy efficiency, flexibility and resilience. The neighbourhood is manageable enough to mobilise local stakeholders and actively involve citizens in development processes.The FlexLabQuartier ...

Duration: 03/2024 - 02/2027

Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Meschede, Prof. Dr. Guido Schryen, Dr. Christoph Weskamp

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Aus­gezeich­nete Forschung

  • Best Research in Progress Award: Rehmer, L., Grieger, N., Trier, M., Kundisch, D. 2026. Can I Help to Explain That? A Conceptual Model Integrating Social Cognition and Intentional Stance Theories for Agentic XAI Design, in: Proceedings of the 21. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Linz, Österreich.
  • Best Paper Award Nominee: Müller, M., Neumann, J., 2023. Bring me my Meal on your Wheel - An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Food Delivery Platforms on Local Restaurant Employment, in: Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, USA.
  • Ranking der Wirtschaftswoche: Herr Kundisch belegt Platz 69 (von ca. 3.700 Forschenden) bei der Bewertung der Forschungsleistung zwischen 2018 bis 2022 und Platz 109 (von ca. 4.500 Forschenden) beim Lebenswerk-Ranking im Wirtschaftswoche-Ranking der forschungstärksten Betriebswirt*innen im deutschsprachigen Raum (erschienen im Dezember 2022). 
  • Best Reviewer Award: Maike Althaus erhält den Best Reviewer Award auf der International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2022, Kopenhagen (Track "Online Reviews and Recommendations").  

  • Dean's Young Scholar Research Award: Michelle Müller receives the Dean's Young Scholar Research Award 2022 of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University for the article "Müller, M., Neumann, J., Kundisch, D., 2022. P2P Rentals, Regulatory Policies, and Hosts' Cost Pass-Throughs. Journal of Management Information Systems, 39 (3), 834-864".

  • Best Research in Progress Paper Nomination: Vorbohle, C., Kundisch, D. 2022. Overcoming Silos: A Review of Business Model Modelling Languages for Business Ecosystems, in: Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Timioara, Romania.

  • Paper of the Year 2021 for paper published in Electronic Markets in 2020: Daniel Szopinski, Thorsten Schoormann, Thomas John, Ralf Knackstedt and Dennis Kundisch (2020). Software tools for business model innovation: current state and future challenges. Electronic Markets, 30(3), pp. 469-494.

  • Best Paper Award Nominee: Müller, M., Neumann, J., Kundisch, D. 2022. Dear Guests, please pay for my license - Analyzing the heterogenous cost-pass-through of commercial and non-commercial rental suppliers in response to regulatory policies, in: Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, USA.

  • Best Paper Award Nominee: Seutter, J., Müller, M., Müller, S., Kundisch, D. 2022. Moment or Movement - An Empirical Analysis of the Heterogeneous Impact of Media Attention on Charitable Crowdfunding Campaigns, in: Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, USA.

  • Best Short Paper Award Runner-Up: Müller, M., Seutter, J., Müller, S., Kundisch, D. 2021. Moment or Movement - An Empirical Analysis of the Heterogeneous Impact of Media Attention on Charitable Crowdfunding Campaigns, in: Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).

  • Best Reviewer Award Nominee: Daniel Szopinski at the 16th International Conference on Information Systems (WI2021).

  • Wirtschaftswoche ranking: Mr Kundisch is ranked 68th in the Wirtschaftswoche ranking of the most research-intensive business economists in German-speaking countries (published in December 2020). The research output of around 2,500 researchers was recorded.

  • TARGION Science Award: Dominik Gutt receives the TARGION - INTARGIA Science Award for Strategic Information Management and Digitisation 2020 for his doctoral dissertation.

  • Wirtschaftswoche ranking: Mr Kundisch takes 31st place in the Wirtschaftswoche ranking of the most research-intensive business economists in German-speaking countries (published in issue 4, 2019). The research output of around 2,500 researchers was recorded.

  • Doctoral dissertation award: Dominik Gutt receives the President's Award for outstanding doctoral dissertations 2019

  • Best Paper Award: Neumann, J., Gutt, D. 2019. Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune - Ambivalent Effects of Online Review Elicitation in B2B Markets, contribution at: Faculty Research Workshop of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University, Melle.

  • Dean's Young Scholar Research Award: Dominik Gutt receives the Dean's Young Scholar Research Award 2018 of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University for the contribution "Gutt, D., Herrmann, P., & Rahman, M. S. (2019). Crowd-driven competitive intelligence: Understanding the relationship between local market competition and online rating distributions." Information Systems Research, 30(3), 980-994.

  • Best Paper Award: Schlangenotto, D., Kundisch, D. 2017. Over-Paid Search: When Bricks-and-Mortar Retailers Should Not Use Paid Search, in: Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings, Extended Abstract, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

  • Award as a qualified project with the "Wir sind dabei" logo of KlimaExpo.NRW, 2015: "Innovative business models for the use of electric vehicles in commercial fleets (Pfleg!E-mobil)"

  • European Research Paper of the Year Award 2015 Nominee: Kundisch, D., Mittal, N., Nault, B. 2014. Using Income Accounting as the Theoretical Basis for Measuring IT Productivity. Information Systems Research, Research Commentary, 25 (3), 449-467.

  • Best Poster Award: Gutt, D. 2015. Sharing Means Caring- Hosts' Price Reactions to Rating Visibility, contribution at: Faculty Research Workshop of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University, Bad Arolsen.

  • Best Paper Award Nominee: Herrmann, P., Kundisch, D., Zimmermann, S., Nault, B. 2015. Different Sources of the Variance of Online Consumer Ratings and their Impact on Price and Demand, contribution at: INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Philadelphia, USA.

  • Best Video Award: Herrmann, P., Rahman, M. 2014. Exploring the Reelationship Between Local Market Structure and Digitised Customer Experience, contribution at: INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), San Francisco, USA.

  • AIS-Award for Best Paper of the Year in IS 2013 Nominee: Zimmermann, S., Katzmarzik, A., Kundisch, D. 2012. IT Sourcing Portfolio Management for IT Services Providers - An Approach for using Modern Portfolio Theory to allocate Software Development Projects to available Sites. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 43 (1), 24-45.

  • Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award Nominee: Kundisch, D., Sievers, M., Zoyke, A., Herrmann, P., Whittaker, M., Beutner, M., Fels, G., Reinhardt, W., Magenheim, J. 2012. Designing a Web-Based Application to Support Peer Instruction for Very Large Groups, in: Proceedings of the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), Research-in-Progress, Orlando, USA.

News pub­lic­a­tions

From mismatch to synergy: how new ventures and family-owned firms navigate cooperation

D. Kundisch, A. Wilms, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 33 (2026) 49–71.

DOI

Issues in Taxonomies and Taxonomy Development

R.C. Nickerson, U. Varshney, J. Muntermann, D. Kundisch, in: Proceedings of the 32nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2026), Technology Research, Education, and Opinion (TREO) Talk, n.d.


Updating at the Expense of Demand? The Case of Platform Apps

W. Jabr, D. Gutt, J. Neumann, D. Kundisch, Information Systems and E-Business Management (2026).

DOI https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10257-026-00723-y?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20260531&utm_content=10.1007/s10257-026-00723-y

Business Model Prototyping and Evaluation from an Ecosystem Perspective: An Actor-based Modeling Framework for Using System Dynamics

C. Ksouri-Gerwien, C. Vorbohle, Information Systems and E-Business Management (2026).


DiSerHub Startet in die zweite Phase – Digitale Transformation für die Automobilindustrie

D. Kundisch, DiSerHub Startet in die zweite Phase – Digitale Transformation für die Automobilindustrie, 2026.


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Re­search with stu­dents

We consistently follow an inquiry-based learning approach in all our modules – at both Bachelor’s and Master’s level. Furthermore, we endeavour to integrate our students into the academic community at an early stage. The following list contains all the Chair’s publications at conferences and in journals involving students from our faculty (the students’ names amongst the authors are shown in italics). We would like to congratulate these students most warmly on their outstanding publication achievements!

Hansmeier, L., Grieger, N., Kundisch, D. 2026. Mind the Gender Pitch Gap – The Effect of Regulatory Focus and Tense Orientation on Startup Funding, in: Proceedings of the 21. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Student Track.

Grieger, N., Seutter, J., Kundisch, D. 2022. A Rollercoaster of Emotions – A Semantic Analysis of Fundraising Campaigns over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in: Proceedings of the 28th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Minneapolis, USA.

Grieger, N., Seutter, J., Kundisch, D. 2022. Rollercoaster of Emotions – A Semantic Analysis of Fundraising Campaigns over the Course of the Covid-19 Pandemic, contribution at: 17. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik 2022 (WI), Student Track.

Althaus, M., Müller, S., Kundisch, D., 2021. What Price Culture? – A Taxonomy of Entry Pricing Policies at Museums, contribution at: 21st International Conference on Cultural Economics (ACEI2020).

Müller, M., Gutt, D. 2019. Heart over Heels? An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Emotions and Review Helpfulness for Experience and Credence Goods, in: Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings 2019, Research-in-Progress, Siegen, Germany.

Görzen, T., Laux, F. 2018. Extracting the Wisdom from the Crowd: A Comparison of Approaches to Aggregating Collective Intelligence, in: Tagungsband der Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018 (MKWI), Lüneburg, Germany.

Müller, M., Gutt, D., Neumann, J. 2018. Beschreib mir deine Wohnung und ich sag' dir wer du bist - Eine explorative Analyse von Gastgeberpersönlichkeiten auf Airbnb, in: Tagungsband der Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018 (MKWI), Student Track, Lüneburg, Germany.

Piasecki, D., Schlangenotto, D. 2018. Can Companies Freeride on Public Interest Events? The Effect of Peak Days on Paid Search Advertising during the UEFA Euro 2016, Contribution at: Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018 (MKWI), Student Track, Poster, Lüneburg, Germany.

Meier, C., Kundisch, D., Willeke, J. 2017. Is it Worth the Effort? - A Decision Model to Evaluate Resource Interactions in IS Project Portfolios. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 59 (2), 81-95.

John, T., Feldotto, M., Hemsen, P., Klingsieck, K., Kundisch, D., Langendorf, M. 2017. Towards a Lean Approach to Gamifying Education, in: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Research-in-Progress, Guimarães, Portugal.

Neumann, J., Gutt, D. 2017. A Homeowner's Guide to Airbnb: Theory and Empirical Evidence for Optimal Pricing Conditional on Online Ratings, in: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Guimarães, Portugal.

Bach, C., Kundisch, D., Neumann, J., Schlangenotto, D., Whittaker, M. 2016. Dokumentenorientierte NoSQL-Datenbanken in skalierbaren Webanwendungen - Eine Analyse am Beispiel von MongoDB und der Webanwendung PINGO. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 53 (4), 486-498.

Strotmeyer, S., John, T., Kundisch, D. 2016. Vergleichende Betrachtung von Software-Werkzeugen zur Geschäftsmodellentwicklung, contribution at: Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2016 (MKWI), Student Track, Ilmenau, Germany.

Kundisch, D., Herrmann, P., Whittaker, M., Neumann, J., Magenheim, J., Reinhardt, W., Beutner, M., Zoyke, A. 2013. Designing a Web-Based Classroom Response System, in: Proceedings of the Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies 2013 (DESRIST), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer.

Beutner, M., Zoyke, A., Kundisch, D., Herrmann, P., Whittaker, M., Magenheim, J., Reinhardt, W. 2012. PINGO - Umsetzung von E-Learning in der Hochschule in Adaption und Weiterentwicklung des Peer Instruction Ansatzes - Didaktische und organisatorische Reflexion der Studierendenaktivierung in Lehrveranstaltungen. Kölner Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Pädagogik (KWP), 27 (53), 3-52.

Magenheim, J., Reinhardt, W., Kundisch, D., Herrmann, P., Whittaker, M., Beutner, M., Zoyke, A. 2012. Einsatz mobiler Endgeräte zur Verbesserung der Lehrqualität in Großveranstaltungen, in: Tagungsband zum E-Learning Symposium 2012, Potsdam, Germany.

Kundisch, D., Sievers, M., Zoyke, A., Herrmann, P., Whittaker, M., Beutner, M., Fels, G., Reinhardt, W., Magenheim, J. 2012. Designing a Web-Based Application to Support Peer Instruction for Very Large Groups, in: Proceedings of the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), Research-in-Progress, Orlando, USA. Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award Nominee

John, T., Kundisch, D., Kammann, J., Sauerland, T. 2012. Research on electric mobility in Germany: A systematic review of publicly funded projects, in: Proceedings of the European Electric Vehicle Congress (EEVC), Brussels, Belgium.

Bohn, N., Rabhi, F., Kundisch, D., Yao, L., Mutter, T. 2012. Towards Automated Event Studies Using High Frequency News And Trading Data, in: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Enterprise Applications, Markets and Services in the Finance Industry (FinanceCom), Barcelona, Spain.