Dr. Bernd Schenk
- Deputy Head of the Institute
- Institute of Information Systems
- Senior Lecturer
- Hilti Chair of Business Process Management
- Academic Director (of Programme)
- BSc in Business Administration
- Current Activity
- The core research interests of Bernd Schenk are Serviceoriented Architectures (SOA), Enterprise Systems (ES) and Business Process Management (BPM).
Bernd Schenk is academic director of the bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration and deputy head of the Institute of Information Systems. He is a member of the standing committee for further education and coordinator for SAP University Alliance activities.
He is a lecturer in the bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration and in the master's degree programme Information Systems. Furthermore, he is part of the further education activities in the field of Digital Transformation / Smart Manufacturing, the CC-Initiative, and the Liechtenstein Chapter of the AIS (LCAIS).
Bernd's research has been published in several conference proceedings, including the American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) and the International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS).
Office hours: by appointment, plesae contact our administration office (wirtschaftsinformatik@uni.li).
Thesis Topics for Students
I am open to discuss any topics related to the area of ERP and BI systems, SOA, web service technology, and e-commerce as a possible topic of your bachelor's/master's thesis. Please prepare a short description (one-pager) as a starting point for a discussion during my office hours.
- Education
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2004 — 2009
PhD (Doctor rerum socialium oeconomicarumque)
Institute for Management Information Systems, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.
Title of doctoral thesis: "Modifications of the implementation process caused by intensive modularisation of ERP systems by means of web services for companies in the retail sector"
Supervisor: em. Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Robert Hansen -
1998 — 2003
Master of Science in Business Administration (Magister rerum socialium oeconomicarumque)
University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Social and Economic Science, Austria.
Specialization in Information Systems and Marketing. -
1993 — 1998
Industrial Engineer (Ingenieur)
Technical College for Textile Industry, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dornbirn, Austria - Visiting Academic
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2016
Guest lecturer
Università Nettuno, Roma, Italy -
2010
Guest lecturer
Tongji University, Shanghai, China -
2009
Guest lecturer
University of Barcelona, Spain -
2009 — 2012
Guest lecturer
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany -
2005
Freelancer software development
Bangalore, India -
2001
Austrian Students Program
University of New Orleans, LA, USA - Career
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2017
Academic Director
Bachelor's Degree programme in Business Administration -
2014
Dep. Head of Institute,
Institute of Information Systems -
2011
Senior Lecturer
in Information Systems -
2009 — 2017
Executive Director
Master's Degree programme Information Systems -
2008
Research Assistant,
Institute of Information Systems, University of Liechtenstein -
2007 — 2008
E-Commerce Coordinator and Data-Warehouse Information Manager
in the segment of luxury textile goods -
2006
Analyst
for SAP-SCM und SAP-SRM Systems -
2006 — 2007
Consultant
for SAP-SCM and SAP-SRM Systems
Trainer
for SAP-SCM on behalf of the SAP AG in Germany, Switzerland, Austria -
2003 — 2005
Self-employed Consultant
for projects in the area of Information Systems and Marketing -
2001 — 2003
Coordinator for PR & Marketing
in the segment of social services -
1995 — 2017
Advisor
Modehaus Emi Schenk GmbH - Memberships
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2018
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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2008
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
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2001
Austrian Computer Society
Vienna, Austria - Awards
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2017
Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow, MSCA RISE, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, funded by European Union
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2015
ERPsim Facilitator
certified by SAP -
2014
Visionary Member
Certificate of Recognition SAP University Alliance -
2009
SAP - Certified Solution Architect
ERP Integration of Business Processes with mySAP ERP -
2006
SAP - Certified Solution Consultant
for SAP-SCM and SAP-SRM - Honors
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2011 — 2013
Member of executive committee, mid-level faculty, University of Liechtenstein
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2010
Programme Manager
SAP University Alliance - Reviewer Services
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2017
Global Edition Reviewer
Kroenke/Boyle (2017). Using MIS, Global Edition, 10th Ed. -
2015
Reviewer
Laudon/Laudon/Schoder (2016). Wirtschaftsinformatik, 3rd Ed. -
2013
Global Edition Reviewer
Laudon/Laudon (2014): Management Information Systems, 13th Ed.
- Schedule for SS 18
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- Enterprise Systems (Module)
- Enterprise Systems - Exercise course (Exercise) Schenk, Wehking
- Enterprise Systems - Lecture (Lecture) Schenk
- Information Systems - Lecture (Lecture) Seidel, Schenk, Kaiser, Wohlgenannt
- Professional Experience (Laboratory)
- C15 Educational Journey (Module/Course/Examination)
- Colloquium (Lecture) vom Brocke, Seidel, Schenk, Weinmann, Simons
- Educational Journey (Excursion) Schenk
- International economics and politics (Module/Examination)
- Master's thesis (MSc IS 15) (Thesis) Simons, Schenk, Weinmann, vom Brocke, Schneider, Seidel, Schmiedel
- Master's thesis (MSc IT & BPM) (Thesis) Simons, Schenk, Weinmann, vom Brocke, Schneider, Seidel, Schmiedel
- Research Seminar BPM (Seminar) Seidel, vom Brocke, Schenk, Simons, Schneider, Weinmann, Tietz, Wohlgenannt, Kaiser, Wehking, Kamm, Badakhshan
- Research Seminar Data Science (Seminar) Seidel, Schneider, vom Brocke, Schenk, Simons, Weinmann, Jaakonmäki, Handali, Basalla, Kamm, Tietz, Wohlgenannt, Wehking, Kaiser
- Studienleitung GS IT BPM and IS (Miscellaneous)
- ZS I4M 17: Industrie 4.0 Projekt (Seminar) Schenk, Simons, Schneider, Seidel, Kaiser, Weinmann
- Messen und Fördern der Informationskompetenz von Digital Natives in der Bodenseeregion
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IBH-Förderprojekt, June 2016 until June 2018
Die Bedeutung der Transformation von Gesellschaften zu digitalen Gesellschaften ist allgegenwärtig geworden. Für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Städten, Regionen und Ländern ist es zukünftig ... more ...
- EQUAL-IST Gender Equality Plans for Information Sciences and Technology Research Institutions
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EU H2020-Förderprojekt, January 2016 until January 2019
Within the realm of the project, we will develop Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) for the participating IST institutions. Based on an initial review of existing literature and analysis of good practices ... more ...
- MASTIS - Establishing Modern Master-level Studies in Information Systems
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ERASMUS, October 2015 until October 2018
The main aim of the project is to improve Master Program in Information Systems according to the needs of the modern society; to bring the universities closer to changes in global labour market and ... more ...
- BPM Online
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ERASMUS, October 2015 until October 2017
Ziel des Projekts ist die Entwicklung eines europaweiten Konzepts für die Weiterbildung im Bereich Prozessmanagement. Als Antragsteller und leitender Projektpartner arbeitet das Team des Hilti ... more ...
- Learning Analytics
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ERASMUS, October 2015 until September 2017
The aim of the project is to prepare a prototype toolset for LA higher education organizations for data driven learning and assessment (e.g. help students to take an active learning path, target at ... more ...
- RISE-BPM
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EU H2020-Förderprojekt, May 2015 until April 2019
RISE_BPM networks world-leading research institutions and corporate innovators to develop new horizons for Business Process Management (BPM). BPM is a boundary-spanning discipline focused on ... more ...
- Grenzüberschreitendes Leben und Arbeiten - Cross-border Life and Work
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FFF-Förderprojekt, April 2015 until April 2019
Emerging public policies and advanced information technologies (IT) have created new opportunities for work and life that thrive in global value chains and markets. Life, in general, and work, in ... more ...
- FETCH Future Education and Training in Computing: How to support learning at anytime anywhere
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ERASMUS, October 2013 until September 2016
The main objectives of this project are educating highly qualified information systems specialists, meeting the requirements of a modern, fast developing society, raising the quality of education ... more ...
- PRAXIS: European Center for Project/Internship Excellence
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October 2011 until December 2014 (finished)
Project/Internship course units are particularly relevant to engineering degrees. It is through this type of courses that students have the chance to practise their technical skills in a ... more ...
- Implementation of SOA-based ERP-systems
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internes Projekt, since October 2009
Service-oriented ERP systems promise to allow for a fine-grained alignment of IT with specific functional requirements of an organization's business processes. In this regard, studies particularly ... more ...
- ECM-Blueprinting: Management von Content in Geschäftsprozessen
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FFF-Förderprojekt, January 2008 until May 2012 (finished)
Organisationen sehen sich heute einer rasant steigenden Informationsflut ausgesetzt. Die effiziente, rechtskonforme und sichere Bewirtschaftung digitaler Informationen, sog. "Content", in den ... more ...
Book / Monograph (1)
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Schenk, B. (2009). Veränderungen im Implementierungsprozess durch stärkere Modularisierung von ERP-Systemen mittels Web-Services für Unternehmen des Einzelhandels. Wien: WU-Wien, Diss., 2009.
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Refereed Book Chapters (2)
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Schenk, B. (2015). The Role of Enterprise Systems in Process Innovation. In J. vom Brocke & T. Schmiedel (Eds.), BPM - Driving Innovation in a Digital World (Vol. 1, pp. 75-85): Springer.
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vom Brocke, J., Schenk, B., & Sonnenberg, C. (2009). Organizational Implications of Implementing Service Oriented ERP Systems - An Analysis based on New Institutional Economics. In W. Abramowicz (Ed.), Business Information Systems (Vol. 21, pp. 252-263). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.
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Refereed Conference Papers (5)
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vom Brocke, J., Schenk, B., & Sonnenberg, C. (2009). Classification Criteria for Governing the Implementation Process of Service-oriented ERP Systems - An Analysis based on New Institutional Economics. Paper presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2009), San Francisco, California. (VHB: D)
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vom Brocke, J., Thomas, O., Sonnenberg, C., & Schenk, B. (2008). Economics of Service Oriented Architectures - Measuring the Financial Performance. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2008), Gdansk, Poland.
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vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., & Schenk, B. (2008). Transforming Design Science Research into Practical Application: Experiences from Two ECM Teaching Cases. Paper presented at the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2008), Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 1049-1058.
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vom Brocke, J., Schenk, B., & Sonnenberg, C. (2008). New Organizational Concepts for Implementing Service-Oriented ERP Systems. An Analysis Based on Transaction Cost Theory. Paper presented at the Pre-ICIS 2008 Workshop on Enterprise Systems Research in MIS, Paris.
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Schenk, B. (2006). Problems arising from multiple Vendors of a Web Service based ERP System.. Paper presented at the Networking and Electronic Commerce Research Conference 2006 (NAEC 2006), Riva del Garda, Italy.
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Journal Articles (6)
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Schenk, B. (2017). Unternehmenssoftware als Plattform für Prozessinnovation. ERP Management, 3/2017, 45-47.
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Schenk, B. (2014). Servicemodelle des Cloud Computing. ERP Management.
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Schenk, B., & Sonnenberg, C. (2012). Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Prozessmanagement. ERP-Management, 28-30.
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vom Brocke, J., Schenk, B., & Gonzenbach, I. (2012). Herausforderungen und Trends im Cloud Computing. ERP Management.
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Schenk, B. (2011). Implementierung SOA-basierter ERP-Systeme. ERP-Management, 38-40.
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Schenk, B. (2011). Make-or-Buy? Effiziente Implementierung serviceorienterter ERP-Systeme. ERP-Management, 35-37.
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