- Deputy Head of the Institute
- Institute of Information Systems
- Senior Lecturer
- Hilti Chair of Business Process Management
- Academic Director BSc in Business Administration
- Institutsübergreifende Studienangebote
- Head
- Institutsübergreifende Studienangebote
- 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 lecturer in the bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration, in the master's degree programme Information Systems, and the PhD programme Business Economics. 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).
Bernd received the "Best Teaching Award" of the University of Liechtenstein Student Union (ULSV) and has been awarded "Visionary Member" of the SAP University Alliance in recognition of excellence in teaching and coaching of students.
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, and e-commerce as a possible topic of your bachelor's/master's thesis. Please prepare a short description (one page) as a starting point for a discussion.
- Education
- 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 - Career
- since 2017
Academic Director
Bachelor's Degree programme in Business Administration - since 2014
Dep. Head of Institute,
Institute of Information Systems - since 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 — 2007
Consultant
for SAP-SCM and SAP-SRM Systems
Trainer
for SAP-SCM on behalf of the SAP AG in Germany, Switzerland, Austria - 2006
Analyst
for SAP-SCM und SAP-SRM Systems - 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 - Honors
- since 2018
Mitglied der Habilitationskommission
- 2011 — 2013
Member of executive committee
Mid-level faculty, University of Liechtenstein - since 2010
Programme Manager
SAP University Alliance - Visiting Academic
- 2016
Guest lecturer
Università Nettuno, Roma, Italy - 2010
Guest lecturer
Tongji University, Shanghai, China - 2009 — 2012
Guest lecturer
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany - 2009
Guest lecturer
University of Barcelona, Spain - 2005
Freelancer software development
Bangalore, India - 2001
Austrian Students Program
University of New Orleans, LA, USA - Awards
- 2019
SAP - Certified Application Associate
Business Process Integration with SAP S/4HANA 1709 - 2018
Best Teaching Award
by the University of Liechtenstein Student Union (ULSV) - 2017
Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow, MSCA RISE, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, funded by European Union
- 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 - Memberships
- since 2018
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- since 2008
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- since 2001
Austrian Computer Society
Vienna, Austria - Reviewer Services
- 2019
PC Member
BPM 2019 Vienna, Management Track - 2019
Global Edition Reviewer
Kroenke/Boyle (2019). Experiencing MIS, 8th Ed. - 2018
Reviewer
Ebert/Griffin (2018). Business Essentials (12th Edition) - 2017
Global Edition Reviewer
Kroenke/Boyle (2017). Using MIS, Global Edition, 10th Ed. - 2016
Reviewer
Valacich/George (2016). Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 8th Ed. - 2015
Reviewer
Laudon/Laudon/Schoder (2016). Wirtschaftsinformatik, 3rd Ed. - 2014
Track Chair
WI/MKWI, Student Track - 2013
Global Edition Reviewer
Laudon/Laudon (2014): Management Information Systems, 13th Ed.
- Schedule for WS 19/20
- Bachelor's thesis (Module)
- E-Commerce (Module)
- E-Commerce - Exercise course (Exercise) Schenk
- E-Commerce - Lecture (Lecture) Schenk
- Orientation, Methods and Teamwork (Module)
- Professional Experience (Laboratory) Schenk, Hasler
- Professional Experience (Laboratory)
- Scientific Writing (Module)
- C15 Management Information Systems (Module)
- C19 Management Information Systems (Module)
- High Potentials (Seminar) Schenk
- Management Information Systems LE (MSc IS 15+19) (Lecture) Schenk
- Management Information Systems SE (MSc IS 15) (Seminar) Schenk
- Master's thesis (MSc IS 15) (Thesis) Simons, Schenk, vom Brocke, Schneider, Seidel, Laskov, Grisold, Breitinger
- Research Design and Management (Lecture / Exercise) Angerer, Schneider, Kirn, Lippe-Dada, Simons, Staub, Stöckl, vom Brocke, Michels, Furtner, Brandl, Thies, Kaps, Seidel, Zimmermann, Chandra Kruse, Brecht, Schenk
- Research Seminar BPM (MSc IS 15) (Seminar) Seidel, vom Brocke, Schenk, Grisold, Simons, Schneider, Breitinger, Laskov, Chandra Kruse
- Research Seminar Data Science (MSc IS 15 + 19) (Seminar) Seidel, Schneider, vom Brocke, Schenk, Grisold, Simons, Breitinger, Laskov, Chandra Kruse
- Studienleitung UGS BWL (Miscellaneous)
- Messen und Fördern der Informationskompetenz von Digital Natives in der Bodenseeregion
- IBH-Förderprojekt, June 2016 until June 2018 (finished)
Die Bedeutung der Transformation von Gesellschaften zu digitalen Gesellschaften ist allgegenwärtig geworden. Für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Städten, Regionen und Ländern ist es zukünftig ... more ...
- MASTIS - Establishing Modern Master-level Studies in Information Systems
- 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
- ERASMUS, October 2015 until October 2017 (finished)
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
- ERASMUS, October 2015 until September 2017 (finished)
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
- 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
- FFF-Förderprojekt, April 2015 until April 2019 (finished)
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
- ERASMUS, October 2013 until September 2016 (finished)
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 ...
Journal Articles (6)
Schenk, B. (2017). Unternehmenssoftware als Plattform für Prozessinnovation. ERP Management, 3/2017, 45-47.
moreSchenk, B. (2014). Servicemodelle des Cloud Computing. ERP Management, 1/2014, 40-42.
moreSchenk, B., & Sonnenberg, C. (2012). Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Prozessmanagement. ERP-Management, 28-30.
morevom Brocke, J., Schenk, B., & Gonzenbach, I. (2012). Herausforderungen und Trends im Cloud Computing. ERP Management.
moreSchenk, B. (2011). Implementierung SOA-basierter ERP-Systeme. ERP-Management, 38-40.
moreSchenk, B. (2011). Make-or-Buy? Effiziente Implementierung serviceorienterter ERP-Systeme. ERP-Management, 35-37.
more
Monograph (1)
Schenk, B. (2009). Veränderungen im Implementierungsprozess durch stärkere Modularisierung von ERP-Systemen mittels Web-Services für Unternehmen des Einzelhandels. Wien: WU-Wien, Diss., 2009.
more
Chapter in Books (2)
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.
morevom 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.
more
Paper in Conference Proceedings (6)
Schenk, B., & Hoxhaj, L. (2019). Challenges in Switching to Blended Learning Environments: An Analysis of Students' Attitudes and Performance. Paper presented at the International Conference on Information Systems, Munich, Germany. (VHB_3: A)
morevom 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_3: D)
morevom 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.
morevom 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.
morevom 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.
moreSchenk, 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.
more
Journal Articles (6)
Schenk, B. (2017). Unternehmenssoftware als Plattform für Prozessinnovation. ERP Management, 3/2017, 45-47.
moreSchenk, B. (2014). Servicemodelle des Cloud Computing. ERP Management, 1/2014, 40-42.
moreSchenk, B., & Sonnenberg, C. (2012). Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Prozessmanagement. ERP-Management, 28-30.
morevom Brocke, J., Schenk, B., & Gonzenbach, I. (2012). Herausforderungen und Trends im Cloud Computing. ERP Management.
moreSchenk, B. (2011). Implementierung SOA-basierter ERP-Systeme. ERP-Management, 38-40.
moreSchenk, B. (2011). Make-or-Buy? Effiziente Implementierung serviceorienterter ERP-Systeme. ERP-Management, 35-37.
more
Monograph (1)
Schenk, B. (2009). Veränderungen im Implementierungsprozess durch stärkere Modularisierung von ERP-Systemen mittels Web-Services für Unternehmen des Einzelhandels. Wien: WU-Wien, Diss., 2009.
more
Chapter in Books (2)
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.
morevom 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.
more
Paper in Conference Proceedings (6)
Schenk, B., & Hoxhaj, L. (2019). Challenges in Switching to Blended Learning Environments: An Analysis of Students' Attitudes and Performance. Paper presented at the International Conference on Information Systems, Munich, Germany. (VHB_3: A)
morevom 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_3: D)
morevom 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.
morevom 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.
morevom 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.
moreSchenk, 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.
more