Prof. Dr. Markus Westner

Lehrgebiete

• Strategisches IT-Management
• Forschungsmethoden
• Unternehmensführung
• Strategisches Management
• Projektmanagement
• Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Vorlesungen auf ELO

• Betriebswirtschaftslehre 2
• Wissenschaftliches Seminar

Abschlussarbeiten

• Das Center-of-Excellence-Konzept in der Forschung
• Target Operating Models für die IT-Organisation: Stand der Forschung
• IT in KMUs / IT in SMEs / IT im Mittelstand
  • Strategic IT Management in SMEs
  • IT Governance in SMEs
• Low-Code/No-Code-Plattformen
  • How to transform a company and its IT function with LC/NC
  • How to facilitate the use and adoption of LC/NC in companies
• IT-Sourcing / Cloud Computing
  • Demand Management in der IT
  • Current trends in vendor and sourcing management
  • Cloud sourcing management
  • As-a-service-/Cloud-Computing Wirtschaftlichkeit
  • Software Governance: make vs. buy/rent
  • Strategische Aspekte des Cloud Computings als Sourcing Option: Resilienz, Lock-in etc.
• Interim Management in der IT
• Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity strategy: A CIO's Perspective
  • Die Rolle des CISO und des strategischen Cybersecurity Managements
• IT-Outsourcing: Practitioner-Oriented Literature Review on Recent Developments in IT-Outsourcing Using Semantic Entity Annotators and Keyness Methodology
• IT-Offshoring 
  • Implementation of Knowledge Sharing in Germany-based Global Software Development (GSD) Organizations
  • Practitioner-Oriented Literature Review on Recent Developments in IT-Offshoring Using Semantic Entity Annotators and Keyness Methodology
• Agiles Projektmanagement bzw. Agile Softwareentwicklung: Practitioner-Oriented Literature Review on Recent Developments in Agile Project Management Using Semantic Entity Annotators and Keyness Methodology

Generic

• Digitale Transformation bei Unternehmen XYZ
  (English: Digital Transformation at company XYZ)
• IT-Strategie bei Unternehmen XYZ
  (English: IT-Strategy at company XYZ)
• IT-Sourcing bei Unternehmen XYZ
  (English: IT-Sourcing at company XYZ)
• IT-Projektportfoliomanagement bei Unternehmen XYZ
  (English: IT-Project-Portfolio-Management at company XYZ)
• IT-Projektmanagement bei Unternehmen XYZ
  (English: IT-Project-Management at company XYZ)
• Andere Themen mit Bezug zu IT-Management bzw. IT-Controlling
  (English: Other IT-Performance-Management related topics)

Forschungsinteressen

• IT Strategie
• IT Governance
• IT Sourcing
• Cloud Computing
• Low-Code/No-Code
• Shadow IT
• Business-Managed IT

Labor(e)

• Regensburg Strategic IT Management (ReSITM)

Forschungseinheit

• RCAI

Studium

• Dipl.-Kfm.
• Master of Computing (Unitec)

Promotion

• Dr. rer. pol.

Berufliche Erfahrungen

• Bain & Company
• The Boston Consulting Group
• Vodafone New Zealand
• Microsoft Germany

Funktionen intern

• Studiendekan
• Sprecher der Studiendekan
• Fakultätsratmitglied
• Auslandsbeauftragter
• E-Learning-Beauftragter der OTH Regensburg

Mitgliedschaften extern

• Association for Information Systems (AIS)

REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Kratzer, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (forthcoming). Four decades of chief information officer research: A literature review and research agenda based on main path analysis. The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems (in press).
• Klotz, S., Kratzer, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). Literary sketches in information systems research: Conceptualization and guidance for using vignettes as a narrative form. Information Systems Management, 39(4), 345-362. doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2021.1996661
• Klotz, S., Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). Von Schatten-IT zu Business-managed IT: Fachbereichs-IT gezielt gestalten. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, 14(4), 282-287. doi.org/10.1365/s35764-022-00421-7
• Brosig, C., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). From selling machinery to hybrid offerings: Organizational impact of digital servitization on manufacturing firms. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 10(3), 5–27. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm100301
• Klotz, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). Critical success factors of business-managed IT: It takes two to tango. Information Systems Management, 39(3), 220–240. doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2021.1938300
• Kratzer, S., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). Der Chief Information Officer als Forschungsgegenstand: Ein Blick zurück auf vier Jahrzehnte Forschung und ein Ausblick auf zukünftige Perspektiven. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 59, 721-740. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00878-5
• Hillebrand, P., Westner, M., & Matschi, M. (2022). Schlüsselfaktoren erfolgreicher CIOs. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 59, 762-779. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00867-8
• Wulf, F., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). We have a platform, but nobody builds on it: What influences Platform-as-a-Service post-adoption? International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 10(1), 49–70. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm100103
• Hillebrand, P., & Westner, M. (2022). Success factors of long-term CIOs. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 20(1), 79–122. doi.org/10.1007/s10257-021-00546-z
• Wulf, F., Westner, M., Schön, M., Strahringer, S., & Loebbecke, C. (2021). Cloud-Computing-Nutzung bei der Continental AG. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, 13(4), 302–309. doi.org/10.1365/s35764-021-00342-x
• Wulf, F., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2021). Cloud computing adoption: A literature review on what is new and what still needs to be addressed. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 48(1), 523–561. doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04843
• Könning, M., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2021). Unraveling the impact of cultural distance on it outsourcing success: insights from three major sourcing reconfigurations. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 34(3), 811–837. doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-06-2019-0151
• Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2020). From shadow IT to business-managed IT: A qualitative comparative analysis to determine configurations for successful management of it by business entities. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 18(2), 209–257. doi.org/10.1007/s10257-020-00472-6
• Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2020). It-Backsourcing: Empirische Erkenntnisse und Handlungsempfehlungen für eine erfolgreiche Re-integration der IT-Serviceerbringung. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 57(4), 849–865. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-020-00591-1
• Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). IT Backsourcing: Insights and implications from a global survey with IT practitioners. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, 10(2), 20–34. doi.org/10.4018/IJITBAG.2019070102
• Kopper, A., Klotz, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). Shadow IT and business-managed IT: Practitioner perceptions and their comparison to literature. Journal of Information Technology Management, 30(4), 1–25.
• Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). How decision maker's personal preferences influence the decision to backsource IT services. Journal of Information Technology Management, 30(3), 1–22
• Könning, M., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). A systematic review of recent developments in IT outsourcing research. Information Systems Management, 36(1), 78–96. doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2018.1553650
• Klotz, S., Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). Causing factors, outcomes, and governance of Shadow IT and business-managed IT: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 7(1), 15–43. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm070102
• Strasser, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). Knowledge transfer in IS offshoring: A Delphi study of the offshore coordinator role. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 21(1), 36–62. doi.org/10.1108/JSIT-01-2018-0008
• Kopper, A., Fürstenau, D., Zimmermann, S., Klotz, S., Rentrop, C., Rothe, H., . . . Westner, M. (2018). Shadow IT and business-managed IT: A conceptual framework and empirical illustration. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, 9(2), 53–71. doi.org/10.4018/IJITBAG.2018070104
• Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2018). Adding experts’ perceptions to complement existing research on information systems backsourcing. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 6, 17–35. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm060402
• Kobus, J., Westner, M., Strahringer, S., & Strode, D. (2018). Enabling digitization by implementing Lean IT: Lessons learned. The TQM Journal, 15(3), 215–229. doi.org/10.1108/TQM-02-2018-0026
• Kobus, J., Westner, M., Strahringer, S., & Strode, D. E. (2018). Lean management in IT organizations: A ranking-type delphi study of implementation success factors. Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 19(1).
• Bary, B. von, & Westner, M. (2018). Information systems backsourcing: A literature review. Journal of Information Technology Management, 24(1), 62–78.
• Kobus, J., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2017). Change management lessons learned for Lean IT implementations. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 5(1), 47–60. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm050103
• Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2017). Kontrollierte Nutzung von Schatten-IT. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 54(1), 97–110. doi:10.1365/s40702-016-0286-x
• Kobus, J., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2016). Einführung von Lean Management in IT-Organisationen. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 53(6), 879–893. doi:10.1365/s40702-016-0266-1
• Strasser, A., & Westner, M. (2015): Information systems offshoring: Results of a systematic literature review. Journal of Information Technology Management, 26(2), 70–142.
• Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2010): Determinants of success in IS offshoring projects: Results from an empirical study of German companies. Information & Management, 47(5-6), 291–299.
• Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2010): The current state of IS offshoring in Germany: Project characteristics and success patterns. Journal of Information Technology Management, 21(1), 49‑70.
• Westner, Markus & Strahringer, Susanne (2008): Evaluation criteria for selecting offshoring candidates. An analysis of practices in German businesses. In: Journal of Information Technology Management, 19(4), 16–34.

REFEREED ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Brosig, C., Bley, K., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). The missing piece: Calibration of qualitative data for qualitative comparative analyses in IS research. In ECIS 2022 Proceedings. Timisoara.
• Käss, S., Godefroid, M., Borghoff, V., Strahringer, S., Westner, M., & Plattfaut, R. (2021). Towards a taxonomy of concepts describing IT outside the IT department. In Australasian Conference on Information Systems.
• Brosig, C., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2021). Linking it assets and competitive advantage: IT capabilities of servitized business models. In 34th Bled eConference (pp. 111–124). doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-385-9.9
• Wulf, F., Lindner, T., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2021). IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS? The why of cloud computing delivery model selection: Vignettes on the post-adoption of cloud computing. In Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 6285–6294).
• Brosig, C., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2020). Revisiting the concept of IT capabilities in the era of digitalization. In IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (pp. 84–93). IEEE. doi.org/10.1109/CBI49978.2020.00017
• Klotz, S., Westner, M., & and Strahringer, S. (2020). From Shadow IT to business-managed IT and back again: How responsibility for IT instances evolves over time. In PACIS 2020 Proceedings.
• Wulf, F., Westner. M., Schoen, M., Strahringer, S., Loebbecke, C. (2019). Preparing for a digital future: Cloud strategy at Continental AG. In ICIS 2019 Proceedings. Munich.
• Zemler, F., Westner, M. (2019). Blockchain and GDPR: Application scenarios and compliance requirements. In PICMET 2019 Proceedings. Portland.
• Klotz, S., Westner, M., Strahringer, S., & Schieder, C. (2019). Transformed knowledge sharing through business-managed IT and shadow IT. In AMCIS 2019 Proceedings. Cancun.
• Wulf,  F., Strahringer,  S., & Westner,  M. (2019). Information security risks, benefits, and mitigation measures in cloud sourcing. In 21st IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (pp. 258–267). Moscow. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2019.00036
• Könning, M., Heinrich, K., Leyh, C., & Westner, M. (2019). A quantitative analysis of regional differences in pivotal IT outsourcing contract features. In ECIS 2019 Proceedings. Stockholm.
• Grundler, A., & Westner, M. (2019). Scaling agile frameworks vs. traditional project portfolio management: Comparison and analysis. In P. Kommers, T. Issa, T. Issa, P. Isaías, & W. Hui (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2019) (pp. 51–62). Hong Kong.
• Westner, M., Fuhrmann, T., Waas, T., & Skelton, D. (2018). Internationalization of a computer science faculty: Lessons learned from a regional German technical university of applied sciences. In GSTF (Ed.), 9th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2018) (pp. 33–38).
• Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2018). Do researchers investigate what practitioners deem relevant? Gaps between research and practice in the field of information systems backsourcing. In 20th IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI). Vienna.
• Kopper, A., Fuerstenau, D., Zimmermann, S., Rentrop, C., Rothe, H., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2018). Business-managed IT: A conceptual framework and empirical illustration. In ECIS 2018 Proceedings. Portsmouth.
• Könning, M., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2018). Multisourcing on the rise: Results from an analysis of more than 1,000 IT outsourcing deals in the ASG region. In P. Drews, B. Funk, P. Niemeyer, & L. Xie (Eds.), Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018: Data driven X - Turning Data into Value (pp. 1813–1824). Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität.
• Sonnleitner, D., & Westner, M. (2017). Quo vadis IT infrastructure: Decision support for cloud computing adoption from a business perspective. In J.-M. Griffiths, R. McLean, & M. Kutar (Eds.), Ubiquitous information systems. Surviving & thriving in a connected society. UKAIS.
• Kobus, J., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2016). Lean management of IT organizations: A perspective of IT slack theory. In ICIS 2016 Proceedings. Dublin.
• Westner, M., Skelton, D., & Tinat, J. (2016). Enhancing students’ IS offshoring capabilities: An international blended teaching concept. In M. Verhaart, A. Sarkar, E. Erturk, & S. Morton (Eds.), 7th annual conference of Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ 2016). Wellington, New Zealand.
• Kopper, A., & Westner, M. (2016). Towards a taxonomy for shadow IT. In AMCIS 2016 Proceedings. San Diego.
• Kobus, J., & Westner, M. (2016). Ranking-type delphi studies in IS research: Step-by-step guide and analytical extension. In M. B. Nunes, P. Isaías, & P. Powell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th IADIS International Conference Information Systems (pp. 28–38). Vilamoura.
• Kopper, A., & Westner, M. (2016). Deriving a framework for causes, consequences, and governance of shadow IT from literature. In V. Nissen, D. Stelzer, S. Straßburger, & F. Danie (Eds.), Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2016. Technische Universität Ilmenau 09. - 11. März 2016 (pp. 1687–1698). Ilmenau, Thür: TU Ilmenau Universitätsbibliothek.
• Kobus J. & Westner, M. (2015): Lean management of IT organizations: Implementation success factors and theoretical foundation. In AMCIS 2015 Proceedings, Puerto Rico.
• Kobus, J. & Westner, M. (2015): Lean management of IT organizations: A literature review. In PACIS 2015 Proceedings. Singapore, Paper 172.
• Strasser, A. & Westner, M. (2015): Knowledge transfer in IS offshoring: Processes, roles, and success factors. In PACIS 2015 Proceedings. Singapore, Paper 210.
• Westner, M. (2009): Antecedents of success in IS offshoring projects. Proposal for an empirical research study. In Newell, S.; Whitley, E.; Pouloudi, N.; Wareham, J.; Mathiassen, L. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems. Verona, pp. 3104–3116.
• Westner, M. & Strahringer, S. (2007): Current state of IS offshoring research. A descriptive meta-analysis. In Mäkiö, Juho; Betz, Stefanie; Stephan, Rolf (Eds.): Offshoring of software development. Methods and tools for risk management. Karlsruhe: Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, pp. 7–22.

BOOKS

• Westner, Markus (2009): IS offshoring. Essays on project suitability and success. Wiesbaden: SpringerGabler

TEACHING CASES

• Westner, Markus (2015). Integration of MABA’s IT (with teaching note). The Case Center. www.thecasecentre.org/educators/products/view.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

• Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). Von der IT-Leitung zur (Mit‑)Gestaltung der digitalen Transformation: Die sich wandelnde Rolle der Führung in der IT. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 59(3), 717–720. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00875-8
• Westner, M. (2022). Rezension „Designed for Digital“. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik,
• 59(3), 961-966. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00877-6
• Strahringer, S., Westner, M., & von Bary, B. (2019). IT-Backsourcing. In WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium, (6), pp. 702–706.
• Westner, M., & Fuhrmann, T. (2018). Entwicklung eines Programms für internationale Gastdozierende als Good Practice Modell für die Hochschulinternationalisierung. In ICM2018: Konferenz zur Internationalisierung der Curricula in den MINT-Fächern. Berlin.
• Kopper, A., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2017). Kontrollierte Nutzung von Schatten-IT. In Edition HMD. IT-GRC-Management – Governance, Risk und Compliance: Grundlagen und Anwendungen (pp. 129–150). Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Westner, M., Kennedy, F., & Furlong, Á. (2017). Global student collaboration through international blended learning. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), ICERI2017 Proceedings (pp. 7625–7631). IATED Academy. doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2017.2030
• Westner, M. (2017). Video-enhanced lectures in high-teaching-load environments with limited resources: Benefits and challenges for lecturers and students. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), INTED 2017 Proceedings (pp. 197–207). doi.org/10.21125/inted.2017.0168
• Strahringer, S., Westner, M., & Kobus, J. (2017). Lean IT: Lean Management in IT-Organisationen. WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium. (1), 87–92
• Schwertsik, A., & Westner, M. (2014). Produktorientierte IT-Leistungsverrechnung als Brückenschlag zwischen IT-Leistungserstellung und -verwendung: Fallstudie anhand eines international führenden Industriegüterunternehmens. In T. Barton, B. Erdlenbruch, F. Herrmann, & C. Müller (Eds.), Prozesse, Technologie, Anwendungen, Systeme und Management 2014. Angewandte Forschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik (pp. 78–91). Berlin: News & Media
• Westner, M., & Strasser, A. (2014): IT-Offshoring. In: WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium, (5), 650‑652
• Westner, M. (2007): Information systems offshoring: A review of the literature. TU Dresden. Dresden. (Dresdner Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsinformatik, 51/07)
• Westner, M. (2006): Übersicht über aktuelle Weblog-Skripte und -Services. In: Picot, Arnold; Fischer, Tim (Eds.): Weblogs professionell. Grundlagen, Konzepte und Praxis im unternehmerischen Umfeld. Heidelberg: dpunkt, pp. 175–190

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