Prof. Dr. Johann Kranz

Since 7/2016 Holder of the Professorship of Digital Services and Sustainability at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
2012 - 6/2016 Junior professor for Management Information Systems and Methods at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
Doctorate (Dr. oec. publ.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität 2011: Dissertation title: "Studies on Technology Adoption and Regulation of Smart Grids" (Summa cum laude). referent: Prof. Dr. Dres. H.c. Arnold Picot, co-referent: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess
Master of Business Research: postgraduate research study at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2009)
"Diplom" in Information Systems: University of Leipzig, Universidad de Deusto (Spain) (2007)
Visiting scholar at Columbia Business School (New York City, USA), Syracuse University (New York, USA), Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
30 publications in peer reviewed journals and conference papers (17 x VHB-Journal 3: A / B)
Acquisition and execution of several third-party funded research projects (e.g. DFG, BMBF, BMWi, Deutsche Telekom, Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank)

Internet Business und Internet Services
Digital Transformation and Innovation
Information Systems for Sustainability and Resource Efficiency (Green Information Systems)
Predictive Analytics and Big Data
Technology Acceptance and Diffusion

Guest Editor, Electronic Markets: Special Issue „Smart Energy: Building Business Models, Best Practices, and Theories“
Editor: CESifo Book Series, Special Issue “The Economics of Infrastructure Provisioning”
Editor: "Broadband Networks, Smart Grids and Climate Change”. New York: Springer.
Associate Editor, Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS): Special Issue “Information Systems Solutions for Environmental Sustainability”
Associate Editor, Journal of Management Information Systems: Special Issue “Transformative Value of Cloud Computing”

Associate Editor: Track: “Nutzerzentrierte Informationssysteme“, Wirtschaftsinformatik, St. Gallen, 2017
Associate Editor, Track: “Organizational Behavior and Information Systems”, ICIS 2016
Associate Editor, Track: “Sustainability and Societal Impacts of IS”, ICIS 2016
Programmkomitee: “Strategic IT-Management “, MKWI, Illmenau, 2016
Associate Editor, Track: “Sustainability and Societal Impacts of IS”, ICIS 2015
Programmkomitee: “Erasmus Energy Forum”, Rotterdam, 2015
Associate Editor, Track: “Green Information Systems”, ECIS 2015
Associate Editor, Track: “Cloud Computing Services”, ECIS 2015
Associate Editor, Track: “Environmental Impact of Information Systems”, MCIS 2014
Track Chair: „Green Information Systems“, HICSS 2014
Programmkomitee: „Adoption, Usage and Success of artefacts in Information Systems“, MKWI 2014
Track Chair: „Green-IS for Sustainability in Inter-Organizational Networks“, AMCIS 2013
Conference Chair: “The Economics of Infrastructure Provisioning”, CESifo Venice Summer School, Venice, 2013
Co-Organizer: Study „Intelligent Networks: Potentials and Challenges“ for the German IT-Summit, Essen, 2012

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