Chair of Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Dennis Steininger

Prof. Dr. Dennis Steininger is professor and chair for entrepreneurship. In 2021, he declined offers from the Technical University of Darmstadt as well as the Clausthal University of Technology. Previously, he was the interim head of the department for "Management of Digital Transformation" at Clausthal University of Technology, assistant professor at the University of Augsburg, and co-founder and managing director of the Augsburg Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE).

Dennis Steininger studied business administration at the University of Mannheim (and London School of Economics), where he received his PhD in 2016. At the University of Mannheim and Mannheim Business School, he also regularly taught and is teaching as Adjunt Faculty in the fields of entrepreneurship and digital transformation. Before and during his academic career, he founded, supported, and advised numerous start-ups. He also invests into selected companies.

The focus of his research is mainly on crossroads of entrepreneurship and digital innovation. His academic work has been published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Management Information Systems, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, the Information Systems Journal, the Journal of Small Business Management, or Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Dennis Steininger is an Associated Editor of the Information Systems Journal, regularly serves as a Track Chair and Associate Editor for several conferences, and as a reviewer for numerous journals and conferences. In this context, he has been awarded Best Reviewer Awards several times. In July 2021 he was awarded the Viermetz Science Award.

Background

Academic Career
since 2021       Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Economics, RPTU
since 2017Adjunct Faculty, Mannheim Business School (several MBA programs)
since 2016Research Fellow, Institute for SME Research (ifm), University of Mannheim
2021Offer accepted: RPTU, School of Business and Economics
Offer declined: Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Business and Economics
Offer declined: Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Law and Economics
2020-2021Interim head, Dept. of Management of the Digital Transformation, Clausthal University of Technology
2017-2021Associated Member, Digital Transformation Research Center, University of Goettingen
2017-2021Assistant Professor at the University of Augsburg, Faculty of Business and Economics
2016-2021Managing Director and co-founder of the Augsburg Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
2019Visiting scholar at the Ionian University, Corfu
2018Visiting scholar at the Deusto Business School, Bilbao
2012-2016PhD, University of Mannheim, Business School

 

Practical and Entrepreneurial Background
since 2024Investor: AS Mintos Marketplace
since 2023       Advisory Board Member und Angel Investor: VAVisual Abstract GmbH
since 2021       Platform Speaker: Platform Entrepreneurship of the Science and Innovation Alliance Kaiserslautern (SIAK)
seit 2007        Founder and owner of SteiningerGroup: holding company for investments, start-up projects
and consulting in the field of digital innovation and business modelse
2019-2021Advisory Board, IHK CoworkingCampus, Augsburg
1999-2007Managing partner and founder of Nortys: Development of digital platforms and business models.
Equity sale of the company at the beginning of 2007
1998-1999Founder and owner of CA Business Solutions as predecessor of Nortys

Further Information

Articles in Refereed Journals

Haag, S., Chase, C., Miczaika, G., Möslein, K., Steininger, D., Zarnekow, R., u. a. 2023. „How Can the BISE Community Promote Tech Startups?“, Business & Information Systems Engineering, Online First. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-023-00814-x) 

Bruckner, M., Steininger, D. M., Thatcher, J. B., und Veit, D. 2023. „The Effect of Lockup and Persuasion on Online Investment Decisions: An Experimental Study in ICOs“, Electronic Markets, forthcoming. 

Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D., und Woywode, M. 2023. „Heroes of the Green Room – How able successors revitalize and reinvent family firms“, Journal of Small Business Management (0:0), S. 1–48.  (https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2022.2161554)

Buesching, F., Steininger, D. M., und Veit, D. 2022. „Governing digital crisis responses: platform standards and the dilemma of COVID-19 contact tracing“, Journal of Business Economics (93), S. 267–323.  (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11573-022-01118-4)

Bruckner, M. T., Steininger, D. M., Bertleff, M., und Veit, D. J. 2022. „Crowdfunding and entrepreneurial failure: Why do overfunded startups collapse?“, (14:4/5), S. 602–644. (https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2022.10051910) 

Steininger, D. M., Mikalef, P., Pateli, A. G., and Ortiz de Guinea, A. 2022. “Dynamic Capabilities in information Systems Research:  A Critical Review, Synthesis of Current Knowledge, and Recommendations for Future Research,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems (23:2), pp. 447-490. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353083987_Dynamic_Capabilities_in_Information_Systems_R)

Steininger, D. M. 2019. “Linking Information Systems and Entrepreneurship: A Review and Agenda for IT-Associated and Digital Entrepreneurship Research,” Information Systems Journal (29:2), pp. 363–407. (https://rdcu.be/3XFa)

Steininger, D. M., and Gatzemeier, S. 2019. “Digitally Forecasting New Music Product Success via Active Crowdsourcing,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change (146), pp. 167–180. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.04.016)

Hoegen, A., Steininger, D. M., and Veit, D. 2018. “How Do Investors Decide? An Interdisciplinary Review of Decision-Making in Crowdfunding,” Electronic Markets (28:3), pp. 339–365. (http://rdcu.be/xUtO)

Berger, B., Matt, C., Steininger, D. M., and Hess, T. 2015. “It Is Not Just About Competition with ‘Free’: Differences Between Content Formats in Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay,” Journal of Management Information Systems (32:3), pp. 105–128. (https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2015.1095038)

Huntgeburth, J., Steininger, D. M., Parasie, N., and Veit, D. 2012. “Increasing the Adoption of E-Procurement Services at the Municipal Level,” E-Service Journal (8:3), pp. 3–23. (https://doi.org/10.2979/eservicej.8.3.3)

 

Peer-reviewed Conference and Workshop Articles

Bruckner, M., Steininger, D. M., Veit, D., and Thatcher, J. B. 2019. “Revisiting Signaling Theory for Initial Coin Offerings,” in Proceedings of the 24th DIGIT Pre-ICIS Workshop, Munich, Germany, pp. 1–3.

Ahrens, J.-P., Isaak, A. J., Istipliler, B., and Steininger, D. M. 2019. “The Star Citizen Phenomenon & the ‘Ultimate Dream Management’ Technique in Crowdfunding,” in Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Munich, Germany, pp. 1–9. (https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/crowds_social/crowds_social/7/)

Bradel, M., Steininger, D. M., and Veit, D. 2019. “How Can Digital Start-Ups Successfully Recruit IT Professionals?,” in Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1–11.

Steininger, D. M., Glas, T., and Veit, D. 2018. “Mitigating the Negative Impacts of Social Media Firestorms – An Experimental Study,” in Proceedings of JAIS TDW Pre-ICIS Workshop, San Francisco, pp. 1–30.

Steininger, D. M., Wermann, S., and Veit, D. 2018. “How Investors Can Ruin Your Startup: Studying the Failure of a Software Venture,” in G-Forum, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 1–5.

Hoegen, A., Steininger, D. M., and Veit, D. 2017. “An Interdisciplinary Review of Investor Decision-Making in Crowdfunding,” in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), St. Gallen, Switzerland. (http://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2017/track06/paper/5/)

Hoegen, A., Steininger, D. M., and Veit, D. 2016. “An Interdisciplinary Review of Crowdfunding Investment Decisions,” in Proceedings of the IS Cognitive Research Exchange Workshop (Pre-ICIS), Dublin, Ireland.

Berger, B., Matt, C., Steininger, D. M., and Hess, T. 2015. “Paper or Screen – Differences in Customer Preferences and Willingness to Pay between Traditional and Digital Content Services,” in HICSS 2015 Proceedings, Hawaii, USA, pp. 3384–3393. (http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2015.408)

Steininger, D. M., Wagenfuehrer, T., and Veit, D. 2014. “Predicting Repayment Success in IT-Mediated Peer-to-Peer Lending: The Value of Soft Information,” in Proceedings of the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Paderborn, Germany. (http://digital.ub.uni-paderborn.de/hsx/content/titleinfo/1010308)

Steininger, D. M., Lorch, M., and Veit, D. 2014. “The Bandwagon Effect in Digital Environments: An Experimental Study on Kickstarter.Com,” in Proceedings of the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Paderborn, Germany. (http://digital.ub.uni-paderborn.de/hs/content/pageview/1622535)

Steininger, D. M., Trenz, M., and Veit, D. 2013. “Building Taxonomies in IS and Management - A  Systematic Approach Based on Content Analysis,” in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Münster, Germany. (http://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2013/90/)

Steininger, D. M., Wunderlich, P., and Pohl, F. 2013. “Exploring Competitive Advantage of Social Networking Sites: A Business Model Perspective,” in ECIS 2013 Proceedings, pp. 1–12. (http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2013_cr/214/).

Steininger, D. M., and Gatzemeier, S. 2013. “Using The Wisdom of the Crowd to Predict Popular Music Chart Success,” in ECIS 2013 Proceedings, pp. 1–12.

Steininger, D., Hölz, J., and Veit, D. 2012. “Comparing Traditional and Electronic Business Models of the Music Industry: A Content Analytical Approach,” in Proceedings of the ConLife Academic Conference, Cologne, Germany, June 27, pp. 99–111.

Steininger, D., Wagenführer, T., and Veit, D. 2012. “Predicting Repayment Success in IT-Mediated Lending: The Value of Soft Information,” in Proceedings of SIG-IQ Pre-ICIS Workshop, Orlando, USA.

Steininger, D. M., Hölz, J., and Veit, D. 2012. “Comparing Traditional and Electronic Business Models of the Music Industry: A Content Analytical Approach,” in Proceedings of ConLife Academic Conference, N. Grove and A. Sunyaev (eds.), Cologne, Germany. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260088117)

Huntgeburth, J., Steininger, D., Trenz, M., and Veit, D. 2012. “Cloud Computing Innovation: Schritte in Richtung einer Forschungsagenda,” in Proceedings of the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 677–688. (http://mkwi2012.de/downloads/MKWI2012_Tagungsband.pdf)

Steininger, D., Huntgeburth, J., and Veit, D. 2011. “Conceptualizing Business Models for Competitive Advantage Research by Integrating the Resource and Market-Based Views,” in Proceedings of the 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Detroit, USA. (http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2011_submissions/286)

 

Contribution to Edited Books

Steininger, D. M., and Budrevich, A. 2015. “Wie Werden Service-Geschäftsmodelle von Start-Ups Skalierbar? Eine Fallstudie Zur Digitalen Transformation von Web-Dienstleistern (in German),” in Entrepreneurship Heute : Unternehmerisches Denken Angesichts Der Herausforderungen Einer Vernetzten Wirtschaft, F. Keuper and M. Schomann (eds.), Berlin: Logos, pp. 85–114.

Veit, D., and Steininger, D. 2012. “Geschäftsmodelle als Thema der Wirtschaftsinformatik: Grundlagen, Begriffswelten und terminologische Diffusion,” in Working papers / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Neue Medien (Vol. 1), T. Hess (ed.), München: Univ., pp. 5–8.

 

Monographs

Steininger, D. M. 2016. Digital Entrepreneurship: Definitions, Business Models, and Network Externalities, Mannheim: Dissertation, University of Mannheim. (https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/41856/)

 

Other Publications

Steininger, D. M. 2022. “Interview with Frank Petry on 'Digital Entrepreneurship: Opportunities, Challenges, and Impacts'“, Business & Information Systems Engineering, forthcoming.

Steininger, D. M., Brohman, M. K., und Block, J. H. 2022. “Digital Entrepreneurship: What is New if Anything?“, Business & Information Systems Engineering, forthcoming.

Block, J. H., Brohman, K., and Steininger, D. M. 2020. “Digital Entrepreneurship: Opportunities, Challenges, and Impacts,” Business & Information Systems Engineering, pp. s12599-020-00651–2. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-020-00651-2)

Metzger, F., Steininger, D. M., Di Bella, J., Hofmann, M.-K., and Woywode, M. 2015. “Junior Accelerator Baden-Württemberg : Der Turbo Für Junge Gründungstalente,” Mannheim. (https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/39654/)

Steininger, D. M. 2015. “Von Der Geschäftsidee Zum Start-up in 5 Schritten,” ForUM (2015:2), p. 25.

Steininger, D. M. 2014. “Finanzierung von Existenzgründungen - Und Möglichkeiten in Der Metropolregion,” Z-MRN (2014:1), pp. 38–40.

Steininger, D. M. 2014. “Finanzierung Innovativer Geschäftsmodelle: So Kommen IT-Start-Ups an Geld,” ITF-Gründerzeitung (2014:1), pp. 3–5.

Veit, D., and Steininger, D. 2012. “Geschäftsmodelle Als Thema Der WI: Grundlagen, Begriffswelten Und Terminologische Diffusion,” in Geschäftsmodelle Als Thema Der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Arbeitsbericht No. 1/12, Workshop at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), T. Hess (ed.), Braunschweig, Germany.

  • Best Paper Award of the "5th International Family Business Research Forum", together with Baris Istipliler, Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Michael Woywode
  • Viermetz Science Award, 2021
  • Best Reviewer Award der European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2021
  • Certificate „Most Read Paper 2018-2019“ for the paper "Linking Information Systems and Entrepreneurship: A Review and Agenda for IT-Associated and Digital Entrepreneurship Research, Information Systems Journal, 2020
  • Best Reviewer Award of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2019
  • Funding by the Julius Paul Stiegler Memorial Foundation, 2012
  • Guest Editor: Special Issue “Digital Entrepreneurship”, Business & Information Systems Engineering
  • Track Chair, 6th International Research Forum on Mittelstand - Exploring Entrepreneurial Ventures, Family Firms, and Hidden Champions 2020: Digital Entrepreneurship, Mannheim
  • Associate Guest Editor: Special Issue “Dark Side of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence”, European Journal of Information Systems
  • Track Chair, ECIS 2019: Business Models and the Value of IS in a Digital World, Stockholm, Schweden
  • Associate Editor, ICIS 2019: Business Models and Digital Transformation, München
  • (nominiert für Best Reviewer Award)
  • Associate Editor, ECIS 2021: Business Models and Digital Transformation, Timișoara, Rumänien
  • Associate Editor, ECIS 2020: Business Models and Digital Transformation, Marrakesch, Marokko
  • Associate Editor, ECIS 2018: Business Models in the Digital World, Portsmouth, UK
  • Associate Editor, ECIS 2017: Business Models in a Digitized World, Guimarães, Portugal
  • Associate Editor, WI 2021: Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Essen
  • Associate Editor, WI 2021: Digitale Transformation & Geschäftsmodelle, Essen
  • Associate Editor, WI 2020: Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Potsdam
  • Associate Editor, WI 2019: Geschäftsmodelle und digitales Unternehmertum, Siegen
  • Program Committee Member, 19th IFIP Conference (I3E2020): e- Business, e-Services and e-Society, Skukuza, Südafrika
  • Program Committee Member, 18th IFIP Conference (I3E2019): e- Business, e-Services and e-Society, Trondheim, Norwegen
  • Workshop Chair, Pre-ECIS Workshop 2013: Digitization in Business Models and Entrepreneurship, Utrecht, Niederlande
  • Workshop Chair 2012: Geschäftsmodelle als Thema der WI, Mannheim
  • Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ)
  • Business & Information Systems Engineering Journal (BISE)
  • Electronic Markets Journal (EM)
  • European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
  • Information & Organization (I&O)
  • Information and Management Journal (I&M)
  • Information Systems Journal (ISJ)
  • International Journal of Electronic Commerce (IJEC)
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (IJEBR)
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV)
  • International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM)
  • International Journal of Innovation Science (IJIS)
  • Internet Research (IR)
  • Journal of Business Economics (JBE)
  • Journal of Business Research (JBR)
  • Journal of Competences, Strategy & Management (JCSM)
  • Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE)
  • Journal of Family Business Strategy (JFBS)
  • Journal of Information Technology (JIT)
  • Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
  • Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM)
  • Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS)
  • Journal of Systems and Software (JSS)
  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS)
  • Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (JTAECR)
  • Management International Review (MIR)
  • Management Review Quarterly (MRQ)
  • Schmalenbach Business Review (SBR)
  • several conferences such as AoM Annual Meeting, IFIP, International Conference on Information Systems, European Conference on Information Systems, G-Forum, Int. Tagung Wirtschaftsinf., VHB-Jahrestagungen
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Entrepreneurship Club
  • FGF, scientific association for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand
  • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB)
  • German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)
  • German Informatics Society / Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)
  • Institute for Digitization Research e.V. (founding member)
  • Interessenverband Deutsches Internet e.V. (I.D.I)
  • Startup Westpfalz e.V.

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Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 42
Building 42, Room 306
67663 Kaiserslautern

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