Articles – Jan vom Brocke

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Schneider, C., Weinmann, M., Mohr, P.N.C., vom Brocke, J. (2020). When the stars shine too bright: Assessing the influence of dimensional ratings on overall product ratings. Management Science, forthcoming (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4; VHB: A+; ISI: 5.469, FT50).*
Hacker, J., vom Brocke, J., Handali, J., Otto, M., Schneider, J. (2020), Virtually in this Together – How Web-Conferencing Systems Enabled a New Virtual Togetherness During the COVID-19 Crisis, in: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), forthcoming (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: A; ISI: 2.6).
Gerster, D., vom Brocke, J., Conboy, K., Dremel, Ch., Mayer, R. (2021), Managing Time Complexity through Agility: The Cases of Fujitsu’s World Record and Four Fortune 500 Companies, in: MIS Quarterly Executive (MISQe), forthcoming (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 4.961).
vom Brocke, J., Hevner, A., Léger, P.M., Walla, P., Riedl, R. (2020), Advancing a NeuroIS Research Agenda with Four Areas of Societal Contributions, in: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), 29(1), 9-24, (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: A; ISI: 2.6).
vom Brocke, J., Winter, R., Hevner, A., Maedche, A. (2020), Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research – A Journey Through Time and Space, in: Journals of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), 2020, 21(3), 520-544, (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4; ISI: 3.487; VHB: A; ISI: 2.109).
Hevner, A., vom Brocke, J., Maedche, A. (2019), Roles of Digital Innovation in Design Science Research, in: Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 61(1), 3-8, (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
vom Brocke, J., Maedche, A. (2019), The DSR Grid: Six Core Dimensions for Effectively Planning and Communicating Design Science Research Projects, in: Electronic Markets, 29(3), pp 379–385 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 4.417).
Venable, J., vom Brocke, J., Winter, R. (2019), Designing TRiDS: Treatments for Risks in Design Science, in: Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS), June 2019.
Schmiedel, T., Recker, J., vom Brocke, J. (2019), The relation between BPM culture, BPM methods, and process performance: Evidence from quantitative field studies, Information & Management (I&M), 57(2) (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: B; ISI: 5.155).
Abraham, R., vom Brocke, J., Schneider, J. (2019), Data Governance: A conceptual framework, structured review, and research agenda, in: International Journal of Information Management (IJIM),49, 424-438 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: C; ISI: 4.713).
Dremel, C., Herterich, M., Wulf, J., vom Brocke, J. (2019). Actualizing Big Data Analytics Affordances: A Revelatory Case Study. Information & Management (I&M), 57(1) (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: B; ISI: 5.155).
Betzing, J., Tietz, M., vom Brocke, J., Becker, J. (2019), The Impact of Transparency on Mobile Privacy Decision Making, Electronic Markets, (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 4.417).
Simons, A., Kaiser, L. F., & vom Brocke, J. (2019). Enterprise crowdfunding: Foundations, applications, and research findings. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 61(1), 113-121 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
Zelt, S., Recker, J., Schmiedel, T., vom Brocke, J. (2019), A Theory of Contingent Business Process Management, in: Business Process Management Journal (BPMJ), 25(6), pp. 1291-1316, (ABDC: B; ABS: 2; VHB: C, CiteScoree: 4.2).
Whelan, E., McDuff, D., Gleasure, R., vom Brocke, J. (2018), How Emotion-Sensing Technology Can Reshape the Workplace, Case Study, Harvard Business Review (HBR), January, 2018, 59(3), p. 7-10 (ABDC: A; ABS: 3; FT 50).
Zelt, S., Recker, J., Schmiedel, T., vom Brocke, J. (2018), Development and validation of an instrument to measure and manage organizational process variety, in: PLoS ONE, 13(10) (ISI: 3.535).
Gorbacheva, E., Beekhuyzen, J., vom Brocke, J., Becker, J. (2018), Directions for Research on Gender Imbalance in the IT Profession, in: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), 28(1), pp. 43-67, (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: A; ISI: 2.6).
Schmiedel, T., Müller, O., vom Brocke, J. (2018), Topic Modeling as a Strategy of Inquiry in Organizational Research: A Tutorial with an Application Example on Organizational Culture, in: Organizational Research Methods (ORM), 22(4), 941-968, (ABCD: A*, ABS: 4*; VHB: A; ISI: 4.78).
vom Brocke, J., Maaß, W., Buxmann, P., Maedche, A., Leimeister, J.M., Pecht, G. (2018), Future Work and Enterprise Systems, in: Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 60, published online 25. May 2018 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
Tumbas, S, Berente, N., vom Brocke, J. (2018), Digital Innovation and Institutional Entrepreneurship: Chief Digital Officers’ Perspective of their Emerging Role, in: Journal of Information Technology (JIT), (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: A; ISI: 8.245).
Lehrer, C., Wieneke, A., vom Brocke, J., Jung, R., Seidel, S. (2018), How Big Data Analytics Enables Service Innovation: Materiality, Affordance, and the Individualization of Service, in: Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 35(2), pp. 424 – 460, (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4; VHB: A; ISI: 3.775; FT 50).
Whelan, E., McDuff, D., Gleasure, R., vom Brocke, J. (2018), How Emotion-Sensing Technology Can Reshape the Workplace, MIT Sloan Management Review, February 05, 2018 (ABDC: A; ABS: 3; ISI: 4.225; FT 50).
Müller, O., Fay, M., vom Brocke, J. (2018), The effect of big data and analytics on firm performance: An econometric analysis considering industry characteristics, in Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 35(2), pp. 488-509 (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4; VHB: A; ISI: 3.775; FT 50).
Mendling, J., Weber, I, van der Aalst, W.M.P, vom Brocke, J. et al. (2018), Blockchains for Business Process Management – Challenges and Opportunities, in: ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, 9(1), 1-16 (VHB: B).
Schneider, C., Weinmann, M., vom Brocke, J. (2018), Digital Nudging–Influencing Choices by Using Interface Design, in: Communications of the ACM, 61(7), 67-73 (ABDC: A*; VHB: B; ISI: 4.027).
Te’eni, D, Seidel, S., vom Brocke, J. (2017), Stimulating dialog between information systems research and practice, in: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), Volume 26, Issue 6, pp 541–545 (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; ISI: 3.505; VHB: A).
Tumbas, S., Berente, N., vom Brocke, J. (2017), Three Types of Chief Digital Officers and the Reasons Organizations Adopt the Role, Management Information Systems Quarterly Executive (MISQe), 16(2), 121-134 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 4.961).
Spiegel, M., Schmiedel, T., vom Brocke, J. (2017), What Makes Change Harder – or Easier? MIT Sloan Management Review, 58(3), 88-89, (ABDC: A; ABS: 3; ISI: 4.225; FT 50).
Beverungen, D., Müller, O., Matzner, M., Mendling, J., & vom Brocke, J. (2017). Conceptualizing smart service systems. Electronic Markets, 29(1), 1-12 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 2.121).
Tumbas, S., Berente, N., & vom Brocke, J. (2017). Digital Capabilities for Buffering Tensions of Structure, Space, and Time during Entrepreneurial Growth. Paper presented at the 38th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, South Korea. (VHB: A). ICIS Best Theory Development Award Winner
Weinmann, M., Tietz, M., Simons, A., & vom Brocke, J. (2017). Get It before It’s Gone? How Limited Rewards Influence Backers’ Choices in Reward-Based Crowdfunding. Paper presented at the 38th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2017), Seoul, South Korea. (VHB: A). ICIS Most Innovative Short Paper Award Nominee.
Löser, F., Recker, J., vom Brocke, J., Molla, A., Zarnekow, R. (2017), How IT Executives Create Organizational Benefits by Translating Environmental Strategies into Green IS Initiatives. Information Systems Journal (ISJ), 27(4), 503-553 (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; ISI: 4.122; VHB: A).
Székely, N., & vom Brocke, J. (2017). What can we learn from corporate sustainability reporting? Deriving propositions for research and practice from over 9,500 corporate sustainability reports published between 1999 and 2015 using topic modelling technique. PLoS ONE, 12(4). (ISI: 3.535).
Müller, O., Junglas, I., Debortoli, S., vom Brocke, J. (2016),Using Text Analytics to Derive Customer Service Management Benefits from Unstructured Data, in: Management Information Systems Quarterly Executive (MISQe), 15(4), 243-258 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 4.961). ICIS Senior Scholars` Best Publication of 2016 Award Winner.
Weinmann, M., Schneider, C., vom Brocke, J. (2016), Digital Nudging, in: Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 58(6), 433–436 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
Müller, O., Junglas, I., vom Brocke, J., Debortoli, S. (2016), Utilizing Big Data Analytics for Information Systems Research: Challenges, Promises and Guidelines. European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), 25(4), pp 289–302 (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: A; ISI: 2.6).
vom Brocke, J. (2016). Interview with Martin Petry on “Digital Innovation for the Networked Society”. Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 58(3), 239-241 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
Debortoli, S., Müller, O., Junglas, I., vom Brocke, J. (2016), Text mining for information systems researchers: An annotated topic modeling tutorial, in: Communications of the AIS, 39(1), Article 7, (ABDC: A; VHB: C)
Abrell, T. ; Pihlajamaa, M.; Kanto, L.; vom Brocke, J. & Uebernickel, F. (2016). The role of users and customers in digital innovation: Insights from B2B manufacturing firms. Information & Management (I&M), 53 (3), 324-335 (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3, VHB: B; ISI: 5.155).
vom Brocke, J., Zelt, S., Schmiedel, T. (2016), On the Role of Context in Business Process Management. International Journal of Information Management (IJIM), 36(3), 486-495 (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: C; ISI: 4.713).
Abrell, T., Pihlajamaa, M., Kanto, L., vom Brocke, J., Uebernickel, F. (2016), The Role of Users and Customers in Digital Innovation: Insights from B2B Manufacturing Firms. Information & Management (I&M), 53(3), 324–335 (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: B; ISI: 5.155).
Becker, J., vom Brocke, J., Heddier, M., Seidel, S. (2015), In Search of Information Systems (Grand) Challenges: A Community of Inquirers Perspective. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 6(1), 39-43. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
Turber, S., vom Brocke, J., Gassmann, O., (2015), Designing Business Models in the Age of Pervasive Digitization, in: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2015.
vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., Riemer, K., Niehaves, B., Plattfaut, R., Cleven, A. (2015), Standing on the shoulders of giants: Challenges and recommendations of literature search in Information Systems research. Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 37(1), Article 9, 205-224. (ABDC: A; VHB: C).
Rosemann, M., & vom Brocke, J. (2015). Six Core Elements of Business Process Management. In J. vom Brocke & M. Rosemann (Eds.), Handbook on Business Process Management: Introduction, Methods, and Information Systems (2 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 105-122). Berlin et al.: Springer. Cited 1`300 + times.
Tumbas, S., Berente, N., Seidel, S., vom Brocke, J. (2015), The ‘Digital Façade’ of Rapidly Growing Entrepreneurial Organizations. Paper presented at the 36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015), Fort Worth, TX. (VHB: A). ICIS Best Paper Award Winner.
Müller, O., Schmiedel, T., Gorbacheva, E., & vom Brocke, J. (2014). Toward a Typology of Business Process Management Professionals: Identifying Patterns of Competence through Latent Semantic Analysis. Enterprise Information Systems, 10(1), 50-80. (ISI: 3.043)
vom Brocke, J., Liang, T.P. (2014), Guidelines for Neuroscience Studies in Information Systems Research. Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 30(4), 211-234. (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4; FT 50; VHB: A; ISI: 3.775).
Léger, P.-M., Riedl. R., vom Brocke, J. (2014), Emotions and ERP Information Sourcing: The Moderating Role of Expertise. Industrial Management & Data Systems (IM&DS), 114(3), 456-471. (ABS: 2; ISI: 1.688). Emerald Literati Network 2015 Award, Highly Recommended Paper.
Neff, A. A., Hamel, F., Herz, T. P., Uebernickel, F., Brenner, W., vom Brocke, J. (2014), Developing a Maturity Model for Service Systems in Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises.Information & Management (I&M), 51(7), 895-911. (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: B; ISI: 5.155).
Schmiedel, T., vom Brocke, J., Recker, J. (2014), Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Organizational Cultures’ Support of Business Process Management. Information & Management (I&M), 51(1), 43-56. (ABDC: A*; ABS: 3; VHB: B); ISI: 5.155. Emerald Literati Network 2014 Award Winning Paper.
Debortoli, S., Müller, O., & vom Brocke, J. (2014). Comparing Business Intelligence and Big Data Skills – A Text Mining Study Using Job Advertisements. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 6(5), 289-300. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 7.361).
vom Brocke, J., Schmiedel, T., Recker, J., Trkman, P., Mertens, W., Viaene, S. (2014), Ten Principles of Good Business Process Management. Business Process Management Journal (BPMJ), 20(4), 530-548. (ABDC: B; ABS: 2; VHB: C). Awarded one out of 10 BPMJ’s most exceptional papers in 2015.
Seidel, S., Recker, J., vom Brocke, J. (2013), Sensemaking and Sustainable Practicing: Functional Affordances of Information Systems in Green Transformations. Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), 37(4), 1275-1299. (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4*; FT 50; VHB: A+; ISI: 9.52). Best European Research Paper of the Year 2013, Nominee, CIONET Community and Benelux Chapter of the Association for Information Systems, Best German IS Research Paper of the Year, Wissenschaftliche Kommission Wirtschaftsinformatik (WKWI), Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB).
Frank, U., Strecker, S., Fettke, P., vom Brocke, J., Becker, J., & Sinz, E. (2014). The Research Field “Modeling Business Information Systems”. Current Challenges and Elements of a Future Research Agenda. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 6(1), 39-43. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
Turber, S., vom Brocke, J., Gassmann, O., & Fleisch, E. (2014). Designing Business Models in the Era of Internet of Things, in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 8463), 17-31.
vom Brocke, J., Riedl, R., Léger, P.-M. (2013), Application strategies for Neuroscience in Information Systems Design Science Research. Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS), 53(3), 1-13. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; ISI: 1.118).
vom Brocke, J., Watson, R., Dwyer, C., Elliot, S., Melville, N. (2013), Green Information Systems: Directives for the IS Discipline. Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 33(30), 509-520. (ABDC: A; VHB: C).
Dimoka, A., Banker, R. D., Benbasat, I., Davis, F. D., Dennis, A. R., Gefen, D., Gupta, A., Ischebeck, A., Kenning, P., Pavlou, P. A., Müller-Putz, G., Riedl, R., vom Brocke, J., Weber, B.(2012), On the Use of Neurophysiological Tools in IS Research: Developing a Research Agenda for NeuroIS. Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), 36(3), 679-702. (ABDC: A*; ABS: 4*; FT 50; VHB: A+; ISI: 9.52). Best European Research Paper of the Year 2013, Nominee, CIONET Community and Bnelux Chapter of the Association for Information Systems.
Sonnenberg, C., vom Brocke, J. (2012), Evaluations in the science of the artificial–reconsidering the build-evaluate pattern in design science research, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 7286), 381-397.
Richter, D., Riemer, K., & vom Brocke, J. (2011). Internet Social Networking: Research State-of-the-art and Implications for Enterprise 2.0. Business and Information Systems Engineering, (BISE), 3(2), 89-101. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
vom Brocke, J., Riedl, R., & Pierre-Majorique, L. (2011). Neuroscience in Design-oriented Research: Exploring New Potentials, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 6629), 427-439. Best Paper Nominee.
Watson, R. T., & vom Brocke, J. (2011). Energy Informatics: A Critical Imperative for Information Systems, in: Green IT: A Matter of Business and Information Systems Engineering? Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE). (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., & Cleven, A. (2011). Towards a Business Process-Oriented Approach to Enterprise Content Management: The ECM-Blueprinting Framework. Information Systems and e-Business Management, 9(4), 475-496. (ABDC: B; ABS: 2; IS-5: 1.551; VHB: C).
vom Brocke, J., Sinnl, T. (2011). Culture in Business Process Management. Business Process Management Journal (BPMJ), 20(4), 530-548. (ABDC: B; ABS: 2; CiteScore: 4.2; VHB: C).
Loos, P., Riedl, R., Müller-Putz, G. R., vom Brocke, J., Davis, F. D., Banker, R. D., & Léger, P.-M. (2010). NeuroIS: Neuroscientific Approaches in the Investigation and Development of InformationSystems. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 2(6), 395-491. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
vom Brocke, J., Recker, J., Mendling, J. (2010). Value‐oriented Process Modeling: Integrating Financial Perspectives into Business Process Re‐design. Business Process Management Journal (BPMJ), 16(2), pp. 333-356 (ABDC: B; ABS: 2; CiteScore: 4.2; VHB: C).
Riedl, R., Banker, R. D., Benbasat, I., Davis, F. D., Dennis A. R., Dimoka, A., Gefen, D., Gupta, A., Ischebeck, A., Kenning, P., Müller-Putz, G., Pavlou, P. A., Straub, D. W., vom Brocke, J., & Weber, B. (2010). On the Foundations of NeuroIS: Reflections on the Gmunden Retreat 2009. Communications of the AIS (CAIS), 27(1), 15, (ABDC: A; VHB: C).
vom Brocke, J., Sonnenberg, C., & Simons, A. (2009). Value-oriented Information Systems Design: The Concept of Potentials Modeling and its Application to Service-oriented Architectures. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 1(3), 223-233. (ABDC: A; ABS: 2; VHB: B; ISI: 5.837).
vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., Niehaves, B., Riemer, K., Plattfaut, R., & Cleven, A. (2009). Reconstructing the Giant: On the Importance of Rigour in Documenting the Literature Search Process. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2009), Verona, Italy – Cited 1`400+ times.

* Publication quality measures: ABDC = Australian Business Deans Council Journal Quality List 2013, ABS = Associations of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide 2015, FT50 = Financial Times Top 50 Journal; ISI = Thomson Reuters 2014 5-year Impact Factor, VHB = German Association for Business Research Jourqual 3.0 list.

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