2010 - ERCIS

University of Liechtenstein –
Institute of Information Systems
UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN
INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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About the Institution
Founded in the early 1990s, the Institute
of Information Systems consists of
a young and motivated research group
that has been continuously growing
since then. The institute offers both
a Bachelor’s program in information
systems (IS) and a new and innovative
Master’s program in business process
reengineering. Additionally, the
institute represents the Association for
Information Systems (AIS) in Liechtenstein
through the Liechtenstein Chapter
of the AIS (LCAIS). Dr. Jan Recker, Associate
Professor at Queensland University
of Technology (QUT), Brisbane,
Australia, was appointed the first LCAIS
research fellow in 2010.
As an ERCIS member, and situated in
the heart of Europe, the institute strives
to be a networking hub that facilitates
the exchange of both IS researchers and
students. In this past year, we have had
the pleasure of welcoming a number of
distinguished IS researchers in Liechtenstein,
including Alan R. Hevner (University
of South Florida, USA), Marco de
Marco (Università Cattolica, Italy), Ken
Pfeffers (University of Nevada, USA), Jan
Recker (QUT, Australia), Nicolas Romano
(Spears School of Business, USA), and
Reima Suomi (Turku School of Economics,
Finland).
Furthermore, researchers from the
institute held guest lectures on BPM,
ECM, ERP, and related subjects at several
partner institutions, including the
Turku School of Economics (Finland),
the University of Agder (Norway), Addis
Abeba University (Ethiopia), the University
of Münster (Germany), and the University
of St. Gallen (Switzerland).
In addition, the Institute of Information
Systems is a co-founder of the Hilti Fellowship
Program that gives highly motivated
and committed Master’s students
the opportunity to do an internship at
the Hilti Corporation while taking courses
at the University of Liechtenstein. In
2010, excellent students from Austria,
Finland, Germany, Liechtenstein, and
Lithuania participated in this unique
program. The majority of the students
were recommended by our international
IS research partners from the ERCIS network.
Research Topics
Our research focuses on business process
management (BPM) and related
topics, including business process analysis
and specification, creativity-intensive
business processes, collaborative
process modeling, the role of culture in
BPM, and the role of BPM in enterprise
sustainability. Other research areas include
enterprise content management,
document management, enterprise resource
planning, service orientation,
interoperability and standardization, elearning,
and social networking.
Competence Centers
In 2009, the Competence Center on Enterprise
Content Management (CC-ECM)
was established. The center focuses on
research topics related to the management
of enterprise content, including
both technological and managerial challenges.
Among other things, over the
past year a novel approach towards content
modeling was developed, an ECM
implementation project was evaluated,
drivers for ECM adoption were identified,
and a research framework for ECM
and creativity was proposed.
Additionally, in 2010, three new competence
centers were initiated:
The Competence Center on Business
Process Management (CC-BPM) investigates
issues related to the analysis,
improvement, and continuous management
of business processes against the
background that contemporary organizations
are increasingly challenged to
implement efficient and effective business
processes.
The Competence Center on Enterprise
Resource Planning (CC-ERP) focuses on
the development, implementation, and
application of ERP systems. Besides the
application of conventional ERP components,
the center also supports the
dissemination of knowledge and skills
related to new technologies such as
cloud computing, service-oriented architectures,
software-as-a-service, and
enterprise application integration.