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Business and Management
Germany
2026
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Computer Science
Germany
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
75
Citations
22383
World Ranking
1419
National Ranking
57

Business and Management

D-Index
77
Citations
23383
World Ranking
193
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Overview

Helmut Krcmar is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within business, management, and computer science, with a particular focus on digital transformation and innovation in industries.

The core fields of study for Helmut Krcmar include Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Computer Science. Within these areas, specific subfields of study include Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems, Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science, and Marketing.

Helmut Krcmar's research topics cover a range of themes related to digital innovation and business processes. Notable topics include Digital Platforms and Economics, Digital Innovation in Industries, Service and Product Innovation, Corporate Governance and Management, Business Process Modeling and Analysis, Big Data and Business Intelligence, and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The digital transformation of the healthcare industry: exploring the rise of emerging platform ecosystems and their influence on the role of patients (2020, BuR - Business Research)
  • Pathways to Digital Service Innovation: The Role of Digital Transformation Strategies in Established Organizations (2021, Information Systems Frontiers)
  • Capabilities for value co-creation and value capture in emergent platform ecosystems: A longitudinal case study of SAP's cloud platform (2021, Journal of Information Technology)
  • A comprehensive model of information security factors for decision-makers (2020, Computers & Security)
  • Core, intertwined, and ecosystem-specific clusters in platform ecosystems: analyzing similarities in the digital transformation of the automotive, blockchain, financial, insurance and IIoT industry (2020, Electronic Markets)

Frequent co-authors working with Helmut Krcmar include Markus Böhm, Manuel Wiesche, Andreas Hein, Maximilian Schreieck, and Kai Klinker.

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as the Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Electronic Markets, Business & Information Systems Engineering, Information Systems Frontiers, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Helmut Krcmar has contributed extensively to the understanding of digital service innovation, platform ecosystems, value co-creation, business process modeling, and digital security factors. Their work covers multiple industries including healthcare, automotive, blockchain, financial services, and insurance within the context of digital transformation.

In recognition of contributions to the field, Helmut Krcmar was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Leveraging Crowdsourcing: Activation-Supporting Components for IT-Based Ideas Competition

    Jan Marco Leimeister;Michael Huber;Ulrich Bretschneider;Helmut Krcmar

  • Wissensmanagement im Unternehmen

    Jakob Rehäuser;Helmut Krcmar

  • Digital platform ecosystems

    Andreas Hein;Maximilian Schreieck;Tobias Riasanow;David Soto Setzke

  • Community engineering for innovations: the ideas competition as a method to nurture a virtual community for innovations

    Winfried Ebner;Jan Marco Leimeister;Helmut Krcmar

  • Memorandum on design-oriented information systems research

    Hubert Österle;Joerg Becker;Ulrich Frank;Thomas Hess

  • A strategy for knowledge management

    Martina E. Greiner;Tilo Böhmann;Helmut Krcmar

  • Does collaboration among participants lead to better ideas in IT-based idea competitions? An empirical investigation

    Ivo Blohm;Ulrich Bretschneider;Jan Marco Leimeister;Helmut Krcmar

  • THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE OF CLOUD COMPUTING: ACTORS, ROLES, AND VALUE NETWORKS

    Stefanie Leimeister;Markus Böhm;Christoph Riedl;Helmut Krcmar

  • Grounded theory methodology in information systems research

    Manuel Wiesche;Marlen C. Jurisch;Philip W. Yetton;Helmut Krcmar

  • Determinants of physicians’ technology acceptance for e-health in ambulatory care

    Sebastian Dünnebeil;Ali Sunyaev;Ivo Blohm;Jan Marco Leimeister

  • Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Trust-Supporting Components in Virtual Communities for Patients

    Jan Marco Leimeister;Winfried Ebner;Helmut Krcmar

  • Value co-creation practices in business-to-business platform ecosystems

    Andreas Hein;Jörg Weking;Maximilian Schreieck;Manuel Wiesche

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  • Crowdsourcing: How to Benefit from (Too) Many Great Ideas

    Ivo Blohm;Jan Marco Leimeister;Helmut Krcmar

  • Leveraging industry 4.0 – A business model pattern framework

    Jörg Weking;Maria Stöcker;Marek Kowalkiewicz;Markus Böhm

  • Social Connectedness on Facebook - An Explorative Study on Status Message Usage

    Felix Köbler;Christoph Riedl;Céline Vetter;Jan Marco Leimeister

  • Memorandum zur gestaltungsorientierten Wirtschaftsinformatik

    Hubert Österle;Jörg Becker;Ulrich Frank;Thomas Hess

  • Design and Governance of Platform Ecosystems – Key Concepts and Issues for Future Research

    Maximilian Schreieck;Manuel Wiesche;Helmut Krcmar

  • The digital transformation of the healthcare industry: exploring the rise of emerging platform ecosystems and their influence on the role of patients

    Sebastian Hermes;Tobias Riasanow;Eric K. Clemons;Markus Böhm

  • The impact of blockchain technology on business models – a taxonomy and archetypal patterns

    Jörg Weking;Michael Mandalenakis;Andreas Hein;Sebastian Hermes

  • Understanding IT Governance

    Andreas Roland Schwertsik;Petra Wolf;Helmut Krcmar

  • Big Data: Eine interdisziplinäre Chance für die Wirtschaftsinformatik

    Michael Schermann;Holmer Hemsen;Christoph Buchmüller;Till Bitter

  • Towards Dimensions for specifying Decision Rights

    Andreas Roland Schwertsik;Petra Wolf;Helmut Krcmar;Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Marco Leimeister
Jan Marco Leimeister University of Kassel
Isabell M. Welpe
Isabell M. Welpe Technical University of Munich
Philip Yetton
Philip Yetton Deakin University
Michael Rosemann
Michael Rosemann Queensland University of Technology
Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Birgit Vogel-Heuser Technical University of Munich
Wilhelm Hasselbring
Wilhelm Hasselbring Kiel University
Yannis Charalabidis
Yannis Charalabidis University of the Aegean
Gudrun Klinker
Gudrun Klinker Technical University of Munich
Kristina Shea
Kristina Shea ETH Zurich
Martin Bichler
Martin Bichler Technical University of Munich

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