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Business and Management
Switzerland
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
54
Citations
10463
World Ranking
4617
National Ranking
100

Business and Management

D-Index
55
Citations
11081
World Ranking
743
National Ranking
6

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  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Robert Winter is affiliated with the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields including Business, Management and Accounting; Computer Science; and Social Sciences. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on subfields such as Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Marketing, and Information Systems.

Their main research topics cover a range of areas related to information systems and digital innovation. These include:

  • Information Systems Theories and Implementation
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Business Process Modeling and Analysis
  • Information Technology Governance and Strategy
  • Service and Product Innovation
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management

Robert Winter has contributed to academic literature with several recent papers, including:

  • "Special Issue Editorial - Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space" (2020), published in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems
  • "Dealing with Complexity in Design Science Research: A Methodology Using Design Echelons" (2024), published in MIS Quarterly
  • "Taxonomy of Digital Platforms: A Business Model Perspective" (2021), published in the Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • "Dynamic capabilities for transitioning from product platform ecosystem to innovation platform ecosystem" (2022), published in the European Journal of Information Systems
  • "Governance Mechanisms in Digital Platform Ecosystems: Addressing the Generativity-Control Tension" (2022), published in Communications of the Association for Information Systems

The primary venues for Robert Winter's publications reveal the outlets where their research has appeared most frequently. These include:

  • MIS Quarterly
  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik
  • European Journal of Information Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaboration is a significant component of Robert Winter's academic activity. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Stephan Aier (13 joint publications)
  • Kazem Haki (11 joint publications)
  • Marius Schmid (6 joint publications)
  • Jannis Beese (4 joint publications)
  • Hüseyi̇n Tanriverdi̇ (4 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Design science research in Europe

    Robert Winter

  • Essential Layers, Artifacts, and Dependencies of Enterprise Architecture

    Robert Winter;Ronny Fischer

  • A method for demand-driven information requirements analysis in data warehousing projects

    R. Winter;B. Strauch

  • Business Intelligence Maturity: Development and Evaluation of a Theoretical Model

    Gerrit Lahrmann;Frederik Marx;Robert Winter;Felix Wortmann

  • Unternehmensarchitektur – Literaturüberblick und Stand der Praxis

    Stephan Aier;Christian Riege;Robert Winter

  • Special Issue Editorial – Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space

    Jan vom Brocke;Robert Winter;Alan R. Hevner;Alexander Maedche

  • The discipline of enterprise engineering

    Jan L. G. Dietz;Jan A. P. Hoogervorst;Antonia Albani;David Aveiro

  • Business Engineering: Auf dem Weg zum Unternehmen des Informationszeitalters

    Hubert Österle;Robert Winter

  • Towards a Classification of Maturity Models in Information Systems

    Tobias Mettler;Peter Rohner;Robert Winter

  • Method construction - a core approach to organizational engineering

    Christian Braun;Felix Wortmann;Martin Hafner;Robert Winter

  • Viewpoint-based Meta Model Engineering

    Stephan Kurpjuweit;Robert Winter

  • A Comprehensive Enterprise Architecture Metamodel and Its Implementation Using a Metamodeling Platform

    Christian Braun;Robert Winter

  • A Federated Approach to Enterprise Architecture Model Maintenance.

    Ronny Fischer;Stephan Aier;Robert Winter

  • Situational Method Engineering

    Tobias Bucher;Mario Klesse;Stephan Kurpjuweit;Robert Winter

  • Inductive design of maturity models: applying the Rasch algorithm for design science research

    Gerrit Lahrmann;Frederik Marx;Tobias Mettler;Robert Winter

  • Modelle, Techniken und Werkzeuge im Business Engineering

    Robert Winter

  • Aligning Process Automation and Business Intelligence to Support Corporate Performance Management

    Florian Melchert;Robert Winter;Mario Klesse

  • Integration of IT service management into enterprise architecture

    Christian Braun;Robert Winter

  • Understanding Enterprise Architecture Management Design - An Empirical Analysis

    Stephan Aier;Bettina Gleichauf;Robert Winter

  • Enterprise architecture governance: the need for a business-to-IT approach

    Robert Winter;Joachim Schelp

  • Teaching - The Little Brother of Research

    Robert Winter;Martin Bichler;Armin Heinzl

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Bichler
Martin Bichler Technical University of Munich
Dimitris Karagiannis
Dimitris Karagiannis University of Vienna
Jan Marco Leimeister
Jan Marco Leimeister University of Kassel
Jan vom Brocke
Jan vom Brocke University of Münster
Richard L. Baskerville
Richard L. Baskerville Georgia State University
Florian Matthes
Florian Matthes Technical University of Munich
J. Leon Zhao
J. Leon Zhao Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Lutz M. Kolbe
Lutz M. Kolbe University of Göttingen
Larry Leifer
Larry Leifer Stanford University
Alan R. Hevner
Alan R. Hevner University of South Florida

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