Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt

Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt

Professor

WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
Institutsgebäude
Grimmaische Straße 12, Room I Z20
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 33601
Fax: +49 341 97 - 33612

Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt

Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt

Dean

Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Institutsgebäude
Grimmaische Straße 12, Room I 109
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 33501

Abstract

Rainer Alt is a Full Professor for business information systems at Leipzig University since 2006. His research focuses on interorganizational networking, in particular the use of digital technologies in linking customers and suppliers as well as in the field of digital platforms and markets. Among the recent research topics are decentralized platforms based on digital ledger technologies (DLT) as well as the application potentials of converging technologies, such as DLT and AI, in industries such as finance (Fintech). He has been Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Leipzig University since 01.04.2024.

Professional career

  • 02/1992 - 07/1995
    Research Assistant, Institute of Information Management, University of St.Gallen
  • 08/1995 - 09/1996
    Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA
  • 02/1997 - 11/1998
    Senior Consultant, Roland Berger, Düsseldorf
  • 12/1998 - 08/2005
    Project Manager, Institute of Information Management, University of St.Gallen
  • 11/2004 - 11/2006
    Assistant Professor, University of St.Gallen
  • since 07/2005
    Full Professor, Information Systems Institute, Leipzig University

Education

  • 10/1987 - 12/1991
    Master in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) with major in information systems, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 02/1992 - 02/1997
    Doctoral thesis (Dr. oec. HSG) with summa cum laude, University of St.Gallen
  • 11/1998 - 11/2004
    Postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) in information systems, University of St.Gallen

Panel Memberships

  • since 02/2012
    Editor-in-Chief, Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business (EM)
  • 01/2013 - 03/2022
    Associate Editor, Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
  • 10/2016 - 09/2019
    Vice Dean, Faculty for Economics and Management Science
  • since 04/2017
    Board Member, Social CRM Research Center e.V. (SCRC), Leipzig
  • 05/2017 - 04/2019
    Deputy chairman of the section Business Information Systems (WKWI) in the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB)
  • 05/2019 - 04/2021
    Chairman of the section Business Information Systems (WKWI) in the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB)
  • since 11/2020
    Steering Board Member, Journal of Smart Tourism
  • since 02/2021
    Spokesman of the Board, Die Wirtschaftsinformatik (Die WI)
  • 10/2022 - 03/2024
    Vice Dean, Faculty for Economics and Management Science
  • since 04/2024
    Dean, Faculty for Economics and Management Science
  • 02/2006 - 12/2013
    Thesis committee member: Dr. Jochen Hennig (Uni St.Gallen, 2007), Dr. Stefan Reitbauer (Uni St.Gallen, 2008), Dr. Andreas Lassmann (Uni Leipzig, 2008), Dr. Andrej Werner (Uni Leipzig, 2008), Dr. Tobias Vogel (Uni St.Gallen, 2009), Dr. Christian Riege (Uni St.Gallen, 2010), Dr. Clemens Eckert (Uni Leipzig, 2011), Dr. Falk Kohlmann (Uni Leipzig, 2011), Dr. Ken Mansfeldt (Uni Leipzig, 2012), Dr. Dirk Schmalzried (Uni Leipzig, 2013), Prof. Dr. Daniel Beverungen (Habilitation, Uni Münster, 2013)
  • 01/2014 - 12/2017
    Thesis advisor: Dr. Stephan Jacob (Uni Magdeburg, 2014), Dr. Marcus Bauer (Uni Leipzig, 2014), Dr. Michael Fischbach (Uni Leipzig, 2014), Dr. Ralph Tröger (Uni Leipzig, 2014), Dr. Stefan Hesse (TU Dresden, 2015), Dr. Torben Küpper (Uni St.Gallen, 2015), Dr. Christian Lambeck (TU Dresden, 2016), Dr. Rebecca Nüesch (Uni Leipzig, 2016), Dr. Mehmet Kilic (Uni Zürich, 2017), Dr. Tobias Widmer (Uni Hohenheim, 2017), Dr. Roger Rechsteiner (Uni St.Gallen, 2017)
  • 01/2018 - 12/2021
    Thesis advisor: Dr. Stephan Sachse (Uni Leipzig, 2018), Dr. Carina Cundius (Uni Leipzig, 2018), Dr. Alexander Wienecke (Uni St.Gallen, 2018), Dr. Ante Platzibat (Uni St.Gallen, 2019), Dr. Olaf Reinhold (Uni Leipzig, 2019), Dr. Daniel Proba (Uni St.Gallen, 2020), Prof. Dr. Agata Filipowska (Habilitation, Uni Leipzig, 2020), Dr. Sebastian Hermes (TU München, 2021)
  • since 01/2022
    Thesis advisor: Dr. Maik Dehnert (Uni Potsdam, 2022), Dr. Roger Heines (Uni St.Gallen, 2022), Dr. Daniel Burdensky (Uni Leipzig, 2022), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Anke (Habilitation, Uni Leipzig, 2022), Dr. Christian Dietzmann (Uni Leipzig, 2023), Dr. Alireza Ansari Vaghef (Uni Leipzig, 2023), Dr. Katharina Schache (Uni St.Gallen, 2023), Dr. Aleksandr Skiruk (Uni Leipzig, 2023), Dr. Katharina Blöcher (Uni Leipzig, 2023), Dr. Steffen Bindel (TU Cottbus, 2024)
  • Business application systems (ERP), in particular regarding the integration of customers and suppliers (Customer Relationship and Supply Chain Management)
  • Electronic markets and digital platforms, in particular the impact of decentralized (blockchain) technologies
  • Methods for management of interorganizational processes, in particular Service Science and Business Engineering
  • Assessment of innovative technologies (e.g. AI, DLT, Social Media) in industries such as finance (fintech), energy and logistics
  • Foodservice Digital Hub - Netzwerk für digitale Innovationen in der Gastronomie
    Alt, Rainer
    Duration: 08/2021 – 07/2022
    Funded by: BMWK Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
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  • Editorial Office ‚Electronic Markets – The International Journal on Networked Business‘ (EM)
    Alt, Rainer
    Duration: 04/2006 – ongoing
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
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  • Digital Tax Compliance Management System (DigiTax)
    Gebhardt, Johannes
    Duration: 02/2024 – 01/2027
    Funded by: EU Europäischer Sozialfonds (ESF)
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung; BWL/betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerlehre
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  • eSleepA - User-oriented data acquisition and preparation
    Alt, Rainer
    Duration: 02/2023 – 01/2025
    Funded by: BMWK Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung; Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
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  • Potentials of Social CRM in smart tourism management for innovative digital customer experiences and relationship management
    Alt, Rainer
    Duration: 03/2023 – 02/2024
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
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more projects

  • Alt, R.
    Electronic Markets on digital platforms and AI
    Electronic Markets. 2021. 31 (2). pp. 233–241.
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  • Alt, R.; Fridgen, G.; Chang, Y.
    The future of fintech - Towards ubiquitous financial services
    Electronic Markets. 2024. 34 (3).
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  • Sunyaev, A.; Dehling, T.; Strahringer, S.; Da Xu, L.; Heinig, M.; Perscheid, M.; Alt, R.; Rossi, M.
    The future of enterprise information systems
    Business & Information Systems Engineering. 2023. 65 (6). pp. 731–751.
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  • Schmidt, R.; Alt, R.; Zimmermann, A.
    Assistant platforms
    Electronic Markets. 2023. 33 (1). p. 59.
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  • Schmidt, R.; Alt, R.; Zimmermann, A.
    Exploring the scope of multi-platforms - A network science approach
    Proceedings 32. European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). 2024.
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more publications

  • Andere herausragende Auszeichnungen: Best Reviewer Award
    Alt, Rainer (WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung)
    awarded in 2019 by International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS).
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  • Andere herausragende Auszeichnungen: Best Reviewer Award
    Alt, Rainer (WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung)
    awarded in 2023 by European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS).
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more awards

  • WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Fakultätsvereinbarung mit der Kyung Hee University, Korea
    Start Date of Collaboration: 18/12/2023
    External participating organisations: Kyung Hee University (Seoul, Korea, Republic of)
    Involved persons: Alt, Rainer; Reinhold, Olaf
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  • WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business
    Start Date of Collaboration: 01/04/2006
    External participating organisations: Fachhochschule St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
    Involved persons: Alt, Rainer
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  • WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    German-Brazilian Partnerships for Social CRM
    Start Date of Collaboration: 01/01/2015
    Ended on: 31/12/2018
    External participating organisations: Federal University of Pará (UFPA) (Belém, Brazil)
    Involved persons: Reinhold, Olaf; Alt, Rainer
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more cooperations

  • Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2021)
    Track Future of Digital Markets and Platforms
    WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Event Organiser: Alt, Rainer; Heinzl, A.; Weinhardt, C.
    09/03/2021 – 11/03/2021
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  • International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2022)
    Track Current Topics in IS Development
    WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Event Organiser: Zimmermann, Alfred; Schmidt, Rainer; Alt, Rainer
    31/08/2022 – 02/09/2022
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  • Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2024)
    Practice Track: Innovative Prototypes & Impact of IS
    WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Event Organiser: Alt, Rainer; Leist, Susanne; Morana, Stefan
    15/09/2024 – 18/09/2024
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  • Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
    Minitrack Artificial Intelligence-based Assistants
    WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Event Organiser: Schmidt, Rainer; Alt, Rainer; Zimmermann, Alfred
    02/01/2024 – 05/01/2024
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  • Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
    Minitrack Human-centricity in a Sustainable Digital Economy
    WINF/Anwendungssysteme für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
    Event Organiser: Human, Soheil; Alt, Rainer; Neumann, Gustaf
    02/01/2024 – 05/01/2024
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more events

  • Introduction to Business Information Systems (Bachelor)
  • Business Process Management, intraorganizational (Bachelor)
  • Enterprise Systems / SAP (Bachelor)
  • Business Process Management, interorganizational (Master)
  • Enterprise Systems / E-Business (Master)
  • Business Innovation (Master)
  • Blockchain Hackathon (Master)
  • Introduction to Business Information Systems

    •  Digitalization of the economy and digital transformation
    •  Information and knowledge management in businesses
    •  Enterprise and interorganizational application systems
    •  Modeling of business, process and system models
  • Business Proces Management

    Bachelor course (GPM 1)

    • Process-orientation and Business Engineering
    • Modeling languages (BPMN, eEPK)
    • Process Management (Six Sigma)
    • BPM tools and process mining

    Master course (GPM 2)

    • Inter-company process management
    • Modeling (e3Value, BPMN, Archimate)
    • Network management and control
    • Standards for inter-company processes
  • Enterprise Systems

    Bachelor course (ES 1)

    • Architecture of enterprise systems
    • Operational enterprise systems (ERP)
    • Decision support systems (BI)
    • Introduction of enterprise systems

    Master course (ES 2)

    • Electronic business/Interorganizational systems
    • Electronic markets and digital platforms
    • E-commerce, customer relationship and supply chain management
    • Data, catalog and transaction standards

Research fields

Computer science, Finance, financial economics, Business, economy

Contact for media inquiries

Phone: +49 341 97-33600