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Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Areas of Study
- Management Information Systems
- Information Systems Strategy
- Digital Marketing
Biography
Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Vitzthum has worked in different countries across a variety of industries such as the software and technology development, outsourcing, consulting, and music industries.
Education
• 2009 Ph.D. Business (Information Systems), Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Dissertation: Enabling PRINCIPLES OF ON DEMAND SYSTEMS: STUDIES IN SYSTEMS ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE
• 2003 Master of Business Administration and Economics (Diplom-Kaufmann), Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU), Koblenz, Germany
- Majors: Operations Management, E-Commerce & Entrepreneurship
- Minors: Technology Innovation Management, Marketing & Economics
Academic and Research Interests
- Service-Oriented Models & On Demand Systems
- Impact of Emerging Technologies
- Patterns of Knowledge & Innovation Ecosystems
- Enterprise MashUps & Social Media
Ongoing Research
- Service Oriented Systems
- Information Diffusion in Social Networks
- Commerce in Virtual Worlds
Classes taught at IWU
- Foundations of Digital Enterprises and Markets
- Marketing: Principles and Management
Memberships
- AIS
- DSI
Selected Publications
| Sascha Vitzthum and Benn Konsynski | 2009 | EBAY’s Acquisition of Skype SA: Valuing the Voice of the Buyer | Communications of the Association for Information Systems |
| Sascha Vitzthum and Benn Konsynski | 2008 | CHEP: The Net of Things | Communications of the Association for Information Systems |
| Sascha Vitzthum | 2008 | Influence of Structure Parameters on the Information Diffusion Process in Virtual Networks | ICIS 2008 Proceedings |
| Abhishek Kathuria, Astrid Fontaine, Michael J. Prietula, and Sascha Vitzthum | 2008 | Inter-Organizational Learning in Technology Acquisitions: Procuring More Than Knowledge | ICIS 2008 Proceedings |
| Sascha Vitzthum | 2007 | Dissemination of Culture in a Networked World: The Influence of Network Structure on the Outcomes of the Axelrod Cultural Model | AMCIS 2007 Proceedings |
| Benn Konsynski and Sascha Vitzthum | 2007 | CHEP: The Net of Things | ICIS 2007 Proceedings |
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svitzthu@iwu.edu |
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(309) 556-3939 |
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320 CLA Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL 61701 |