RICHTER Janek
Doctoral studies in Information Systems
Information Systems, Supply Chain Management & Decision Support
Doctoral studies in Information Systems
Janek RICHTER is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Digital Transformation at NEOMA Business School. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Cologne, and worked at the Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) as a postdoctoral research fellow before joining NEOMA. Janek’s research focuses on how organizations change with and through digital technology. He is interested in organizational agility and dynamism, (digital) dynamic capabilities, managerial judgment, and organizational identity. His work has been published in premier journals including the European Journal of Information Systems and he presented his research at the top conferences of the field such as the International Conference on Information Systems and the European Conference on Information Systems. He has served as Associate Editor at conference research tracks including “Innovative Research Methods” and “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation”. Janek’s teaching covers a broad range of topics embedded into the information systems discipline such as managing digital technologies and sustainable digital innovation as well as information systems development and IT project management.
Areas of research
- Organizational agility and digital transformation
- Digital capabilities
- Managerial Cognition
- Service-orientation
Recent academic contributions
- RICHTER, J., R. SCHALLER, "AI Identity Threats and Reinforcement in Organizations: A Theoretical Model of Professional Role Identity Implications" in Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2025
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RICHTER, J., A. HENK, "Friend or frenemy: A case study of AI adoption by strained governmental service providers during the pandemic outbreak" in Non-Profit Organisations, Volume IV Structures, Models and Technology., Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Leonidas Efthymiou, Yaakov Weber, S. M. Riad Shams, Evangelos Tsoukatos Eds, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 29-52, 2024
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-62538-1_2 -
RICHTER, J., D. BASTEN, B. MICHALIK, C. ROSENKRANZ, S. SMOLNIK, "Opening the black box of knowledge management mechanisms: exploring knowledge flows at a consultancy", Kybernetes, December 2023, vol. 52, no. 13, pp. 1-28
DOI : 10.1108/K-08-2022-1118
Article
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RICHTER, J., D. BASTEN, B. MICHALIK, C. ROSENKRANZ, S. SMOLNIK, "Opening the black box of knowledge management mechanisms: exploring knowledge flows at a consultancy", Kybernetes, December 2023, vol. 52, no. 13, pp. 1-28
DOI : 10.1108/K-08-2022-1118 -
WERDER, K., J. RICHTER, "A meta-analysis on the effects of IT capability toward agility and performance: New directions for information systems research", PLoS ONE, October 2022, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. e0268761
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0268761 -
WERDER, K., J. RICHTER, P. HENNEL, T. DREESEN, M. FISCHER, J. WEINGARTH, "A Three-Pronged View on Organizational Agility", IT Professional, March 2021, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 89-95
DOI : 10.1109/MITP.2020.3016488 -
KEUTEL, M., B. MICHALIK, J. RICHTER, "Towards mindful case study research in IS: a critical analysis of the past ten years", European Journal of Information Systems, May 2014, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 256-272
DOI : 10.1057/ejis.2013.26
Book chapter
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RICHTER, J., A. HENK, "Friend or frenemy: A case study of AI adoption by strained governmental service providers during the pandemic outbreak" in Non-Profit Organisations, Volume IV Structures, Models and Technology., Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Leonidas Efthymiou, Yaakov Weber, S. M. Riad Shams, Evangelos Tsoukatos Eds, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 29-52, 2024
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-62538-1_2
Books
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HOVESTADT, C., J. RECKER, J. RICHTER, K. WERDER, Digital Responses to Covid-19 -Digital Innovation, Transformation, and Entrepreneurship During Pandemic Outbreaks, Springer International Publishing, 2021
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-66611-8
Academic conferences
- RICHTER, J., R. SCHALLER, "AI Identity Threats and Reinforcement in Organizations: A Theoretical Model of Professional Role Identity Implications" in Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2025
- RICHTER, J., B. KISCHELEWSKI, "Implementing Large-Scale Agile - an Analysis of Challenges and Success Factors" in Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2020
- WEINGARTH, J., J. RICHTER, C. ROSENKRANZ, "Exploring Alignment Practices in Digital Transformation : A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective" in 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2020
- KARIMZADEH, A., D. BASTEN, J. RICHTER, B. MICHALIK, "Acceptance and Use of Interactive Whiteboards in Schools: The Teachers' Point of View" in ICIS 2017: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation, 2018
- LINSSEN, S., D. BASTEN, J. RICHTER, "Antecedents and consequences of time pressure in scrum projects: Insights from a qualitative study" in 51st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2018, 2018
- SÜLLWOLD, C., D. BASTEN, J. RICHTER, "Does the approach matter? A qualitative study on differences concerning time pressure in agile and sequential information system projects" in 26th European Conference on Information Systems: Beyond Digitization - Facets of Socio-Technical Change, ECIS, 2018, Portsmouth
- WEINGARTH, J., J. RICHTER, C. ROSENKRANZ, "Information technology-enabled enterprise agility and environmental turbulence - A configurational literature review" in 39th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS, 2018, San Francisco
- MATTHIAE, M., J. RICHTER, "Industry 4.0-induced change factors and the role of organizational agility" in 26th European Conference on Information Systems: Beyond Digitization - Facets of Socio-Technical Change, ECIS, 2018
- GRUETTNER, A., J. RICHTER, D. BASTEN, "Explaining the role of service-oriented architecture for cyber-physical systems by establishing logical links" in Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems ECIS, pp. 1853 - 1868, 2017, Guimaraes
- RICHTER, J., D. BASTEN, "In search of explanations: Conceptualizing the relationship between service-oriented architecture and organizational agility" in International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS, 2016
- RICHTER, J., S. LINS, B. WILMS, R. LINDEN, D. BASTEN, "The relation between usage of mobile technologies and organizational agility: A quantitative survey among it managers" in Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS, 2016, Chiayi
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RICHTER, J., D. BASTEN, "Applications of the Viable Systems Model in IS Research -- A Comprehensive Overview and Analysis" in 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), pp. 4589-4598, 2014, United States
DOI : 10.1109/HICSS.2014.565 - RICHTER, J., D. BASTEN, "Exploring the Influence of Service-oriented Architectures on Organizational Agility - A Case Study" in International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2014
- RICHTER, J., D. BASTEN, "How do Service-oriented Architectures Influence Organizational Agility ?" in AMCIS 2013 Proceedings, 2013