DFG Research Training Group 1703 "Resource Efficiency in Interorganizational Networks"

I am a doctoral student and research member of the DFG Research Training Group 1703, "Resource Efficiency in Inter-organizational Networks," at Göttingen University. Our group focuses on developing and applying methods to improve the efficient use of wood and wood by-products in inter-organizational production processes. With my background in information systems research, I contribute to the training group by providing expertise in IS diffusion and the value of IS. In doing so, I help derive ways to overcome the particular resistance in the wood industry to adopting inter-organizational IS, which is an important precondition for the efficient coordination of wood networks. Moreover, because IT adoption and investment is not an end in and of itself, I provide answers to the question of how firms in such networks can profit from inter-organizational IT resources.
My current interests also lie in quantitative research related to why / in which cases intention might be a bad predictor for behavior, particularly in the context of technology post-adoption, as well as questions related to electric mobility and how IS can help overcome adoption inhibitors such as range anxiety.




Curriculum Vitae

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Education


  • 10/2014 - 12/2014 Visiting Scholar, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (link)
  • since 04/2012 Research Member and Ph.D. Candidate, DFG Research Training Group 1703 "Resource Efficiency in Corporate Networks", University of Göttingen (link)
  • 09/2011 - 01/2012 Semester abroad, Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Denmark (link)
  • 09/2009 - 01/2010 Semester abroad, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea (link)
  • 10/2008 - 11/2011 Master Studies in Business Information Systems (Florenz Sartorius Preis, best graduate), University of Göttingen (M. Sc., link)
  • 10/2005 - 09/2008 Bachelor Studies in Business Information Systems (with honours), University of Göttingen (B. Sc., link)



Work experience


  • since 04/2012 Research associate at the Chair of Information Management, Göttingen University
  • 04/2011 - 11/2011 Masterthesis, in cooperation with Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg
  • 01/2011 - 03/2011 Internship, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Munich (link)
  • 12/2009 - 06/2010 Working Student, COMIT-management consulting (link) and Chair of Information Management
  • 07/2008 - 10/2008 Internship, IBM Germany Research and Development, Böblingen (link)
  • 04/2008 - 06/2008 Bachelorthesis, in cooperation with Volkswagen AG Baunatal
  • 05/2007 - 09/2011 Student Assistent, Chair of Application Systems and E-Business (link)




Publications

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  • Zander, S.; Trang, S.; Kolbe, L. M. (2015): E-Collaboration in a Network Context: A Literature Review and an Agenda for Future Research. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2015, Kauai 2015 (forthcoming).
  • Trang, S.; Zander, S.; Kolbe, L. M. (2014): E-Business Adoption at the Firm Level: Comparing the Predictive Power of Competing IS Adoption Models, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2014. Auckland 2014 (forthcoming).
  • Trang, S.; Zander, S.; Kolbe, L. M. (2014): Dimensions of Trust in the Acceptance of Inter-organizational Information Systems in Networks: Towards a Socio-technical Perspective, Proceedings of the Pacific Asian Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2014. Chengdu 2014.
  • Trang, S.; Zander, S.; Schmitz, M., Kolbe, L. M. (2014): One Size Fits All? The Contingent Role of Centrality in IT Network Governance, Proceedings of the Pacific Asian Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2014. Chengdu 2014.
  • Trang, S.; Zander, S.; Kolbe, L. M. (2014): Examining IT Alignment in Inter-organizational Networks: Development and Application of a Measurement Instrument, Proceedings of the Pacific Asian Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2014. Chengdu 2014.
  • Trang, S.; Ruch, T.; Kolbe, L. M. (2014): Collaborative Technologies in an Inter-Organizational Context: Examining the Role of Perceived Information Security and Trust on Post-Adoption, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2014. Big Island 2014.
  • Trang, S.; Kolbe, L. M. (2013): Inter-organizational systems adoption in regional networks of the wood industry: Towards a factor-based model, Proceedings of the International Conference on Resource Efficiency in Interorganizational Networks (ResEff) 2013. Göttingen 2013.
  • Schmitt, J.; Trang, S.; Kolbe, L. M. (2013): Steering Information Technology in Collaborative Networks: Development of a Balanced Scorecard, Proceedings of the International Conference on Resource Efficiency in Interorganizational Networks (ResEff) 2013. Göttingen 2013.
  • Trang, S.; Schmitz, M.; Kolbe, L. M. (2013): IT-Governance in Unternehmensnetzwerken - Eine kontingenztheoretische Betrachtung, Proceedings der Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik (INFORMATIK) 2013. Koblenz 2013.
  • Trang, S.; Opitz, N. Kn.; Kolbe, L. M. (2013): IT Governance in a Network Context: Literature Review and Agenda for Research, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2013. Chicago 2013.
  • El Khatib, V.; Trang, S.; Reimers, K.; Kolbe, L. M. (2013): The role of motivational factors in distributed software development teams: an empirical investigation, Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013. Utrecht 2013.
  • Trang, S.; Kolbe, L.M. (2013): IT Governance Practices in Collaborative Networks, Tagungsband zum Doctoral Consortium der WI 2013 (WIDC) 2013. Leipzig 2013.




Presentations

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  • At GRK 1703 Doctroal Consortium, September 2014, Katlenburg, Germany: Towards a performance-importance analysis of e-business adoption in the wood industry.
  • At HICSS 2014, Big Island, Hawaii, USA: Collaborative Technologies in an Inter-Organizational Context.
  • At ResEff 2013, Göttingen, Germany: Inter-organizational systems adoption in regional networks of the wood industry.
  • At INFORMATIK 2013, Koblenz 2013, Germany: IT-Governance in Unternehmensnetzwerken ? Eine kontingenztheoretische Betrachtung.
  • At AMCIS 2013, Chicago, USA: IT Governance in a Network Context: Literature Review and Agenda for Research.
  • At ECIS 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands: The role of motivational factors in distributed software development teams.
  • At WIDC 2013, Leipzig, Germany: IT Governance Practices in Collaborative Networks.
  • At GRK 1703 Doctroal Consortium, Oktober 2012, Goslar, Germany: IT Governance in Corporate Networks: The Case of Networks for Resource Efficiency.



Qualifications, certifications and honors

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  • 2014 Invitation as Visiting Scholar at Macquarie University (link)
  • 2013 ITIL Foundation Examination (TÜV SÜD Akademie, link)
  • 2013 Scientific supervisor of the master thesis which won the David-Kopf-Hochschulpreis 2013 with prize money of 10 000 euro (link)
  • 2012 Winner of the Florenz Sartorius Preis 2012 (best graduates in Business, Economics, Business and Human Resource Education and Business Information Systems, link)
  • 2011 BCG Workshop Social Media (BCG Emeralds Member)
  • 2011 SAP Terp10-Certified (SAP University, link)
  • 2010 Certificate in Social- and Leadership Skills (ZESS Göttingen, link)



Volunteer experience

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  • 2014 Strandmathe/RUF-Jugendreisen, math teacher for youths in their holidays
  • 2010 RUF-Jugendreisen, certified travel guide for youths
  • 2006 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Orientierungsphase, mentoring freshmen
  • 2002 - 2004 Head of the Stadtschülerrat Wunstorf (organization of thirteen schools) and member of the Youth Parliament Wunstorf