Institute of Information Systems

Information Engineering

Prof. Dr. Thomas Huber

Former Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Information Systems

Postal Address
Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Abteilung Information Engineering
Engehaldenstr. 8
CH - 3012 Bern

Thomas L. Huber: Google Scholar 

CV

CV
Since 2013 Assistant Professor ("Oberassistent") at the Institute of Informations Systems, Information Engineering Unit
2015 Guest Researcher, The Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH), Kollaboration mit Kalle Lyytinen
2013 Doctorate as Dr.rer.oec, Title of the Thesis: „Dynamics of Governance and Control in Inter-Organizational Software Development“
2012 Visiting Researcher, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (PA), Kollaboration mit Laurie Kirsch
2010-2013 Research Assistant at the Institute of Information Systems, Information Engineering Unit
2004-2009 Studies in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim; Degree: Diplom Kaufmann (equivalent to a Master's Degree in Business Administration)
2007-2009 Student apprentice at the Chair for Organisational Behavior at the University of Mannheim (Prof. Kieser)
2007-2009 Working student at Pricewaterhouse Coopers AG WPG; Section: Strategy & Operations Consulting
2008 Internship at IBM Germany; Business Blue Internship programme to the topic "Operational Intelligence"
2007 Internship at Pricewaterhouse Coopers AG WPG; Section: Strategy & Operations
2006 Prediploma in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim

Teaching

Courses ECTS         Semester          Language
Knowledge Management Systems 4,5 Every FS  De
Proseminar Wirtschaftsinformatik 4  Evrey HS  De/En
Requirements Engineering 6 Every HS  De
Cases in Information Resource Management  6 HS 2015  En

Research Area

In my research I am interested in governance and control of inter-organizational software development. I am particularly interested in explaining changes in governance and control over time: How and why are formal control mechanisms adapted? What are the consequences of such adaptations for relational factors in inter-organizational software development such as trust? How do employees on a project level react to changes? And what are the consequences of such adaptations for the success of inter-organizational software development. I am addressing these and similar questions in the following research projects:

Publications

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Journal Article

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas L.; Dibbern, Jens (2021). Power dynamics in software platform ecosystems. Information systems journal, 32(2), pp. 310-343. Wiley 10.1111/isj.12356

Huber, Thomas; Kude, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2017). Governance Practices in Platform Ecosystems: Navigating Tensions Between Co-Created Value and Governance Costs (In Press). Information Systems Research (forthcoming) Informs

Huber, Thomas; Fischer, Thomas A.; Dibbern, Jens; Hirschheim, Rudy (2013). A Process Model of Complementarity and Substitution of Contractual and Relational Governance in IS Outsourcing. Journal of Management Information Systems, 30(3), pp. 81-114. M. E. Sharpe

Newspaper or Magazine Article

Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2010). Die Wirtschaftsinformatik schafft "Besserwisser". UniPress - Forschung und Wissenschaft an der Universität Bern(147), pp. 18-19. Bern: Abteilung Kommunikation, Universität Bern

Book Section

Huber, Thomas; Hurni, Thomas; Krancher, Oliver; Dibbern, Jens (2022). How Access to Resources Affects Complementor Innovation in Platform Ecosystems. In: Digitalization Across Organizational Levels. Progress in IS (pp. 127-146). Springer doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06543-9_6

Huber, Thomas L.; Dibbern, Jens; Fischer, Thomas (2020). How and Why Software Outsourcing Projects Drift—An Actor-Network-Theoretic Investigation of Control Processes. In: Hirschheim, Rudy; Heinzl, Armin; Dibbern, Jens (eds.) Information Systems Outsourcing: The Era of Digital Transformation. Progress in IS (pp. 277-312). Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-45819-5_12

Hurni, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens; Huber, Thomas L. (2020). Emerging innovation ecosystems: The critical role of distributed innovation agency. In: Hirschheim, Rudy; Heinzl, Armin; Dibbern, Jens (eds.) Information Systems Outsourcing. The Era of Digital Transformation. Progress in IS (pp. 101-143). Springer, Cham 10.1007/978-3-030-45819-5_6

Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2014). How Collaboration Software Enables Globally Distributed Software Development Teams to Become Agile - An Effective Use Perspective. In: Kotlarsky, Julia; Oshri, Ilan; Willcocks, Leslie P. (eds.) Governing Sourcing Relationships. A Collection of Studies at the Country, Sector and Firm Level : 8th Global Sourcing Workshop 2014, Val d'Isere, France, March 23-26, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing: Vol. 195 (pp. 49-63). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-319-11367-8_4

Huber, Thomas; Fischer, Thomas; Kirsch, Laurie; Dibbern, Jens (2014). The Emergence of Formal Control Specificity in Information Systems Outsourcing: A Process-View. In: Hirschheim, Rudy; Heinzl, Armin; Dibbern, Jens (eds.) Information Systems Outsourcing. Progress in IS: Vol. 4 (pp. 141-185). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/978-3-662-43820-6_7

Huber, Thomas L.; Fischer, Thomas A.; Dibbern, Jens (2011). Governance Mechanisms as Substitutes and Complements – A Dynamic Perspective on the Interplay between Contractual and Relational Governance. In: Kotlarsky, Julia; Willcocks, Leslie P.; Oshri, Ilan (eds.) New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing : 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing: Vol. 91 (pp. 46-65). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/978-3-642-24815-3_3

Huber, Thomas; Fischer, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2011). Contractual and Relational Governance as Substitutes and Complements - Explaining the Development and Occurrence of Differential Relationships. In: Kotlarski, Julia; Willcocks, Leslie P.; Oshri, Ilan (eds.) New Studies in Global IT and Business Services Outsourcing, 5th Global Sourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing: Vol. 91 (pp. 46-65). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag

Fischer, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2011). Contractual and Relational Governance as Substitutes and Complements - Explaining the Development of Differential Relationships. In: Heinzl, Armin; Buxmann, Peter; Wendt, Oliver; Weitzel, Tim (eds.) Theory-Guided Modeling and Empiricism in Information Systems Research (pp. 65-83). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag

Report

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2018). Swiss Software Industry Survey 2018 - Current State, Emerging Trends & Long-term Developments in the Swiss Software Industry (Swiss Software Industry Survey 4). Bern: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Abteilung Information Engineering

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2017). Swiss Software Industry Survey 2017 - Current State, Emerging Trends & Long-term Developments in the Swiss Software Industry (Swiss Software Industry Survey 3). Bern: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Abteilung Information Engineering

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2016). Swiss Software Industry Survey 2016 - Current State, Emerging Trends & Long-term Developments in the Swiss Software Industry Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik Abteilung Information Engineering

Huber, Thomas; Hurni, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2015). Report - Swiss Software Industry Survey 2015 Bern: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Abteilung Information Engineering

Conference or Workshop Item

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (22 February 2018). How Vendors Coopete: Vendor Practices in Coopetitive Software Development Multisourcing (Unpublished). In: The 12th Global Sourcing Workshop. La Thuile, Italy. 21.-24.02.2018.

Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (23 February 2017). Encounter the Paradox: Handling Coopetitive Multi-sourcing (Unpublished). In: The 11th Global Sourcing Workshop. La Thuile, Italy. 22.-25.02.2017.

Winkler, Maike; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (5 January 2016). Supporting Joint Idea Generation with Software Prototypes in Offshore-Outsourced Software Development Projects. In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-49). Kauai. 05.-08.01.2016.

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (15 December 2015). Coordinating Platform-Based Multi-Sourcing: Introducing the Theory of Convention. ICIS 2015 Proceedings.

Winkler, Maike; Brown, Carol; Huber, Thomas (May 2015). Recurrent Knowledge Boundaries in Outsourced Software Projects: A Longitudinal Study. In: Twenty-Third European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). Münster, Germany. 26.-29.05.2015.

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (20 February 2015). Coordination of Meta-Organizations: Introducting Platform Vendors to the Multisourcing Context (Unpublished). In: The 9th Global Sourcing Workshop. La Thuile, Italy. 18.-21.02.2015.

Krancher, Oliver; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2015). Explaining Endogenous Control Change in Outsourced Software Projects (Unpublished). In: The 9th Global Sourcing Workshop. La Thuile, Italy. 18.-21.02.2015.

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (11 December 2014). Explaining Partnership Success: The Joint Effect of Platform and Network Governance (Unpublished). In: IFIP WG8.2 Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS) 2014 Workshop. Auckland, New Zealand. 11.-12.12.2014.

Winkler, Maike; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (December 2014). The Software Prototype as Digital Boundary Object – A Revelatory Longitudinal Innovation Case. In: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Auckland, New Zealand.

Hurni, Thomas; Huber, Thomas (10 June 2014). The Interplay of Power and Trust in Platform Ecosystems of the Enterprise Application Software Industry. In: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2014. Tel Aviv, Israel. 09.06.-11.06.2014.

Huber, Thomas; Fischer, Thomas; Kirsch, Laurie; Dibbern, Jens (2014). Explaining Emergence and Consequences of Specific Formal Controls in IS Outsourcing – A Process-View. In: 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Science. Hilton Waikoloa, Big Island. 10.1109/HICSS.2014.529

Fischer, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2011). Contractual and Relational Governance as Substitutes and Complements - Explaining the Development of Differential Relationships. In: ECIS 2011 Proceedings, The 19th European Conference on Information Systems. Helsinki, Finland.

Fischer, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2011). Contractual and Relational Governance as Substitutes and Complements - Explaining the Development of Differential Relationships. In: Proceedings of the Fifth Global Sourcing Workshop 2011. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag

Huber, Thomas; Kude, Thomas (2011). Resolving tensions in platform ecosystems of the enterprise application software industry - An exploratory case study. In: 27th EGOS Colloquium. Gothenborg, Sweden. 6.-9. Juli 2011.

Huber, Thomas; Fischer, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2011). Substitutes or Complements? A Framework for Investigating the Dynamic Interplay of IS Outsourcing Governance Mechanisms. In: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 32. Association for Information Systems AIS

Huber, Thomas; Kude, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (2010). Resolving Tensions in Hub-and-Spoke Networks of the Enterprise Application Software Industry - An Exploratory Case Study. In: Proceedings of the 16th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Lima, Peru.

Huber, Thomas; Fischer, Thomas (2010). Governance Mechanisms as Substitutes and Complements: Explaining Differential Relationships between Contractual and Relational Governance. In: Proceedings of IFIP 8.2, Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS). St. Louis, USA.

Working Paper

Fischer, Thomas; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens; Hirschheim, Rudolf (2012). The Evolution of Contractual and Relational Governance in IS Outsourcing (Arbeitsbericht 242). Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität Bern

Thesis

Huber, Thomas (2014). Dynamics of governance and control in inter-organizational software development. (Dissertation, University of Berne, Institute of Information Systems)

Community Activities

  • Associate Editor, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June 12-15, 2016, Track: IS Governance and Control
  • Associate Editor International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dec 13-16, 2015, Track: Economics and Value of IS
  • Regular Reviewer, Journal of Management Information Sytems (JMIS)
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer, many of the field's leading journals and conferences