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Contact Information
Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt
Room: IZ 20
Telephone: +49 (0)341 - 97 33 600
Telefax: +49 (0)341 - 97 33 612
E-Mail: Rainer.Alt(at)uni-leipzig.de 
Consultation hours: by appointment
Areas of Research
- Business Application Systems (ERP), in particular regarding the integration of customers and suppliers
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM), in particular the use of Social Media for customer interaction (Social CRM)
- Supply Chain Management (SCM), in particular for connection of operational and analytical Application Systems
- Methods for management of interorganizational processes, in particular Service Science and Business Engineering
Teached Courses
Business Innovation (Project) (07-203-2103)
Business Intelligence (Exercise) (07-102-6104)
Introduction to E-Commerce (Seminar) (07-102-1704)
Introduction in Business Information Systems (Lecture/Exercise) (07-102-1101)
Enterprise Systems 1 (Lecture) (07-102-3101)
Enterprise Systems 1 (Exercise) (07-102-3101)
Enterprise Systems 2 (Lecture) (07-203-3101)
Enterprise Systems 2 (Exercise) (07-203-3101)
Enterprise Systems in the Financial Industry (Lecture) (07-203-3101)
Business Process Management 1 (Lecture) (07-102-3101)
Business Process Management 2 (Lecture) (07-203-2101)
Business Process Management 2 (Exercise) (07-203-2101)
Business Process Management in the Financial Industry (Lecture) (07-203-2101)
Management of IT-Projects (Seminar) (07-102-6105)
Research Questions in Business Information Systems (Seminar)
Strategic Information Management (Lecture) (07-102-6105)
Curriculum Vitae
Studies
1991 Master in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
1997 Ph.D. (Dr. oec. HSG), University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
2005 Postdoctoral Thesis (Habilitation), University of St.Gallen
University Affiliations
1992-1995 Research Assistant, Institute of Information Management, University of St.Gallen
1995-1996 Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA
1998- 2005 Project Manager, Institute of Information Management, University of St.Gallen
2005 Assistant Professor, University of St.Gallen
Since 2006 Full Professor for Application Systems, Leipzig University, Germany
2008-2011 Managing Director, Information Systems Institute, Leipzig University
2012 Cooption, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Leipzig University
2012-2014 Managing Director, Information Systems Institute, Leipzig University
2016-2019 Vice-dean, Faculty of Economics and Management Science, Leipzig University
Industry Affiliations
1997-1998 Senior Consultant, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Düsseldorf, Germany
Since 2007 Member of Institute of Applied Informatics (InfAI), Leipzig
Since 2010 Partner of Business Engineering Institute (BEI), St.Gallen
Since 2011 Trustee of campusinform, Leipzig
2011-2014 Member of Supervisory Board, IT Sonix AG, Leipzig
Since 2014 Member of Scientific Advisory Board, IT Sonix Customer Development GmbH, Leipzig
Since 2014 Founding Member, Social CRM Research Center e.V., Leipzig
Since 2016 Member of Supervisory Board, Alvara Cash Management Group AG, Leipzig
Academic Affiliations
Since 2000 Member of German Computer Science Society (GI), Bonn
Since 2010 Member of German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), Göttingen
Since 2011 Associate Editor of International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS)
Since 2012 Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business (EM)
Since 2013 Member Editorial Board of Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
Since 2019 Chair Section Wirtschaftsinformatik/Business Information Systems Engineering (WKWI), German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB)
