Prof. Dr. Michael Wessel

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Michael Wessel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. His research resides at the intersection of information systems, digital entrepreneurship, and digital innovation and is driven by a fascination for paradigm-shifting phenomena caused by the digital transformation that challenge long-standing institutional structures. Methodologically, he prefers to work empirically and blends traditional experimental and quantitative research methods with computational approaches such as machine learning and text mining. Michael's work has been published in international journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Information Systems Journal, Decision Support Systems, and Electronic Markets.

Werdegang

Zeitraum	Position
Seit 2023	Professor für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insb. E-Commerce und Digital an der Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Seit 2021	Associate Professor am Department Department of Digitalization der Copenhagen Business School
2017 – 2020	Assistant Professor am Department Department of Digitalization der Copenhagen Business School
2013 – 2016	Promotion zum Dr. rer. pol. (Wirtschaftsinformatik) an der Technischen Universität Darmstadt
2006 – 2013	Studium an der Universiteit van Amsterdam (M.Sc. in Business Information Systems), dem Hasso-Plattner-Institut, der Copenhagen Business School, der University of Leeds, der Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis und der Universität Bremen

Publikationen

Wessel, M., Thies, F., and Benlian, A. (2022). The Role of Prototype Fidelity in Technology Crowdfunding. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(4), 106220.

Wessel, M., Gleasure, R., and Kauffman, R. J. (2021). Sustainability of Rewards-Based Crowdfunding: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Funding Targets and Backer Satisfaction. Journal of Management Information Systems, 38(3), 612-646.

Piening, E. P., Thies, F., Wessel, M., and Benlian, A. (2021). Searching for Success—Entrepreneurs’ Responses to Crowdfunding Failure.Externer Link Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 45(3), 626-657.

Adam, M., Wessel, M., and Benlian, A. (2021). AI-based Chatbots in Customer Service and their Effects on User Compliance.Externer Link Electronic Markets, 31(2), 427-445.

Wessel, M., Adam, M., and Benlian, A. (2019). The Impact of Sold-out Early Birds on Option Selection in Reward-based Crowdfunding. Decision Support Systems, 117, 48-61.

Thies, F., Wessel, M., and Benlian, A. (2018). Network Effects on Crowdfunding Platforms: Exploring the Implications of Relaxing Input Control.Externer Link Information Systems Journal, (28:6), 1239-1262.

Wessel, M., Thies, F., and Benlian, A. (2017). Opening the Floodgates of Increasing Platform Openness in CrowdfundingExterner Link. Journal of Information Technology, 32(4), 344-360.

Thies, F., Wessel, M., and Benlian, A. (2016). Effects of Social Interaction Dynamics on PlatformsExterner Link. Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(3), 843-873.