Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess
Member of bidt's Board of Directors | Director of the Institute for Digital Management and New Media, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Thomas Hess is a member of bidt’s Board of Directors. His research focuses on the digital transformation of companies and the management of media and IT companies. He is a professor of business informatics and business administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, where he heads the Institute for Digital Management and New Media. He is also a Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities member and co-editor of specialist journals and textbooks. In addition, he is connected to practice through the Internet Business Cluster (IBC), among other things, and through a supervisory board mandate.
Identity crisis? How companies transform digitally and stay true to themselves at the same time
How to make digital transformation work for companies? Angela Graf and Thomas Hess show that it is an organisation’s identity that counts.
The Federal Government’s new digital strategy: The decisive element is still missing
With its digital strategy, the coalition government is following up on previous efforts to coordinate digital policy across ministries. An assessment by Thomas Hess and Christoph Egle.
Digital economy
An economy that is exclusively or primarily based on digital products and services is referred to as digital.
Digital transformation strategies of German federal states
The project provides a systematic comparison of different approaches to digital policy.
Digital business model
A business model is called digital if digital technologies fundamentally influence how a company does business and generates revenue.
Digital Transformation of engineering companies – a question of identity
This research project investigates the interplay between digital transformation and organisational identity.
Digital innovation
Digital innovations arise from the innovative use of digital technologies. Characteristically, they are defined as the combination of an innovative professional solution and an innovative technical solution.
Digital transformation strategies of German federal states
How can politics shape digital transformation? The bidt study traces the strategy development at the federal state level and examines how defined measures can be steered and implemented.
Disruptive innovation, untapped opportunities
Business IT specialist Thomas Hess looks at digitalisation from an entrepreneurial perspective. So far, says the bidt director, the opportunities associated with it have not really been seen or even exploited in Germany.
Digital transparency on the job: playing with data
Anyone who works with digital means is constantly generating data. A bidt spin-off project is investigating how these can be used in a way that benefits employees and employers.