Nov 10, 2021
Katja Bley's PhD defense
Katja Bley at the beginning of her presentation
Today, Katja Bley, has reached the last milestone in her doctoral process with her defense.
Her cumulative dissertation thesis „A Configurational Theory-based Approach to Maturity Model Development in Information Systems Research” resulted in the following publications:
Bley, K. (2021). An Information Systems Design Theory for Maturity Models in Complex Domains. PACIS 2021 Proceedings. https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2021/45
Bley, K. (2018). Toward a Focus Area Maturity Model for Digitalization—A Set Theoretic Development Approach. Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2018, 4, 1718–1724.
Bley, K., Pappas, I., & Strahringer, S. (2021). INNOVATION CAPABILITY IN SMALL INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES – A SET THEORETIC APPROACH TO MATURITY MODELS. ECIS 2021 Research Papers. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2021_rp/69
Bley, K., & Schön, H. (2019). A Role-Based Maturity Model for Digital Relevance. In I. O. Pappas, P. Mikalef, Y. K. Dwivedi, L. Jaccheri, J. Krogstie, & M. Mäntymäki (Hrsg.), Digital Transformation for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century (S. 738–744). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29374-1_60
Bley, K., Schön, H., & Strahringer, S. (2020). Overcoming the Ivory Tower: A Meta Model for Staged Maturity Models. In M. Hattingh, M. Matthee, H. Smuts, I. Pappas, Y. K. Dwivedi, & M. Mäntymäki (Hrsg.), Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of Information and Communication Technology (S. 337–349). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10/ggskdj
Leyh, C., Schäffer, T., Bley, K., & Sven Forstenhäusler. (2017). Assessing the IT and Software Landscapes of Industry 4.0-Enterprises: The Maturity Model SIMMI 4.0. Information Technology for Management: New Ideas and Real Solutions, 277, 103–119. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53076-5_6
Other thesis related publications are still to follow.
The thesis was evaluated and supervised by Prof. Susanne Strahringer and Prof. Martin Wiener. During her research stay at the University of Agder Katja Bley was co-supervised by Prof. Ilias Pappas.