Prof. Dr. Christian Stummer

Research

Research Interests

Currently, I am particularly interested in the following research topics:

• Economic implications of smart products and services (e.g., corresponding business model innovations, smartness barriers)
• Market diffusion of innovations and technologies (e.g., planning the market introduction of new products, multi-generation technology succession, path dependencies in the development of dominant designs)
• Sustainability issues (e.g., promoting respective innovations)
• Cooperation between market players in developing new products or services (e.g., between an incumbent firm and a startup company or between universities and industry)
• Management of research and development (e.g., R&D project selection and resource allocation)
• Digital platforms (e.g., measures for overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem when establishing a two-sided platform).

In order to address these issues various methods may be applied (and combined, if necessary):

• Agent-based market simulation (as, for instance, has been the case in research projects QuaSiMoDI, MCCE, MOSES3, and itsowl-VorZug)
• Quantitative empirical studies (e.g., by using subjects from mTurk)
• Qualitative empirical studies (e.g., interviews and/or case studies)
• Mathematical modeling of real-world problems and (interactive) decision support; alternative solutions also may be identified through (multi-objective) meta-heuristic solution procedures (e.g., Tabu Search, GA, ACO).

Research Projects

Individualisation in Changing Environments (InChangE)
Nov. 2021 - Oct. 2024
State Ministry for Culture and Science (MKW) of Nordrhine-Westfalia - Program "Profilbildung 2020 NRW"
Principal Investigator

Economic and Legal Challenges in the Advent of Smart Products
Oct. 2021 - July 2022
Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) - Research Group
Fellow

Adaptive and Mobile Action Assistance in Daily Living Activities (ADAMAAS)
May 2015 - April 2018
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - Collaborative Research
Member of the Supervisory Board

itsowl VorZug (ITS-ABS)
Oct. 2012 - June 2017
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - Leading-Edge Cluster-Project
Responsible for research activity ITS-ABS

Ökonomische und rechtliche Implikationen von intelligenten Produkten
Nov. 2015 - April 2016
Uni-internes Sondierungsprojekt (WiWi, ReWi, CITEC)
Ko-Projektleiter

Multi-Objective decision Support for Efficient information Security Safeguard Selection (MOSES3)
Sept. 2011 - Aug. 2015
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Research Project
initially Project Leader, then Project Partner (due to appointment at Bielefeld University)

Academic Patenting in Europe (APE-INV)
May 2009 - Sept. 2013
European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme (EFP-RNP)
Member of the Steering Committee

Quantitively Simulating and Modeling the Diffusion of Innovations (QuaSiMoDI)
Jan. 2008 - June 2011
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Research Project
Project Leader

Multi-Channel Consumer Experience (MCCE)
Sept. 2008 - Oct. 2010
Jubiläumsfonds der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank (OeNB) Research Project
Project Leader

Agent-based Simulation of an Integrated Multi-Channel Environment
Dec. 2008 - Oct. 2009
Applied Research Project
Project Leader

Competence-Driven Project Portfolio Analysis (CDPPA)
Jan. 2006 - Sept. 2008
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Translational Research Project
Co-Applicant

EZ-P4 II, WP "Market Potential of BioFiT Fuels"
March 2006 - Sept. 2007
Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
Project Partner

Multiobjective Meta-Heuristics in R&D Management
Dec. 2003 - Sept. 2004
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship
Project Leader

Organization of Conferences, Workshops, and Streams

International Conference on Challenges in Managing Smart Products and Services (CHIMSPAS) in August 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 und 2024 in Bielefeld [together with Nicola Bilstein]

Workshop of the GOR Working Group „Simulation und Optimization of Complex Systems“, October 2016 in Berlin, October 2017 in Vienna, October 2018 in Bielefeld, September 2019 in Oberammergau, and November 2024 in Bielefeld [partly together with Martin Zsifkovits or Max Moll]

Stream „Systems Modeling and Simulation“ at the SVOR/GOR/ÖGOR Conference „Operations Research 2021“, September 2021 in Basel (online) [together with Klaus Altendorfer, Maximilian Moll, Andrea Emilio Rizzoli] and Stream “Technology and Innovation” at the GOR Conference “Operations Research 2005”, September 2005 in Bremen [together with Martin Möhrle]

Workshop Series “Economic and Legal Implications of Smart Products” for scientists from three faculties in February & March 2016 in Bielefeld

Experts Workshop on “Managerial Challenges for the Development and Marketing of Smart Products”, November 2015 in Bielefeld

Workshop on „Human-Centered Smart Building Technology“, July 2013 in Bielefeld

Internationaler Workshop on “Agent-based Simulation of Diffusion Processes”, April 2010 in Vienna

Workshop of the GOR Working Group “Projektmanagement und Scheduling”, June 2006 in Vienna

Memberships

CeUS - Center for Uncertainty Studies, Bielefeld University

JICE - Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment

Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (German Academic Society for Business Research)

ESSA - European Social Simulation Association

INFORMS - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

GOR - Gesellschaft für Operations Research.
Chair of AG "Simulation und Optimierung komplexer Systeme" (2018-2021)

ÖGOR - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Operations Research

IEEE-TEMS - Technology and Engineering Management Society

AIS - Association for Information Systems

EURO Working Group on Metaheuristics

MCDM Society - International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

OCG - Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft

Universitätsgesellschaft Bielefeld

Editorial Activities

Central European Journal of Operations Research (Co-Editor)
EURO Journal on Decision Processes (Editorial Board Member)

SMR - Journal of Service Management Research (Guest Editor of Special Issue of Managing Smart Services and Smart Service Systems, together with N. Bilstein, Vol. 5 (2023), No. 1)
Annals of Operations Research (Guest Editor of Special Issue of Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems, together with M. Zsifkovits and K.F. Doerner, Vol. 305 (2021), No. 1-2)
Central European Journal of Operations Research (Guest Editor of Special Issue in Honor of Rudolf Vetschera, together with A. Engin, Vol. 29 (2021), No. 1)
Schmalenbach Business Review (Guest Editor of Special Section of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges in Managing Smart Products and Services, together with N. Bilstein, Vol. 72 (2020), No. 4)
Central European Journal of Operations Research (Guest Editor of Special Issue of Emerging and Innovative OR Applications: In Honor of Walter J. Gutjahr, together with I. Bomze, K.F. Doerner, R.F. Hartl, U. Leopold-Wildburger, G. Pflug, M. Rauner, G. Tragler, and T. Wakolbinger, Vol. 26 (2018), No. 2)
Annals of Operations Research (Guest Editor of Special Issue for ORP3 - 2012, together with K.F. Doerner and J.-J. Salazar-Gonzalez, Vol. 236 (2016), No. 2)
Central European Journal of Operations Research (Guest Editor of Special Section for the Workshop on Agent-based Simulation of Diffusion Processes, Vol. 20 (2012), No. 2)

Reviews

Advances in Operations Research
Annals of Operations Research
Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis
Business & Information Systems Engineering
Business Research
Central European Journal of Operations Research
Computers & Operations Research
Decision Support Systems
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
EURO Journal on Decision Processes
European Journal of Industrial Engineering
European Journal of Marketing
European Journal of Operational Research
European Transport Research Review
Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal
Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
Group Decision and Negotiation
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Information Sciences
International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
International Journal of Operational Research
International Journal of Production Research
International Journal of Services, Economics, and Management
International Journal of Technology Management
International Transactions in Operational Research
Journal für Betriebswirtschaft
Journal of Applied Mathematics
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Journal of Business Economics
Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination
Journal of Heuristics
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Journal of Marketing Management
Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Journal of Service Science Research
Journal of the Operational Research Society
Journal of the Spanish Statistical and Operations Research Society
Management Review Quarterly
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Omega
Operations Research
OR Spectrum
Production and Operations Management
Project Management Journal
Schmalenbach Business Review
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
The Computer Journal
Wirtschaftsinformatik

Agentur für Qualitätssicherung und Akkreditierung Austria (AQ Austria)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
European Commission (EC)
European Science Foundation (ESF)
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR)
Kardinal Innitzer Studienfonds
Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF)
Österreichischer Akkreditierungsrat (ÖAR)
Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Swedish Research Council (VR)
Wissenschaftsrat (WR)

Awards

Best Poster Award at the CHIMSPAS 2022 conference for

Schleef M., Bilstein N., Schrader P., Stummer C. (2022) Up to date: The legal right to obtain updates for smart products, voluntary extensions, and how this can affect consumers' purchase intention. International Conference on Challenges in Managing Smart Products and Services, Bielefeld, Germany, Aug. 25-26

Most Innovative Paper regarding Engineering Education Award at the IEEE EDUCON 2010 conference for

Günther M., Kiesling E., Stummer C. (2010) Game-based learning in technology management education. In: Proceedings of the International Engineering Education Conference (IEEE EDUCON 2010). IEEE Press, 191-196

Nominated for the Best Paper Award at the ECMS 2010 conference for

Kiesling E., Günther M., Stummer C., Vetschera R., Wakolbinger L.M. (2010) A spatial simulation model for the diffusion of a novel biofuel on the Austrian market. In: Bargiela A., Azam-Ali S., Crowley D., Kerckhoffs E.J.H. (Hrsg.) Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS 2010). 41-49

Best Applied Paper Award at the Winter Simulation Conference for

Kiesling E., Günther M., Stummer C., Wakolbinger L.M. (2009) An agent-based simulation model for the market diffusion of a second generation biofuel. In: Rossetti M., Hill R.R., Johansson B., Dunkin A., Ingalls R.G. (Hrsg.) Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2009). Omnipress, 1474-1481