Prof. Dr. Christian Leyh
Consultation hours by appointment
Please contact me via email to schedule an appointment. My office hours are currently held primarily virtually (via Zoom).
Research areas / Research interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of digital transformation and aim primarily to support companies (of all sizes) in identifying digitalization measures and addressing the challenges of digitalization. This includes, among other things:
- Digital skills
- Maturity of digitalization in companies (especially SMEs)
- Low-code / No-code - Applications, potential and competence requirements
- Opportunities and risks of digital transformation
- Digitization of business processes / Digital business models
- Use of enterprise application systems as an important component of digital transformation
- Success factors of digitization projects
- Shadow IT
Theses - Bachelor's and Master's theses
If you are interested in having me supervise your thesis, I look forward to hearing from you. You are welcome to your own topics suggest These topics can conceptual/theory-based and/or empirical work, as well as highly practice-oriented projects, for example, in close collaboration with a partner company. All theses can be written in either German or English (unless otherwise specified).
Are you interested in one of the presented topics or would you like to suggest your own? Then simply contact me informally via email with a brief statement of motivation or topic description (if it's your own topic). Please attach a current transcript of records to this email . Remember to contact me well in advance. This should be at least one month before you plan to begin work on the project , but earlier is also welcome.
Current topics:
You can now find my current topics for theses in my Moodle course:
Curriculum Vitae (CV) / CV
| Since April 2022 | Professor of General Business Administration with Major in ERP Systems and Business Analytics, Technical University of Central Hesse (THM), departement Economics / THM Business School |
| Since April 2022 | Senior Expert in the "Data and Platform-Based Value Creation" group, Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW, Leipzig |
| April 2019 to March 2022 | Team leader of the "Digital Transformation" team, Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW, Leipzig |
| Since October 2014 | External lecturer at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences (subjects:Business Application Systems, Fundamentals of IT I and II, Digital Transformation and Product Data Management, Digital Networking) |
| October 2014 to August 2021 | Post-Doc at the Chair of Business Informatics, especially Information Systems in Industry and Trade, Technical University of Dresden |
| October 2017 to February 2019 | External lecturer at EBS Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (Subject: Usage and Management of ICT - Fundamentals of the Digital Transformation) |
| April 2013 to September 2015 | Project manager of the eBusiness Pilot Project Dresden (third-party funded project of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) |
| January 2008 to September 2014 | Research Associate at the Chair of Business Informatics, especially Information Systems in Industry and Trade, Technical University of Dresden |
| January 2008 to September 2014 | PhD at the Chair of Business Informatics, especially Information Systems in Industry and Trade, Technical University of Dresden. Dissertation topic: Success factors in the introduction of ERP systems in small and medium-sized enterprises and their implications for university teaching (awarded the Dr. Feldbausch Advancement Prize) |
| October 2006 to October 2007 | Master's degree: Business and Engineering at Steinbeis University Berlin (graduated with a Master of Business and Engineering (MBE)) |
| October 2002 to March 2007 | Diploma studies: Business Informatics at Schmalkalden University of(graduation as a Diploma in Business Informatics (FH)) |
Publications
My publications can be found here:
https://www.thm.de/w/forschung/publikationen/prof-dr-christian-leyh