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Katharina Drechsler, Dr.

Portrait Prof. Dr Katharina Drechsler in front of a Lettering from the WiSo Faculty of the University of Cologne

Research focuses

Digital Innovation, Digital Transformation, Innovation Actors, especially Innovation Champions, Digital Technologies: Industrial IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain

Curriculum vitae

  • 04/25 – now: Assistant Professor for Digital Transformation and Innovation, University of Cologne
  • 2023 – 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher and “akademische Rätin a.Z.”, University of Cologne
  • 2020 – 2023: Research Associate, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
  • 2018 – 2022: Dr. rer. pol. Information Systems, University of Bamberg (summa cum laude)
  • 2017 – 2020: Research Associate, German Graduate School of Management and Law, Heilbronn
  • 2015-2017 M.Sc. Information Systems, Goethe University, Frankfurt (Main)
  • 2010-2014 B.Sc. Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

Selected publications

  • Drechsler, K., Wagner, H.-T., & Weitzel, T. (2025). Competing and complementary strategic signals: The versatile relationship between CDO appointments and companies’ stock market value. Journal of Information Technology, 40(4), pp.387-413.
  • Drechsler, K., Müller, S., & Wagner, H.-T. (2025). The “digital” premium: Why does digitalization drive stock returns? Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 181 (105217).
  • Drechsler, K., Grisold, T., Seidel, S. (2022). Evolution of Infrastructures through Digital Options: The Case of the Industrial Internet of Things. Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Chandra Kruse, L., Drechsler, K. (2022) Digitalization of Multisensory Collective Activity: The Case of Virtual Wine Tasting. Journal of Information Technology, 37(4), 341–358.
  • Reibenspiess, V., Drechsler, K., Eckhardt, A., Wagner, H.‑T. (2022). Tapping into the Wealth of Employees’ Ideas: Design Principles for a Digital Intrapreneurship Platform. Information and Management, 59(3), 103287.
  • Drechsler, K., Gregory, R., Wagner, H.‑T., Tumbas, S. (2020). At the Crossroads between Digital Innovation and Digital Transformation. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 47(23), 521–538.

Contact information

Jun. Prof. Dr. Katharina Drechsler
     
Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS)
Phone: +49 (0)221 470-90994
Email: drechsler(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de 
WWW: Webpage of the Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS)