Hubert Österle

Hubert Österle
(2019)
Born (1949-06-24) 24 June 1949 (age 75)
Dornbirn, Austria
Known forProfessor of business and information systems engineering

Hubert Österle (born 24 June 1949, Dornbirn) is an Austrian academic, and Professor Emeritus of Business and Information Systems,[1] and former director of the Institute of Information Management at the University of St. Gallen.[2]

Career

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Hubert Österle studied business administration at the University of Innsbruck and the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. He obtained his PhD at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1973 with his dissertation “Computerunterstütztes Entscheidungstraining” (computer assisted decision training).[3] After working as a consultant at IBM Germany, Österle completed his postdoctoral work (habilitation) on the "Design of information systems" at the Technical University of Dortmund in 1980.[citation needed]

In 1980 Österle became full professor of business and information systems engineering at the University of St. Gallen. In 1989, he founded the Institute of Information Management.[4] In 1997 he initiated the executive MBA program "Business Engineering" at the University of St. Gallen.[5] Österle was editor-in-chief of Electronic Markets and a member of the editorial boards of other journals. In March 2015 Österle received an honorary doctorate from the Wroclaw University of Economics.[6]

Besides his academic achievements, Österle founded in 1989 the consultancy company "The Information Management Group"[7] and the Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen AG in 2003.[8] In addition, Österle is founder and president of the board of directors of the Amiona AG[9] and a member of the supervisory board of the CDQ AG.[10]

Research areas

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Research areas of Österle are business engineering, consumerization, independent living,[11] sourcing in the financial industry,[12] corporate data quality[13][14] and life engineering.[15]

Selected publications

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Books
Selected articles

References

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  1. ^ "Profile of Prof. em. Dr. Hubert Österle at the Institute of Information Management (IWI-HSG)". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Institute of Information Management". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ "International Research Forum". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "IWI-HSG". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Entrepreneurship an der Universität St. Gallen" [Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Gallen]. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Honorary Doctorate for Österle". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  7. ^ "S&T Group". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen AG". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Amonia AG St. Gallen". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. ^ "CDQ AG". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Independent Living". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2011-07-03.Retrieved July 2011
  12. ^ "Sourcing in the financial industry". Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Corporate Data Quality - Prerequisite for Successful Business Models". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ) at University of St. Gallen". Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Business oder Life Engineering?". Research Gate. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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