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PhD students from the B*IMA Chair at the Business Informatics Conference in Linz

At this year’s Business Informatics Conference WI 2026 in Linz, members of B*IMA presented their latest research findings and exchanged ideas with the international business informatics community.

Three contributions from B*IMA’s research are particularly noteworthy:

Jennifer Strauß, together with Prof. Dr Till Winkler, presented the paper “Towards Digital Infrastructure Debt: A Systematic Review of Technical and Non-Technical Debt Types in Information Systems”. The paper examines various forms of technical and non-technical ‘debt’ in digital infrastructures.

Jonas Fränzl, together with Prof. Dr Till Winkler and Prof. Dr Christian Au, presented the paper ‘Delegating the Deal: A Review of AI-based Systems in Buyer-Supplier Negotiations’. The focus is on the use of AI-based systems in negotiations between companies.

Mustapha Addam was a co-author of the paper ‘A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Digital Care Applications in Elderly Care’, which develops a comprehensive classification of digital applications in elderly care.
WI 2026 offered numerous opportunities for professional exchange, the presentation of current research and networking with the international business informatics community.

Further impressions of the conference and the papers can be found on LinkedIn.