Michael H. Quade graduated in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences Basel (FHBB), in M.Sc. Business Information Systems from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and in M.Sc. Business Administration from the University of Bern.

He worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Business Information Systems (IWI) at the FHNW until October 2005 and has been a lecturer for Business Information Systems in various degree programs at the School of Business since June 2012.

At IWI, he conducts research on the use of mobile information systems, business software and digital business. His focus is on empirical studies in various topics of business informatics.

Before joining the university, he held various positions in the private sector, most recently as a project manager in the area of system and product development at Swisscom Mobile AG (now Swisscom Schweiz AG).

Teaching

• Fundamentals of Business Information Systems
• Use of databases and information systems in companies
• Digital business and digital business models
• Supply chain management and sustainability
• Business process and project management
• Supervision of term papers, student projects and bachelor theses

Consulting

• Digital Business
• Digital Business Processes
• Digital payment systems
• Digital signatures

• Empirical studies in the areas of open government data, digital payment systems and electronic signatures
• Teaching cases and experience case studies on digital transformation
  

To the IRF

• Quade, M. H. (2023). Frictionless Commerce und Seamless Payment. In R. Dornberger (Hrsg.), Neue Trends in Wirtschaftsinformatik und eingesetzte Technologien: Digitale Innovation und digitale Transformation (S. 239–252). Springer International Publishing.
• Quade, M. H. (2020). Frictionless Commerce and Seamless Payment. In New Trends in Business Information Systems and Technology (S. 223–235). Springer.
• Leimstoll, U., Dannecker, A., Knechtli, H., Quade, M., Tanner, C., & Wölfle, R. (2018). E-Business in the Era of Digital Transformation. In Business Information Systems and Technology 4.0 (S. 81–101). Springer.
• Quade, M. H., & Leimstoll, U. (2017). Perceived value of smartphones and tablets for mobile business in small and medium enterprises. International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 17(4), 317–340.
• Leimstoll, U., & Quade, M. H. (2016). Special Business-Software-Studie 2016-Business-Software-ein Erfolgsfaktor in Schweizer KMUs? Netzwoche.
• Quade, M. H., & Leimstoll, U. (2015). Mobile Business with Smartphones and Tablets: Effects of Mobile Devices in SMEs. Bled eConference, 12.