Michael H. Quade studied Business Administration at the Fachhochschule beider Basel (FHBB) and M.Sc. Business Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW).

Until October 2005 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Information Systems (IWI) of FHNW. Since June 2012, he has been a lecturer for business informatics in various programs at FHNW and conducts research at the Institute for Information Systems (IWI).

At the IWI he researches the application of mobile information systems, business software and digital business. His research focuses are on empirical studies on the application of information systems in Swiss SMEs and on knowledge transfer with case studies.

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

Academic education

• Betriebsökonom FH (2000 – 2004), part-time program at the Departement Wirtschaft of the Fachhochschule beider Basel FHBB, Major IT-Management/E-Business
• M.Sc. Business Information Systems (2008 – 2011), part-time program at the School of Business at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
• Higher Education Certificate Supporting Learning (2014 – 2017), part-time program at the University Basel
• M.Sc. Business Economics (2016 – 2018), part-time program at the University Bern

Vocational training

• Electrician with professional baccalaureate (1984 – 1988)
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer (1994 – 1997)
• ITIL Foundation Certificate (2002)

Teaching activities in the bachelor's program Business Administration

• Basics of Business Informatics
• Use of databases and information systems in companies
• Digital Business and Digital Business Models
• Supervision of term papers, student projects and bachelor theses

Teaching activities in the bachelor's program Business Information Technologies

• Supervision of term papers, student projects and bachelor theses

Consultancy

• Digital Business and Digital Business Processes
• Mobile information systems (Mobile Business, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Apps)
• Digital payment systems

Empirical Studies

• Business Software in Swiss SME
• Digital payment systems
• Electronic Signatures (SuisseID)
• Personalisation in e-commerce

Case Studies

• Experience case studies (www.eXperience-online.ch)
• Teaching cases

Projects are the basis for successful, applied teaching. Click here to see a list of Michael H. Quade’s projects. To the IRF

• Leimstoll, U., Dannecker, A., Knechtli, H., Quade, M., Tanner, C., & Wölfle, R. (2018). E-Business in the Era of Digital Transformation. In R. Dornberger (Eds.), Business Information Systems and Technology 4.0 (pp. 81-101). Cham: Springer.
• Quade, M. H., & Wölfle, R. (2018). Bezahlen ohne Klick: Seamless Payment. "E-Commerce Report Schweiz 2018 - Digitalisierung im Vertrieb an Konsumenten. Eine qualitative Studie aus Sicht der Anbieter.", 2018, 57-63.
• 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, 2017, 317-340.
• Quade, M. H. (2016). Pflege der Stammdaten zur Erhöhung der Datenqualität. ERP Management, 2016, 1-3.
• Leimstoll, U., & Quade, M. H. (2016). KMU wollen Business - Software mobil nutzen Swiss IT Magazine, 2016, 28-31.