Quality, effects and legitimacy of internet-based economic decision-making processes in private companies, interest groups and advisory boards as well as NGOs.
- How do internal decision-making and controlling processes on the basis of online communication affect decision-making behavior, compliance and interaction?
- How does online communication in interest groups change opinions, decision-making and participation compared to alternative decision-making mechanisms?
- What effects does online decision-making on regulation issues have on the effectiveness, legitimacy and acceptance of the results?
- Which systematic decision distortions (biases and framing) can accrue in internet-based decision-making processes in economic contexts?
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Prof. Dr. Barbara E. Weißenberger
Board, Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Barbara E. Weißenberger has held the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Accounting, at HHU-Düsseldorf since 2014 and is also Affiliate Professor of Accounting at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg. Her research focuses, among other things, on decision-making processes in accounting, including in the context of corporate management and controlling, but also against the background of embedding in compliance and sustainability.
In the context of DIID, she is particularly interested in the question of what impact the digital transformation has on decision-making and enforcement as well as intra-company cooperation processes.