Blockchain Competence Centre

About us

Together with a team of researchers and practice partners, we develop projects in the field of blockchain and smart contracts. The Blockchain Competence Center relies on in-depth expertise in the areas of IT security, application development and acceptance research. In addition to developing prototypes, the Blockchain Competence Center at Osnabrück University serves as an interactive platform for start-ups, established companies and interested technology and industry experts to exchange ideas and network. Participants are provided with new research impulses, such as newly developed use cases, which they can build on so that students and managers can benefit from the resulting training courses.

At the Blockchain Competence Center, theoretical and practical orientation are not seen as opposites, but as complementary parts of scientific work. The research areas are examined in particular with regard to the decision-making behavior of users of digital technologies, theories and (impact) models of the use of digital technologies, implications for the development of digital business models and platforms, as well as people's everyday lives. In order to do justice to this extensive range of topics, we work closely with experts from the fields of law, finance, technology management and psychology, among others.

Contact person

Prof. Dr. Frank Teuteberg

Foto Prof. Dr. Frank Teuteberg

Unternehmensrechnung und Wirtschaftsinformatik

Katharinenstraße 3
49074 Osnabrück

Raum: 47/103

Tel:  +49 541 969-4961
Fax:  +49 541 969-14961
 frank.teuteberg@uni-osnabrueck.de

Sprechstunde: nach Vereinbarung

  • Practice-oriented research, e.g. on possible applications, acceptance and adaptation of blockchain technology
  • Extensive network of scientific and business contacts in Germany and Europe
  • Consortial research with practice partners
  • Workshops for start-ups
  • Seminars on blockchain and smart contracts
  • Supervision of bachelor's and master's theses on the topics of blockchain and smart contracts
  • Conception, development and evaluation of prototypes with Ethereum and Hyperledger

Bonnet, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Impact of blockchain and distributed ledger technology for the management, protection, enforcement and monetization of intellectual property: a systematic literature review; to appear in: Information Systems and e-Business Management, 2022.

Bonnet, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Impact of blockchain and distributed ledger technology for the management of the intellectual property life cycle: a multiple case study analysis; Computers in Industry, vol 144, 2022.

Beinke, J. H.; Rohde, K.; Pohl, F.; Teuteberg, F.: : Exploring the Success Factors of Security Token Offerings: An Empirical Approach; in: International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 2021.

Tönnissen S.; Teuteberg F.: Toward eHealth with Blockchain: Success Factors for Crowdfunding with ICOs. In: Patnaik S., Wang TS., Shen T., Panigrahi S.K. (eds) Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 219, 2021.

Meier, P.; Beinke, J.H.; Fitte, C.; Schulte to Brinke, J.; Teuteberg, F.: Generating Design Knowledge for Blockchain-based Access Control to Personal Health Records; to appear in: Information Systems and e-Business Management, 2020.

Beinke, J.H.; Tönnissen, S.; Samuel, S.; Teuteberg, F.; "Blockchain in the banking sector - opportunities, challenges, recommendations for action and process model." in: Blockchain, Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden, 2020.

Beinke, J.H.; Nguyen Ngoc, D.; Teuteberg, F.: Towards a Business Model Taxonomy of Startups in the Finance Sector using Blockchain; in: Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, USA, 12/2018, pp. 1-9; (VHB Jourqual3: A-Ranking.

Rohde, K.; Beinke, J.H.; Security Token Offerings - just hype or an alternative form of financing for the future?; Corporate Finance, to be published: August 2020.

Tönnissen, S., Beinke, J. H., & Teuteberg, F. (2020). Intra-group billing of IT services. In: Blockchain, Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden.

Tönnissen S.; Beinke, J. H.; Teuteberg, F.: Understanding token-based ecosystems - a taxonomy of blockchain-based business models of start-ups, in: Electronic Markets: The International Journal on Networked Business, 2020.

Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Effects of digitization with process mining and the blockchain on time-driven activity-based costing; in: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis,(BFuP) 72nd Vol. (2020), Issue 1, pp. 20-39.

Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Analyzing the impact of blockchain-technology for Operations and Supply Chain Management: an explanatory model drawn from multiple case studies; to be published in: Journal: International Journal of Information Management, 2019.

Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Using Blockchain Technology for Cross-Organizational Process Mining - Concept and Case Study; in: 22nd International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2019), Sevillia, 2019.

Beinke, J. H.; Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Disruption potential and implications of blockchain technology using the case study of temporary employment - A process and vulnerability analysis; in: HMD - Praxis der Information Systems, 2018, 55th year, pp. 1-17.

Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: TOWARDS A TAXONOMY FOR SMART CONTRACTS; in: Conference Proceedings of European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Portsmouth, UK, 2018.

Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Using Blockchain Technology for Business Processes in Purchasing - Concept and Case Study-based Evidence; in: Abramowicz, A. Paschke (Eds.): Proceedings 21st International Conference on Business Information Systems, Berlin, 2018, pp. 253-264.

Tönnissen, S.; Teuteberg, F.: Abbildung von Intercompany-Verträgen auf der Blockchain durch Smart Contracts - eine Fallstudie am Beispiel von IT-Services, in:
HMD Praxis der Information Systems, 324, 55. Jahrgang, December 2018, pp. 1167-1184.

Beinke, J. H.; Samuel, J.; Teuteberg, F.: Diffusion of blockchain technology in the banking sector - revolution or evolution? in: HMD Praxis der Information Systems, 55th Volume, 324, December 2018, pp. 1220-1230.

Teuteberg, F.; Tönnissen, S.: Smart Contracts, in: WISU - das Wirtschaftsstudium, 46. vol. (2017) 5, pp. 566-567.

Teuteberg, F.; Tönnissen, S.: Blockchains; in WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium (Basiswissen Information Systems), Volume 46, Issue 3, 2017, pp. 286-288.