Activities

Marcel Fassnacht studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). As part of his master's degree, he spent a semester abroad at the Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa (Finland), participated in the Service-Design-Thinking program at KSRI and authored his thesis in cooperation with the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland). In November 2021, he joined the team of the Digital Service Design and Innovation lab as a research associate, working towards his PhD in cooperation with BASF SE.

Research Focus

Data Sharing and Trading
Data Ecosystems and Digital Platforms
Data Marketplaces & Data Spaces
Data-driven Business Models
Data Ecosystems for Circular Economy

Projects

Data Sharing & Data Trading (in cooperation with BASF)
ZirkulEA

Teaching

Publications

2025

Conference Papers

Engaging in Data Ecosystems: Propositions for Design Characteristics to Foster Value Co-Creation
Fassnacht, M.; Benz, C.; Riefle, L.; Fromm, H.; Satzger, G.
2025. HICSS 2025 - 58th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Waikoloa, 7th-10th January 2025, Association for Information Systems (AIS)

2024

Journal Articles

Data Sharing Practices: The interplay of data, organizational structures, and network dynamics
Fassnacht, M.; Leimstoll, J.; Benz, C.; Heinz, D.; Satzger, G.
2024. Electronic markets, 34 (47), Article no: 47. doi:10.1007/s12525-024-00732-0

Conference Papers

Designing Digital Industrial Platforms for the Circular Economy: A Requirements Catalog
Heinz, D.; Fassnacht, M.; Röhrleef, J.; Sagnier Eckert, L.; Satzger, G.
2024. 45th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2024), Art.-Nr.: 2274, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)

Reaching for the Stars: Exploring Value Constellations in Inter-Organizational Data Sharing
Jussen, I.; Fassnacht, M.; Schweihoff, J.; Möller, F.
2024. ECIS 2024, Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Systematizing Data Sharing Practices: A Taxonomy
Fassnacht, M.; Benz, C.; Bode, J.; Heinz, D.; Satzger, G.
2024. ECIS 2024, Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Presentations

Towards Designing a Digital Industrial Platform for the Circular Economy
Fassnacht, M.; Sagnier Eckert, L.; Heinz, D.
2024. 32nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024), Paphos, Cyprus, June 13–19, 2024

Data and Information Sharing for Circularity: An Information Systems Perspective
Heinz, D.; Molz, J.; Finner, A. S.; Fassnacht, M.; Benz, C.
2024, May 16. Circularity Days (2024), Wolfsburg, Germany, May 15–16, 2024

2023

Conference Papers

Is Your Organization Ready to Share? A Framework of Beneficial Conditions for Data Sharing
Fassnacht, M. K.; Benz, C.; Leimstoll, J.; Satzger, G.
2023. 44th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2023), Hyderabad, Indien, 10.12.2023 - 13.12.2023, Association for Information Systems (AIS). doi:10.5445/IR/1000162812

Value Propositions in the Internet of Things: A Taxonomy of B2B Smart Services
Heinz, D.; Luchner, P.; Benz, C.; Fassnacht, M. K.
2023. 25th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (IEEE CBI 2023), 1–10, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/CBI58679.2023.10187551

Barriers to Data Sharing among Private Sector Organizations
Fassnacht, M. K.; Benz, C.; Heinz, D.; Leimstoll, J.; Satzger, G.
2023. Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-56), 3695–3704, IEEE Computer Society

Presentations

Towards an Effective Design for Data Sharing in Circular Ecosystems
Fassnacht, M. K.; Benz, C.; Heinz, D.
2023. 31st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2023), Kristiansand, Norway, June 11–16, 2023

2022

Conference Papers

Past, Present and Future of Data Ecosystems Research: A Systematic Literature Review
Heinz, D.; Benz, C.; Fassnacht, M. K.; Satzger, G.
2022. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2022, 5th - 9th July 2022: Proceedings, Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Why Should I Share? Exploring Benefits of Open Data for Private Sector Organizations
Enders, T.; Satzger, G.; Fassnacht, M. K.; Wolff, C.
2022. PACIS 2022 proceedings : AI-IS-ASIA (artificial intelligence, information systems, in Pacific Asia), AIS eLibrary (AISeL)