Tim-Benjamin Lembcke

• Master of Science
• Group Leader at University of Göttingen

Nudging has become a well renowned concept in policymaking around the globe, supporting active behavior changes like higher retirement saving, healthier nutrition or saving natural resources. Stemming from the behavioral economics (BE), nudge-interventions aim at changing individuals' behaviors without limiting their freedom of choice, exerting coe...

To mitigate climate change and significantly lower greenhouse emissions, individuals need to behave in a more sustainable manner. With nearly one quarter of emissions stemming from transport, greener mobility services and transportation modes are in great need. The information system (IS) community has accepted responsibility to contribute to envir...

Recently, shared mobility has notably contributed to the discourse of the sharing economy. Ridesharing, with its diverse business model components, remains a prime example within this area. This paper introduces a taxonomy for business models in ridesharing, providing a classification scheme for the vast number of different business logic. This cla...

In design science research, two important challenges exist to achieve greater influence in research and practice: (1) foster frequent reuse of artifacts and design theories and (2) increase knowledge accumulation in the field. In this article, we argue that replication studies could support the accumulation and development of design theories to rea...

To mitigate and address climate change, greener transportation modes and mobility services are in great need. Although Green Information Systems (Green IS)-specifically designed to increase environmental sustainability-can support behavioral changes, there is limited research on whether Green IS usage coincides with sustainable real-world behavior....

Urban mobility planning is increasingly characterized by the pressure to establish low-emission, space-efficient, and socially inclusive transport services. One such planning task for decision-makers in public institutions is the efficient design of bicycle-sharing networks. This study examines the factors that influence decision-making in this pro...

Metaverses are immersive virtual worlds in which people interact as avatars. There is emerging interest in understanding how metaverse users behave and perceive activities and tasks. Our understanding of users’ behavior within metaverses is limited. This study examines the role of emotions in the movement of individuals. We therefore implement a me...

Experiments play an important role in Information Systems research. In this area, Virtual Reality (VR) technologies can serve as a tool for enabling and conducting research. e.g., to investigate human behavior in specific situations. A prime example is VR-supported driving simulators that allow researchers in the automotive domain to gather knowled...

Design science research (DSR) has been established as an essential part of information systems research. DSR can provide artificial solutions and prescriptive knowledge about how to solve problems relevant to our modern times. However, DSR has been reported to be in a state of "conceptual confusion." Thus, an ongoing and open discourse regarding ho...

Advanced technologies are introduced in warehouse operations, rendering the interplay between human worker behavior and information systems (IS) a critical issue. We investigate how IS supports manual order picking by studying how visual color-coding information on picking locations provided through personal digital assistants accelerates search an...

Im Angesicht des rasanten weltweiten Bevölkerungsanstiegs, dem damit einhergehenden Ressourcenverbrauch und einem rapiden technologischen Wandel stellt die nachhaltige Gestaltung des Wirtschaftssystems eine zentrale Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts dar. Im Jahr 2030 wird die globale Mittelschicht Schätzungen zu folge 5 Mrd. Menschen umfassen, d...

Digitally enabled mobility services and their associated information systems (IS) have spread rapidly in recent times, for example in the form of smartphone and in-vehicle applications. Such services often enable users to achieve more environmentally friendly, equitable, and safe individual mobility. User interfaces typically feature digital maps t...

With the growing diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a variety of novel ethical challenges become apparent. As a possible solution, the field of Ethical AI (EAI), the conviction, that to build trust in AI, ethical guidelines must be enforced, is gaining popularity. The importance of such guidelines has been recognized by regulatory instituti...

Advanced technologies are introduced in warehouse operations, rendering the interplay between human worker behavior and information systems (IS) a critical issue. We investigate how IS supports manual order picking by studying how visual color-coding information on picking locations provided through personal digital assistants accelerates search an...

Bikesharing systems constitute a pivotal pillar to foster sustainable urban mobility. To leverage this potential, information systems (IS) research addresses both (a) decision support systems for operators to increase access to vehicles and (b) mobile app designs for end-users. However, the salient question of situational factors determining when u...

Hydrogen technologies have received increased attention in research and development to foster the shift towards carbon-neutral energy systems. Depending on the specific production techniques, transportation concepts, and application areas, hydrogen supply chains (HSCs) can be anything from part of the energy transition problem to part of the soluti...

It is controversially discussed if and which interventions policymakers should implement to promote healthier, more sustainable, and more ethical food choices. Often, policy measures suffer from a lack of data. This is especially true for the growing field of online grocery shopping. Yet, it is not always feasible to test the impact of each possibl...

Conversational agents (CAs) have attracted the interest from organizations due to their potential to provide automated services and the feeling of humanlike interaction. Emerging studies on CAs have found that humanness has a positive impact on customer perception and explored approaches for their anthropomorphic design, which comprises both their...

The growing influx of people to urban areas has resulted in a tense housing market in many places, making the search for a suitable residence an increased challenge. Dedicated online platforms facilitate this process and offer two distinct approaches to find suitable accommodations concerning its location. Traditionally, users can search for a gene...

With artificial intelligence (AI) becoming increasingly capable of handling highly complex tasks, many AI-enabled products and services are granted a higher autonomy of decision-making, potentially exercising diverse influences on individuals and societies. While organizations and researchers have repeatedly shown the blessings of AI for humanity,...

Online Appendix: - Overview of Ridesharing Providers - Dimensions Development of Ridesharing Business Model Taxonomy

In recent years, the negative environmental impact of consumers' dietary habits has become more visible. Accordingly, in-store interventions to promote more sustainable (e.g., organic) food choices have received increased scholarly attention. Thereby, online grocery shopping is gaining momentum as web-applications provide decision support tools suc...

Conversational agents (CAs) have attracted the interest of organizations due to their potential for automated service provision combined with the feeling of a human-like interaction. Emerging studies on CAs indicate a positive impact of humanness on customer perception and explore approaches for their anthropomorphic design, comprising both appeara...

Conversational agents (CAs), defined as software with which users interact through natural language, have gained increasing interest in education due to their potential to support individual learning on a large scale. With improved capabilities driven by advances in machine learning and natural language processing, these agents pave the way for a n...

Smartphones and apps have become natural companions with personal access to all areas of life. Especially, health apps have the potential to change the healthcare system and support the health of individuals. Their possible uses range from educating users on various illnesses, to storing and analyzing health-related data. Over the past decade, such...

Climate change is among the most important challenges faced by mankind. Individual transportation plays a significant role as a major contribution to greenhouse gases. In this context, Digital Shared Mobility Services (DSMS) can increase the efficiency of the existing means of transportation, for example by pooling individual rides. Despite increas...

Ridesharing can significantly reduce individual passenger transport and thus greenhouse gas emissions generated by traffic. Although ridesharing offers great potential, it is not yet popular enough to be seen as an important contribution to solving the aforementioned problems. Our hypothesis suggests that we need to make the assignment mechanism of...

Explanation is necessary for humans to understand and accept decisions made by an AI system when the system's goal is known. It is even more important when the AI system makes decisions in multi-agent environments where the human does not know the systems' goals since they may depend on other agents' preferences. In such situations, explanations sh...

Gamifying serious work environments, such as paid crowdsourcing platforms, potentially increases crowdworkers’ task motivation, engagement and enjoyment. This, in turn, can lead to a higher willingness to contribute, higher quality of work and long-term engagement. However, it remains unclear how crowdworkers behave, when gamification is applied to...

Gamifying serious work environments, such as paid crowdsourcing platforms, potentially increases crowdworkers’ task motivation, engagement and enjoyment. This, in turn, can lead to a higher willingness to contribute, higher quality of work and long-term engagement. However, it remains unclear how crowdworkers behave, when gamification is applied to...

Regarding current climate change concerns and expanding urbanization, the transport sector is expected to increasingly contribute to climate protection. A promising endeavor, in response to this, is to meet the increased mobility requirements with lower transportation means, thus augmenting the efficiency of transportation. One particularly promisi...

Explanation is necessary for humans to understand and accept decisions made by an AI system when the system's goal is known. It is even more important when the AI system makes decisions in multi-agent environments where the human does not know the systems' goals since they may depend on other agents' preferences. In such situations, explanations sh...

Information security has become an important aspect of contemporary information technology in organizations and influence the way in which work is done and information is sent between organizations. Human information system behaviors with regard to information security policies, i.e. information security compliance (ISC) must not be ignored, as the...

Given the transportation sector’s significant contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, Business Trip Ridesharing (BTRS) is likely to become increasingly important as both policy and economic considerations require a rethinking within companies. With our study, we adapt the Theory of Planned Behavior to the BTRS context and add to the understanding...

Nudging has become a well-renowned concept in policy making throughout the previous decade. Based on insights from behavioral economics (BE) and psychology, nudges are defined as intentional and targeted interventions to modify the choice architecture and alter individuals' behavior to a desired direction. As digital choice environments increasingl...

Eine zunehmende Wettbewerbsintensität führt zu einem immer stärkeren Bedarf an Team-Kollaborationen, da innovative Entwicklungen heutzutage nicht mehr von einzelnen Mitarbeitenden alleine geleistet werden können. Jedoch entstehen in Teams insbesondere bei der Kollaboration in einem neuartigen und komplexen Kontext mannigfaltige Herausforderungen, w...

Ideation and innovation processes have become a cornerstone for the competitiveness of organisations. Design Thinking is one promising way to extend the creative potential of both students and professionals. Interdisciplinary teams solving complex challenges in open innovation spaces are the specialty of Design Thinking. The HPI School of Design Th...

Das iPhone von Apple revolutionierte den Handymarkt und sorgte für einen Siegeszug digitaler Technologien im Alltag vieler Endkunden. Nun steht das Smart Home bereit, das tägliche Leben ähnlich stark zu verändern. Automatisierte Heizungssteuerungen oder eine Überprüfung von unterwegs, ob daheim der Herd ausgestellt und die Fenster verschlossen sind...

The rise of modern audio and video applications has led to an ever-increasing demand for high-bit rate data transfer. Over the past decade xDSL techniques have proven their ability to provide fast and reliable data transfer over the existing telephone line infrastructure. However, due to the high complexity of xDSL systems, there are very few poss...