Peter Mertens (business IT specialist)

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Peter Mertens (born May 18, 1937 in Seifhennersdorf ) is one of the founding fathers of business informatics in German-speaking countries. Mertens was the first professor for business informatics in Germany.

Professional background

Peter Mertens studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt and received his doctorate there in 1961. Dr. rer. pole. Until 1963 he was a research assistant at the TH Darmstadt. He then worked at the Technical University of Munich , the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1966, Mertens submitted the first habilitation thesis in German-speaking countries on the subject of business informatics at the Technical University of Munich: Inter-company cooperation and integration in automated data processing .

In 1968, Peter Mertens took over the first chair in the German-speaking world that focused on business data processing, Chair III for business administration at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz .

Until September 2005, Peter Mertens held the chair for business administration , especially business informatics I at the economics and social science faculty of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . At the same time he was head of the computer science research group "Business Applications" at the Technical Faculty. Since then he has been working as emeritus at his previous chair.

Mertens is the author of numerous books. These include 23 monographs that he wrote alone or as a co-author. He was also involved in the publication of 26 compilations. Volume 1 of his monograph Integrated Information Processing has been published in 18 editions. His books have been translated into English, Chinese, Italian, and Russian. Furthermore, he has written over 270 journal articles, over 120 smaller contributions and more than 290 contributions to compilations.

He is a Fellow of the Society for Computer Science , an honorary member of the Association of University Lecturers for Business Administration and an honorary doctorate from five universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, the ring of honor from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the honorary award of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society for his life's work.

Fonts (selection)

  • Inter-company cooperation and integration in automated data processing , Meisenheim am Glan: Hain, 1966, 414 S., IDN: 457582707.
  • Peter Mertens, Dina Barbian, Stephan Baier: Digitization and Industry 4.0 - a relativization, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-19631-8 .
  • Peter Mertens u. a .: Fundamentals of Business Information Systems , 12th edition, Berlin: Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-53361-1 .
  • Karl crank , Peter Mertens u. a. (Ed.): Studienführer Wirtschaftsinformatik 2009/2010 , Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8349-1134-6 .
  • Peter Mertens, Andrea Back u. a. (Ed.): Lexicon of business informatics . 4., completely rework. and exp. Ed., Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Tokyo: Springer, 2001, ISBN 3-540-42339-7 .
  • Integrated information processing 1, Operative Systems in Industry , 18th edition, Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8349-4394-1 .
  • Peter Mertens, Marco Meier: Integrated information processing 2, planning and control systems in industry , 10th edition, Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8349-1001-1 .
  • Peter Mertens, Susanne Rässler (Ed.): Prognosis Calculation , 7th Edition, Heidelberg: Physica, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7908-2796-5 .
  • Gerhard Knolmayer , Peter Mertens, Alexander Zeier, Jörg Thomas Dickersbach: Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems. Architecture and Planning Processes. , Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Tokyo: Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-68737-5 .
  • Jörg Dittrich, Peter Mertens, Michael Hau, Andreas Hufgard: Dispatch parameters in production planning with SAP. Adjustment instructions, effects, side effects , 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Vieweg + Teubner, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8348-0715-1 .
  • Peter Mertens, Freimut Bodendorf : Programmed introduction to business administration. Institutional Studies , 12th edition, Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2005, ISBN 978-3-409-32089-4 .
  • Marco Meier, Werner Sinzig, Peter Mertens: SAP Strategic Enterprise Management / Business Analytics. Integration of strategic and operational corporate management , 2nd edition, Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Tokyo: Springer, 2004, ISBN 978-3-540-40681-5 .
  • Marco Meier, Werner Sinzig, Peter Mertens: Enterprise Management with SAP SEM / Business Analytics , 2nd edition, Berlin; Heidelberg; New York: Springer, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-22806-6 .
  • Peter Mertens, Joachim Griese ; Dieter Ehrenberg (Ed.): Virtual Enterprises and Information Processing , Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Tokyo: Springer, 1998, ISBN 978-3-540-64643-3 .
  • Peter Mertens, Rudolf Hildebrand: PPS controlling with key figures and checklists , Berlin a. a .: Springer, 1992, ISBN 978-3-540-55556-8 .
  • Peter Mertens, Walter Döllinger u. a .: Conservation of assets in the case of apparent profit taxation - procedures and simulation studies , Munich: Moderne Industrie 1977, ISBN 978-3-478-39550-2 .
  • Peter Mertens, Freimut Bodendorf, Corinna Baumgärtel, Lothar Seidl: Business analysis based on key figures , Munich; Vienna: Oldenbourg R. Verlag, 1998, ISBN 978-3-486-20820-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Mertens receives an honorary doctorate. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  3. ↑ Schöller Research Center: Home. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 22, 2013 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de
personal data
SURNAME Mertens, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business IT specialist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Seifhennersdorf