Anyone wanting to understand ERP on a sound academic basis will find a compact but solid source landscape in the German-speaking region: dedicated ERP journals and research (ERP Management, Center for Enterprise Research), the leading business-informatics journals and conferences (BISE, HMD, the WI conference) and freely accessible reference works (Enzyklopädie der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon).
ERP Management (trade journal)
journal · dedicated ERP
journal · GITO Verlag (ed. Prof. Gronau, U Potsdam) · German · partly free/subscription · since 2005
The dedicated German-language trade journal on ERP systems – selection, implementation, operation and replacement, plus adjacent topics (CRM, process/data management, AI in ERP). Six issues a year; also runs the „ERP-System des Jahres“ award.
Our take: The central German-language ERP journal with an academic background (U Potsdam) – a dedicated ERP focus.
erp-management.de ↗
Center for Enterprise Research (CER), University of Potsdam
research center · study series · dedicated
research center/studies · LSWI U Potsdam (Prof. Gronau) · German · open access
Applied ERP research at Prof. Gronau's chair: the annual „ERP TrendRadar“, an ERP knowledge database of 2,500+ projects across 300+ systems, and stewardship of the „ERP-System des Jahres“ award.
Our take: One of the few dedicated academic ERP research centers in the DACH region; freely accessible studies.
lswi.de ↗
Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE / WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK)
flagship business-informatics journal
journal · Springer (sponsored by GI business-informatics division) · English/German · hybrid open access
The leading academic journal of German-speaking business informatics (in English as BISE, historically „WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK“). A broad IS scope in which ERP and enterprise-systems research recurs.
Our take: The flagship business-informatics journal; ERP is one of many topics – central for academic context.
link.springer.com (BISE) ↗
HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik
peer-reviewed journal · practice-oriented
journal · Springer · German · subscription/partly OA · archive from 2007
A double-blind peer-reviewed, practice-oriented business-informatics journal bridging academia and practice. Themed issues cover digital transformation, data management and enterprise systems, sometimes with ERP-focused editions.
Our take: A practice-oriented business-informatics journal with regular ERP-adjacent themed issues – a good academia–practice bridge.
link.springer.com (HMD) ↗
Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI conference)
leading academic business-informatics conference
conference · WKWI / GI business-informatics division · German/English · proceedings open access · annual
The leading academic conference of the German-speaking business-informatics community, with a broad IS scope (enterprise modelling, process management, enterprise systems). Proceedings are freely available via the GI/AIS libraries.
Our take: The central business-informatics conference in the DACH region; ERP papers appear regularly in the open-access proceedings.
WI conference (current edition) ↗
Enzyklopädie der Wirtschaftsinformatik (wi-lex)
online encyclopedia · freely citable
reference · GITO Verlag · German · open access
A freely accessible, citable German-language online encyclopedia of business informatics with around 650 peer-reviewed keyword articles by 230+ academic authors. It includes a dedicated ERP category with foundational articles.
Our take: A vendor-neutral, academically citable reference work – ideal for well-founded ERP fundamentals.
wi-lex.de ↗
GI Digital Library (dl.gi.de)
repository · proceedings
database · German Informatics Society (GI) · German/English · mostly open access
The open repository of the German Informatics Society, hosting the Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI) and the proceedings of the WI conference – the central DACH source for German-language IS/ERP research.
Our take: The most important freely accessible source for German-language business-informatics / ERP conference papers.
dl.gi.de ↗
UdZ – Unternehmen der Zukunft (FIR RWTH Aachen)
institute journal · applied
journal · FIR e.V. RWTH Aachen · German · open access
The journal of the FIR at RWTH Aachen on business transformation, information, service and production management. ERP and business-application topics recur, with a strong practice and application orientation.
Our take: An applied institute journal with ERP-adjacent contributions; freely available (FIR practice transfer).
fir.rwth-aachen.de ↗
Industrie 4.0 Management
trade journal · adjacent
journal · GITO Verlag · German/English · partly free/subscription
An application-oriented, peer-reviewed journal on industrial business processes: digitalisation, factory/production management, process and material management, AI. ERP is present at the interface to Industry 4.0.
Our take: Adjacent to ERP via Industry 4.0 and manufacturing IT – relevant for the production side.
industry-science.com ↗
IM+io (trade magazine)
trade magazine · adjacent
journal · August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute · German · partly free/subscription
A German-language trade magazine at the interface of theory and practice on digitalisation, innovation, organisation and management (successor to „IM – Information Management“). Enterprise-software topics appear regularly.
Our take: An adjacent digitalisation trade magazine from the Scheer circle; ERP as a sub-topic.
im-io.de ↗
Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon
business encyclopedia · free
reference · Springer Gabler · German · free (no paywall)
An established, freely accessible German-language business encyclopedia with over 25,000 entries and dedicated, citable definition pages for ERP fundamentals („ERP“, „Enterprise Resource Planning“).
Our take: A freely accessible, editorially maintained definition source – good for citable ERP fundamentals.
wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de ↗