Research

My research examines how incumbent organizations navigate the opportunities and risks of digital transformation. I am particularly interested in strategic leadership, evolving executive roles, digitalization threats, and the organizational sensemaking processes that shape responses to technological change.

Methodologically, I work primarily with qualitative research, integrative literature reviews, and selective quantitative approaches. Across these methods, I study how organizations organize, govern, and adapt digital transformation in practice.

My work has been published in outlets such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and MIS Quarterly Executive. 

For a full list of publications, see Google Scholar

Published and forthcoming Articles

Alguera Kleine, R., Lorenz, F., Clauß, T., & Khanagha, S. (forthcoming). Strategizing Beyond the Boardroom: How Middle Managers Influence Digital Strategy. Journal of Strategic Information Systems (ABS: 4, VHB: A)

Alguera Kleine, R., Lorenz, F. & Clauß, T. (forthcoming). Making Citizen Development Work Across Low-Code Maturity Levels. MIS Quarterly Executive (ABS: 2, VHB B)

Lorenz, F., Lorenzen, S., Franco, M., Velz, J., Clauss, T. (2024), Generative Artificial Intelligence in Management Research: A Practical Guide on Mistakes to Avoid, Management Research Quarterly. (ABS: 2, VHB: B)

Lorenz, F. & Buchwald, A. (2023). A Perfect Match or an Arranged Marriage? How Chief Digital Officers and Chief Information Officers Perceive Their Relationship: A Dyadic Research Design. European Journal of Information Systems. (ABS: 4, VHB: A)