Karl Rabes

Dr. Karl Rabes is an alumnus and guest lecturer at the Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He holds dual roles as a Business Design Principal at Orange Hills™, a management consultancy specializing in innovation management and agile business design, and as an academic contributor to innovation studies. His research focuses on crowdsourcing mechanisms, open business models, and task-technology fit in collaborative environments.

• Education: PhD in Information Systems from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (2020)

His doctoral work, How Ants Build Pyramids: The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing, explores how micro-task markets and task complexity influence crowdsourced outcomes. Rabes' publications span innovation education, business model design, and organizational innovation ecosystems. His work bridges academic research with practical consulting in digital transformation and value creation.

Notable contributions include analyzing challenges in teaching innovation entrepreneurship and investigating task formulation's role in crowdsourcing efficiency. His research often intersects with boundary objects and stakeholder engagement in service ecosystems.