My main research interests and fields of expertise are the following areas:

Interpretative Sociology, The works of Alfred Schutz; Virtuality, Cyborgization, Bionization, Cyberspace, Virtual Communities, E-Commerce, E-Business, Virtual Organizations; Knowledge Management, Information Quality; Virtual Intelligence Systems, Business Intelligence; Early Warning Systems, Trend Management; Peer-to-Peer.


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books - english/german
published articles - english/german
working papers - english
working papers - german
presentations



published books

published articles

Beerli, Alfred J., & Diemers, Daniel, & Falk, Svenja (Eds. 2002). Knowledge Management and Networked Environments. Leveraging Intellectual Capital in Virtual Business Communities. New York: AMACOM.
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published articles

Diemers, Daniel (2002). Die virtuelle Triade. Cyberspace, Maschinenmensch und künstliche Intelligenz. Bern: Paul Haupt. [ the virtual triad. cyberspace, cyborg, and artificial intelligence ]
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published articles

Diemers, Daniel (2001). Virtual Knowledge Communities. Erfolgreicher Umgang mit Wissen im Digitalen Zeitalter. Dissertation. University of St. Gallen HSG. [ virtual knowledge commmunities. successful knowledge enabling in the digital age ]
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published articles

published articles

Diemers, Daniel (2001). Die Multioptionsgesellschaft im Cyberspace. In A. Brosziewski, & T. Eberle, & C. Maeder (Eds.). Moderne Zeiten. Reflexionen zur Multioptionsgesellschaft (pp 199-212). Konstanz: UVK. [ the multioptional society in cyberspace ]
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published articles

Eppler, Martin J., & Diemers, Daniel (2001). Reale und virtuelle Gemeinschaften im betriebswirtschaftlichen Kontext. Ansätze zum Verständnis und zum Management von Communities. Die Unternehmung, vol. 55(1), 25-42. [ real and virtual communities in business perspective ]
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published articles

Diemers, Daniel (2000). Information Quality and its interpretative Reconfiguration as a Premise of Knowledge Management in Virtual Organizations. In Y. Malhotra (Ed.). Knowledge Management and Virtual Organizations (pp. 365-379). Hershey PA: Idea Group Publishing.
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (2000). A Sociological Framework for Information Quality in Virtual Knowledge Communities. In Proceedings of the 2000 MIT Conference on Information Quality (pp. xx-xx). Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1999). Die virtuelle Triade. Die neuen Kernprozesse der Multioptionsgesellschaft. gdi Impuls, 17 (4), 30-35. [the virtual triad. New core processes of a multioptional society]
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1999). Kontingenzmanagement, Frühwarnsysteme & Virtualität. In M. Henckel v. Donnersmarck, & R. Schatz (Eds.). Frühwarnsysteme (pp. 225-245). Bonn: Innovatio. [contingency management, early warning systems, and virtuality]
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1999). On the Social Dimension of Information Quality and Knowledge. In Y.W. Lee, & G.K. Tayi (Eds.). Proceedings of the 1999 MIT Conference on Information Quality (pp. 125-143). Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
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english working papers

{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1999). Knowledge and Culture. Introducing the Cross-cultural Dimension of Knowledge Management. sfs working paper. university of st. gallen hsg.
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1998). Interpretative Spaces. How common interpretative spaces constitute virtual organizations and communities. sfs working paper. University of St. Gallen HSG.
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1997). The virtual Triad. Society and Man in the Age of Virtuality. Essay for the Honeywell Futurist Competition.
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1996). The Virtual Society. Cure or Curse? sfs working paper. University of St. Gallen HSG.
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1996). The Future of the Workplace. Essay for the 26th ISC Management Symposium.
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german working papers

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Diemers, Daniel (2000). Die Zukunft der Arbeit. Vortragsmanuskript.[The Future of Work]

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Diemers, Daniel (1999). Ein sozialwissenschaftlicher Beitrag zu Virtuellen Gemeinschaften. sfs working paper. University of St. Gallen HSG.[A social science's view on virtual communities]

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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1998). Perspektiven virtueller Organisationsformen. sfs working paper. University of St. Gallen HSG. [perspectives on virtual modes of organizing]
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1997). Die virtuelle Triade. Mensch, Gesellschaft und Virtualität, Master's Thesis. University of St. Gallen HSG. [The Virtual Triad. Man, Society and Virtuality]
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{short description of image} Diemers, Daniel (1997). Virtualität und Raum. sfs working paper. university of st. gallen hsg. [Virtuality and Space]
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presentations

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Diemers, Daniel (2000). Virtuelle Urbanitaet. Die Stadt im Cyberspace. [virtual urbanity. the city in cyberspace]

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