Prof Arno Scharl
MODUL University Vienna
Department of New Media Technology
Am Kahlenberg 1, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
(t) +43-1-3203555-500
(e) scharl@ecoresearch.net

Employment History

• 08/07 - dato: Vice President and Head of Department, MODUL University Vienna, Department of New Media Technology; A-1190 Vienna, Austria.
  
• 03/06 - 07/07: Professor of New Media and Knowledge Management at Graz University of Technology, Knowledge Management Institute; A-8010 Graz, Austria.
  
• 03/06 - 07/07: Key Researcher at the Know-Center, the Austrian K+ Competence Center for Knowledge Management; A-8010 Graz, Austria.
  
• 01/06 - 02/06: Visiting Professor at the University of Western Australia, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
  
• 11/05 - 12/05: Visiting Professor at Graz University of Technology, Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media; A-8010 Graz, Austria.
  
• 07/05 - 10/05: Associate Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Information Systems Department (tenured); A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
  
• 01/03 - 06/05:  Professor of Information Systems at the University of Western Australia, School of Economics and Commerce & Graduate School of Management; Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
  
• 07/02 - 12/02: Associate Professor at the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration, Information Systems Department (tenured); A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
  
• 11/01 - 06/02: Visiting Professor of Electronic Commerce at the University of Notre Dame Australia, School of Electronic Commerce; Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia.
  
• 09/00 - 10/01:  Associate Professor at the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration, Information Systems Department (tenured); A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
  
• 04/00 - 08/00: Assistant Professor at the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration, Information Systems Department; A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Research group: “Electronic Commerce”.
  
• 10/99 - 03/00: Visiting Research Fellow at the Curtin University of Technology, Curtin Business School, Electronic Commerce Network; Perth, WA 6982, Australia (funded by the Erwin Schrödinger Research Grant of the Austrian Science Fund and the OeNB-WU Research Prize of the Austrian Federal Bank).
  
• 04/99 - 09/99: Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business, Fisher Center for Information Technology & Market Place Transformation; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA (funded by the Erwin Schrödinger Research Grant of the Austrian Science Fund, OeNB-WU Research Prize of the Austrian Federal Bank).
  
• 10/98 - 03/99: Visiting Research Fellow at the Curtin University of Technology
  
• 10/96 - 09/98: Assistant Professor at the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration, Information Systems Department; A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Research groups: “Strategic Information Management” (10/96 – 02/97) and “Electronic Commerce” (03/97 – 09/98).
  

• Habilitation: Venia docendi  (September 28, 2000)
  
• PhD: Dr. rer. soc. oec. (with honors on March 14, 1997)
  
• MBA: Mag. rer. soc. oec. (July 6, 1995)
  Major:  Business Administration
  (Management Information Systems, Information Economics)

• PhD: Dr. rer. nat. (with honors on September 28, 1998)
  
• MSc: Mag. rer. nat. (with honors on July 5, 1995)
  Major:  Sports Sciences (Sports Physiology, Sports Administration)

• 10/06 - dato: IDIOM / Information Diffusion across Interactive Online Media (www.idiom.at).
  Linguists define 'idiom' as an expression whose meaning is different from the literal meanings of its component words. Similarly, the study of information diffusion promises insights that cannot be inferred from individual network elements. Media monitoring projects often focus on a particular medium, or neglect important aspects of the human language. The IDIOM project will address these gaps to reveal fundamental mechanisms of information diffusion across media with distinct interactive characteristics (Web Sites, RSS feeds, blogs etc.).
  
• 01/06 - dato: AVALON / Acquisition and VALidation of Ontologies (kmi.tugraz.at/avalon). Valuable knowledge that surrounds the workflows of business entities can be extracted automatically and represented as ontological structure. The methodology is built upon a cybernetic control system to automatically align extracted knowledge with business processes, external indicators and individual expertise. The project’s adaptive services are particularly useful in volatile business environments, which require dynamic reconfiguration of business processes and a flexible allocation of resources.
  
• 07/04 - 12/04: US Election 2004 Web Monitor (www.ecoresearch.net/election2004).
  How do international media, the Fortune 1000 and environmental organizations tailor articles to fit their political agenda? To answer this question, the US Election 2004 Web Monitor processes more than 500,000 documents each week – about 125 million words in 11 million sentences. Estimates of attention and attitude towards the presidential candidates complement keywords summarizing key issues associated with each candidate.
  
• 01/04 - dato: EcoMonitor (www.ecomonitor.net).
  The Internet is transforming how society manages the explosive growth and dwindling lifespan of environmental information. Yet the vast amount of online resources conceals trends and warning signals. By identifying such hidden patterns and providing environmental content in raw, aggregated and visual formats, ECOmonitor aims to enhance policy-making, raise public awareness and translate scientific insights into behavioral change on organizational and individual levels.
  
• 09/02 - dato: EcoResearch (www.ecoresearch.net).
  The interdisciplinary Research Network on Environmental Online Communication brings together scientists of different backgrounds to explore the development, management, promotion, and evaluation of networked information systems that advocate sustainability and the protection of natural ecosystems. The network supports the research activities of its members, identifies synergies, coordinates the various projects, and helps with resource acquisition.
  
• 01/99 - dato: webLyzard (www.webLyzard.com).
  Built on more than five years of research into developing and managing Webbased information systems, the project analyzes navigational system and interface design from structural and textual perspectives. Web metrics aim to determine success factors and uncover weaknesses of deployed system by comparing large samples of Web sites across region and industry. Currently, webLyzard mirrors and analyzes a set of more than 6000 sites in monthly intervals.
  
• 10/00 - dato: EcoInvest (www.ecoinvest.org). Conceptual development of an independent investment portal for socially and ecologically responsible investments; in a joint effort with the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, the project evaluated and compared a number of open-source content management systems. 
  
• 07/02 - 01/03: La Gamba Relaunch (www.lagamba.at).
  With special regard to the organizational structure of small scientific institutions and regional peculiarities of the tropical station La Gamba in Costa Rica, this project pursues the following goals: Analysis of organizational structures; reorganization of informational processes; development of an interactive platform including reservation functionality and research database.
  
• 01/01 - 03/02: European eContent Tourism Survey. Longitudinal survey on behalf of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber that contrasts a sample of 500 Austrian tourism sites with the international competition. Preliminary results were presented at the European Forum Alpbach in August 2001 (www.alpbach.org).
  
• 10/97 - 07/98: webMapper. Acquisition of implicit and explicit user feedback by means of online observations and questionnaires; review of commercially available Web-tracking software for analyzing and visualizing customer access patterns.
  
• 03/97 - 01/98: Electronic Market Transactions.
  Reference modeling of interactive Web sites for the food retail industry; based on an initial assessment of standardized solutions to build and maintain electronic transaction systems.
  
• 10/96 - 01/97: Xerox.at. Conceptual development and technical implementation of a Web information system for Rank Xerox Austria based on a Lotus Notes / Domino server architecture (www.xerox.at).
  
• 09/95 - 12/96: MotoMIR Data Analysis. Data analysis and interpretation at the Department of Sports Physiology of the University of Vienna (part of the Austro-Russian aerospace cooperation; measurement and interpretation of muscular atrophy under conditions of microgravity).
  

List of Publications
Refereed Journals

• Scharl, A., Dickinger, A. and Weichselbraun, A. (2007). “Analyzing News Media Coverage to Acquire and Structure Tourism Knowledge”, Information Technology and Tourism, 10(1): In Press.
  
• Pollach, I., Scharl, A. and Weichselbraun, A. (2007). “Web Content Mining for Comparing Corporate and Third-Party Online Reporting: A Case Study on Solid Waste Management”, Business Strategy and the Environment, 15(x): In Press.
  
• Scharl, A., Weichselbraun, A. and Liu, W. (2007). “Tracking and Modeling Information Diffusion across Interactive Online Media”, International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies. 2(2): 136-145.
  
• Murphy, J. and Scharl, A. (2007): “An Investigation of Global versus Local Online Branding”, International Marketing Review, 24(3): 297-312.
  
• Scharl, A. (2006): “Tightly Coupled Geospatial Interfaces for Collaborative Systems and Just-in-Time Information Retrieval Agents”, Research in Computing Science (Special Issue: Semantics in Geoinformatics Applications). 25: 3-18.
  
• Porter, S., Brown, A., Purushothaman, M. and Scharl, A. (2006): “Dealing with Change: The Strategies of the International Accounting Standards Board and its Funders”, Strategic Change. 15(6): 305-317.
  
• Stace, R., Brown, A., Purushothaman, M. and Scharl, A. (2006): “National Indicators of Well Being: Lessons from Pacific Island Countries' Tourism”, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. In Press.
  
• Neale, L., Murphy, J. and Scharl, A. (2006): “Comparing the Diffusion of Online Service Recovery in Small and Large Organizations”, Journal of Marketing Communications, 12(3): 165-181.
  
• Liu, W., Weichselbraun, A., Scharl, A. und Chang, E. (2005). 'Semi-Automatic Ontology Extension Using Spreading Activation ', Journal of Universal Knowledge Management. 0(1). 50-58.
  
• Scharl, A., Dickinger, A. and Murphy, J. (2005): 'Diffusion and Success Factors of Mobile Marketing ', Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 4(2). 159-173.
  
• Scharl, A., Neale, L. and Murphy, J. (2004): “Analyzing the Prevalence of Sports-Related Terms among the Web Sites of Global Corporations”, International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 3(2). 5-18.
  
• Scharl, A. and Bauer, C. (2004): „Mining Large Samples of Web-Based Corpora”, Knowledge-Based Systems. 17(5-6). 229-233.
  
• Scharl, A., Wöber, K.W. and Bauer, C. (2003): “An Integrated Approach to Measure Web Site Effectiveness in the European Hotel Industry”, Information Technology & Tourism. 6(4). 257-271.
  
• Smekal, G., Scharl, A., von Duvillard, S.P. et al. (2002): “Accuracy of Neuro-Fuzzy Logic and Regression Calculations in Determining Maximal Lactate Steady-State Power Output from Incremental Tests in Humans”, European Journal of Applied Physiology, 88(3). 264-274.
  
• Scharl, A. (2001): „Explanation and Exploration: Visualizing the Topology of Web Information Systems“, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 55(3). 239-258.
  
• Scharl, A., Gebauer, J. and Bauer, C. (2001): “Matching Process Requirements with Information Technology to Assess the Efficiency of Web Information Systems”, Information Technology & Management, 2(2). 193-210.
  
• Bauer, C. und Scharl, A. (2000): „Quantitative Evaluation of Web Site Content and Structure”, Library Computing, 19 (3/4). 134-146.
  
• Bauer, C., Bauer, D. and Scharl, A. (2000). “Measuring the Web - A Pilot Study for Web Site Classification based on Empirical Evidence”, Trends in Communication, 6: 113-132.
  
• Scharl, A., Bauer, C. and Kaukal, M. (2000): “Commercial Scenarios of Digital
  Agent Deployment: A Functional Classification”, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 1 (3). http://www.csulb.edu/web/journals/jecr/.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (2000): “Quantitative Evaluation of Web Site Content and Structure”, Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 10 (1). 31-43; updated reprint in Library Computing, 19 (3/4), 134-146.
  
• Gebauer, J. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Between Flexibility and Automation: An Evaluation of Web Technology from a Business Process Perspective”, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 5 (1). http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/.
  
• Brandtweiner, R. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Value Chain Transformation in the Retailing Sector”, Systémová Integrace (System Integration), 6 (3). 7-14.
  
• Brandtweiner, R. and Scharl, A. (1999): “An Institutional Approach to Analyzing the Structure and Functionality of Brokered Electronic Markets”, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 3 (3). 71-88.
  
• Scharl, A. (1999): “Reference Modeling as the Missing Link between Academic Research and Industry Practice”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 58 (3/4): 211-220.
  
• Scharl, A. and Brandtweiner, R. (1998): “A Conceptual Research Framework for Analyzing the Evolution of Electronic Markets”, International Journal of Electronic Markets, 8 (2): 39-42.
  
• Brandtweiner, R., Loicht, H. and Scharl, A. (1998): “The Internet-induced digitalization of commodities (products)”, Forum Ware, 26 (1). 37-40.
  
• Scharl, A. (1997): “Referenzmodelle für die Entwicklung von Masseninformationssystemen – ein Fallbeispiel aus der Branche Informationstechnik”, Journal für Betriebswirtschaft, 47 (5-6): 282-294.
  

• Scharl, A. and Tochtermann, K., Eds. (2007). The Geospatial Web – How Geobrowsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society. London: Springer.
  
• Scharl, A., Ed. (2004): Environmental Online Communication. London: Springer.
  
• Scharl, A. (2000): Evolutionary Web Development. London: Springer.
  
• Scharl, A. (1999): NeuroFuzzy-Hybridsysteme: Theoretische Grundlagen, Vergleich mit statistischen Problemlösungsklassen und Anwendung im Rahmen leistungsdiagnostischer Fragestellungen (= Hybrid NeuroFuzzy Systems: Theoretical Foundations, Comparison with Statistical Methods, and Application for Performance Diagnostics). Vienna: WUV-Universitätsverlag .
  
• Scharl, A. (1997): Referenzmodellierung kommerzieller Masseninformationssysteme – Idealtypische Gestaltung von Informationsangeboten im World Wide Web am Beispiel der Branche Informationstechnik (= Reference Modeling of Commercial Mass Information Systems – Referential Design of Applications for the World Wide Web with Special Regard to the Information Industry). Frankfurt, Vienna: Peter Lang.
  

• Dickinger, A., Scharl, A., Stern, H., Weichselbraun, A., und Wöber, K. (2008): “Acquisition and Relevance of Geotagged Information in Tourism”, Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008, Proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria. Eds. P. O'Connor et al. Vienna, New York: Springer. 545-555.
  
• Scharl, A. (2007). “Towards the Geospatial Web: Media Platforms for Managing Geotagged Knowledge Repositories”, The Geospatial Web – How Geo-Browsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society. Eds. A. Scharl and K. Tochtermann. London: Springer. 3-14.
  
• Scharl, A. (2005): “Catalyzing Environmental Communication through Evolving Internet Technology”, Environmental Communication Yearbook (Volume III). Ed. S. Depoe. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum. In Press.
  
• Scharl, A. (2004): “A Roadmap towards Distributed Web Assessment”, Web Engineering – 4th International Conference, ICWE 2004, Munich, Germany (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3140). Eds. N. Koch et al. Berlin: Springer. 171-175.
  
• Scharl, A. (2004): 'Web Coverage of Renewable Energy', Environmental Online Communication. Ed. A. Scharl. London: Springer. 25-34.
  
• Scharl, A., Pollach, I., Pieber, M. and Treiblmaier, H. (2004): 'Environmental Investment Sites: Sector Analysis and Development of GreenMoney.at', Environmental Online Communication. Ed. A. Scharl. London: Springer. 161-172.
  
• Neale, L., Scharl, A. und Murphy, J. (2004). 'Sport Marketing on Fortune Global 500 Web Sites', Sharing Best Practices in Sport Marketing. Ed. B.G. Pitts. Atlanta: Sport Marketing Association. 45-54.
  
• Gebauer, J. und Scharl, A. (2003): „Between Flexibility and Automation: Evaluating Web Technology from a Business Process Perspective”, New Directions in Research on E-Commerce. Ed. C. Steinfield. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. 147-169.
  
• Scharl, A. and Treiblmaier, H. (2003). 'A Quantitative Analysis of eCRM Tools in the Austrian Pharmaceutical Industry', Web Engineering – International Conference, ICWE 2003, Oviedo, Spain (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2722). Eds. J. M. Cueva Lovelle et al. Berlin: Springer. 306-309.
  
• Scharl, A., Pollach, I. and Bauer, C. (2003). 'Determining the Semantic Orientation of Web-based Corpora', Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, 4th International Conference, IDEAL-2003, Hong Kong (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2690). Ed. J. Liu et al. Berlin: Springer. 840-849.
  
• Gebauer, J. and Scharl, A. (2003): „Fra Flessibilita e Automazione: Una Valutazione Della Tecnologia Web Vista Dalla Prospetiva dei Processi di Business“, Quale Futuro Per Il Commercio Elettronico? Eds. G. Gottardi and E. Bolisani. Milano: Franco Angeli. 156-185.
  
• Scharl, A. (2002): 'Adaptive Web Representation', Human Computer Interaction Development & Management. Ed. T. Barrier. Hershey, London: IRM Press. 255-260.
  
• Wöber, K.W., Scharl, A., Natter, M. and Taudes, A. (2002): “Success Factors of European Hotel Web Sites”, Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2002. Eds. K.W. Wöber et al. Vienna, New York: Springer. 397-406.
  
• Bauernfeind, U., Wöber, K.W., Scharl, A., Bauer, C., Natter, M. and Taudes, A. (2002): “The Evaluation of European Cities' Tourism Offices' Web Sites”, City Tourism 2002, Ed. K.W. Wöber. Vienna, New York: Springer. 323-334.
  
• Scharl, A. (2001): „A Classification of Web Adaptivity: Tailoring Content and Navigational Systems of Advanced Web Applications”, Web Engineering – Managing Diversity and Complexity of Web Application Development (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2016). Eds. S. Murugesan and Y. Deshpande. Berlin: Springer. 156-169.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (2001): „Leveraging Online Information to Build Customer Relationships”, Internet Marketing Research: Theory and Practice. Ed. O. Lee. Hershey, London: Idea Group Publishing. 15-30.
  
• Bichler, M. and Scharl, A. (2001): „Matchmaking Mechanisms for Agent-mediated Electronic Markets”, Contemporary Trends in Systems Development. Eds. M.K. Sein et al. Dordrecht: Kluwer Plenum. 281-291.
  
• Scharl, A. (2000): “The Five Stages of Customizing Web-based Mass Information Systems”, Managing Web-Enabled Technologies in Organizations: A Global Perspective. Ed. M. Khosrowpour. Hershey, London: Idea Group Publishing. 103-121.
  
• Bauer, C., Glasson, B. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Evolution of Web Information Systems: Exploring the Methodological Shift in the Context of Dynamic Business Ecosystems”, Doing Business on the Internet – Opportunities and Pitfalls, Eds. F. Sudweeks and C.T. Romm. London: Springer. 53-64.

• Scharl, A. (2007). 'The Climate Change Collaboratory – A Community Portal Based on Geospatial Web Technology', International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS-2007). Prague, Czech Republic. In Press.
  
• Scharl, A. (2006). 'Geospatial Publishing – Creating and Managing Geo-Tagged Knowledge Repositories', International Conference on Software and Data Technologies (ICSOFT-2006). Setúbal, Portugal: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC). 226-231.
  
• Hancock, P., Purushothaman, M., Brown, A. and Scharl, A. (2006). 'Environmental Disclosures on Corporate Web Sites: A Singapore Perspective', European Applied Business Research Conference (EABR-2006). Florence, Italy. In Press.
  
• Scharl, A. and Weichselbraun, A. (2006): “Web Coverage of the 2004 US Presidential Election”, 2nd Web as Corpus Workshop, 11th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL-2006). Eds. A. Kilgarriff and M. Baroni. Trento, Italy: Association for Computational Linguistics. 35-42.
  
• Purushothaman, M., Hancock, P., Brown, A. and Scharl, A. (2006): “Online Environmental Reporting Practices of Listed Singapore Companies”, 29th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA-2006). Dublin, Ireland: European Accounting Association.
  
• Stace, R., Brown, A., Purushothaman, M., Scharl, A. and Weichselbraun, A. (2006). “Accounting for Pacific Island Countries’ Tourism”, 2006 British Accounting Association Annual Conference (BAA-2006). Portsmouth, UK: British Accounting Association.
  
• Scharl, A., Weichselbraun, A. and Liu, W. (2006). 'An Ontology-based Architecture for Tracking Information across Interactive Electronic Environments ', 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39). Kauai, USA: IEEE Press.
  
• Scharl, A. (2005). 'Patterns of Content Propagation in Electronic Environments', International Symposium on Generalization of Information (ISGI-2005). Berlin: Committee on Data for Science and Technology. In Press.
  
• Purushotaman, M., Brown, A. and Scharl, A. (2005). 'Assessing Natural Environmental Disclosures of POMSoX Entities', 19th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection (EnviroInfo-2005). Eds. J. Hrebícek and J. Rácek. Brno, Czech Republic: Masaryk University. 692-696.
  
• Pollach, I., Scharl, A. and Gill, D. (2005). 'Solid Waste Management: Corporate and Third-Party Online Reporting', 19th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection (EnviroInfo-2005). Eds. J. Hrebícek and J. Rácek. Brno, Czech Republic: Masaryk University. 697-701.
  
• Dickinger, A., Scharl, A. and Weichselbraun, A. (2005): “Where Do You Want to Go Today? A Media Analysis of Global Tourism Destinations“, 5th International Conference on Knowledge Management (I-KNOW 2005). Eds. K. Tochtermann and H. Maurer. Graz: Know-Center. 20-27.
  
• Liu, W., Weichselbraun, A., Scharl, A. and Chang, E. (2005). “Semi-Automatic Ontology Extension Using Spreading Activation”, 5th International Conference on Knowledge Management (I-KNOW 2005). Eds. K. Tochtermann and H. Maurer. Graz: Know-Center. 145-153.
  
• Brown, A., Purushothaman, M. and Scharl, A. (2005): “A Web Assessment of Natural Environmental Disclosures of SPSX Entities”, British Accounting Association Conference 2005 (BAA-2005). Edinburgh: British Accounting Association.
  
• Pudhota, L., Chang, E. and Scharl, A. (2005): “Collaborative Workflow Change Management through Synchronization”, International Conference on Information Management and Business (IMB-2005), Taipei: Shih Chien University. 195-202.
  
• Scharl, A. (2004): “Providing Information Services through Aggregating and Visualising Web Resources”, 5th International Working for e-Business Conference (WeB-2004). Perth: Edith Cowan University.
  
• Murphy, J. and Scharl, A. (2004): “Web Indicators for Globalization and the Virtual Divide”, e-Society 2004 – Conference of the International Association for Development of the Information Society. Eds. P. Isaías et al. Ávila: IADIS Press. 118-125.
  
• Dickinger, A., Haghirian, P., Murphy, J. and Scharl, A. (2004): “An Investigation and Conceptual Model of SMS Marketing ”, 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-37). Ed. R. Sprague. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society.
  
• Neale, L., Scharl, A. and Murphy, J. (2003): “Sports Marketing Terms on Fortune Global 500 Web Sites”, Sport Marketing Association Inaugural Conference (SMA-2003). Gainesville, USA.
  
• Dickinger, A., Murphy, J. and Scharl, A. (2003). “Web Coverage of Mobile Marketing by the Fortune Global 500“, 4th International Working with e-Business Conference (WeB-2003). Eds. L. Croft and E. Lachowicz. Perth: Edith Cowan University.
  
• Treiblmaier, H., Fuchs, S., Scharl, A. and Floh, A. (2003): “Targeting new Customer Segments with Innovative Solutions: Application Service Providing for the Energy Management Sector”, 11th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS-2003), Eds. C. Ciborra et al. Naples: Università di Napoli Federico II.
  
• Pollach, I. and Scharl, A. (2003). 'Financial Online Information – A Comparative Content Analysis of Traditional versus Socially Responsible Web Portals', Solar World Congress (ISES-2003). Gothenburg: International Solar Energy Society. P1-66.
  
• Scharl, A., Knotzer, N. and Treiblmaier, H. (2002): “Ethical Aspects of Web Portals: Supporting the Shift from Socially Responsible to Morally Responsible Investment Decisions”, 3rd International Working for e-Business Conference (WeB-2002). Ed. Nick Lethbridge. Perth: Edith Cowan University. 379-383.
  
• Scharl, A. (2001): “Trends in the Web Coverage of Solar Power Technologies, Initiatives and Applications”, Solar World Congress (ISES-2001). Eds. W.Y. Saman and W.W.S. Charters. Adelaide: International Solar Energy Society. 1383-1389.
  
• Scharl, A., Treiblmaier, H. and Danzinger, C. (2001) “EcoInvest.org – Environmental Communication by Means of Independent Investment Portals”, Solar World Congress (ISES-2001). Eds. W.Y. Saman and W.W.S. Charters. Adelaide: International Solar Energy Society. 1133-1138.
  
• Scharl, A., Voshmgir, S. and Bauer, C. (2001): „Investigating Educational Web Services: A Quantitative Review of 100 International University Sites“, 2nd International Working for e-Business Conference (WeB-2001). Eds. S. Stoney and J. Burn. Perth: Edith Cowan University. 190-194.
  
• Scharl, A. and Danzinger, C. (2001): “A Transaction-oriented Survey to Measure the Perceived Business Value of Web-based Information Systems”, Managing Information Technology in a Global Environment (IRMA-2001). Ed. M. Khosrowpour. Hershey, London: Idea Group Publishing. 1085-1086.
  
• Scharl, A. and Bauer, C. (2000): “Supplemental Navigational Systems: The Emergence of Interactive Visual Components“, 11th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS-2000). Eds. G.G. Gable and M.R. Vitale. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
  
• Scharl, A. and Bauer, C. (2000): “A Cluster Analysis of Web-based Information Systems in the Travel and Tourism Sector“, 1st International Working for e-Business Conference (WeB-2000). Eds. J. Burn et al. Perth: Edith Cowan University. 57-64.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (2000): „Tool-supported Evolutionary Web Development: Rethinking Traditional Modeling Principles”, 8th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS-2000). Eds. H.R. Hansen et al. Vienna: Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration. 282-289.
  
• Scharl, A. and Danzinger, C. (2000): “An Empirical Comparison of the Distinctive Features and Key Success Factors of Doing Business Electronically”, 1st Austrian-Italian Workshop on Information Systems (AIWIS-2000). Eds. H. Mahrer and M.D. Marco. Vienna: Vienna University of Economics. 33-34.
  
• Scharl, A., Werthner, H., and Bauer, C. (2000): „The Online Tourism Industry – Measuring Success Factors”, 2nd International Forum on Multimedia and Image Processing, World Automation Congress (WAC-2000). Eds. M. Jamshidi et al. Albuquerque: TSI Press. http://wacong.com/ifmip.html.
  
• Scharl, A. (2000): “A Classification of Web Adaptivity: Tailoring Content and Navigational Systems of Advanced Web Applications”, 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering (Second ICSE Workshop on Web Engineering). Eds. S. Murugesan and Y. Deshpande. Limerick: University of Limerick. 18-27.
  
• Scharl, A. (2000): „Adaptive Web Representation”, Challenges of Information Technology Management in the 21st Century (IRMA-2000). Ed. M. Khosrowpour. Hershey, London: IGP. 960-961.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (2000): „Conceptual Foundations of Tool-based Evolutionary Web Development”, Challenges of Information Technology Management in the 21st Century (IRMA-2000). Ed. M. Khosrowpour. Hershey, London: IGP. 1005-1006.
  
• Scharl, A. and Bauer, C. (1999): “Explorative Analysis and Evaluation of Commercial Web Information Systems”, 20th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS-99). Eds. P. De and J.I. DeGross. Charlotte: ICIS. 534-539.
  
• Bauer, C., Parkinson, A. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Automated vs. Manual Classification: A Multi-Methodological Set of Web Analysis Components”, 10th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS-99). Eds. B. Hope and P. Yoong. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. 54-64.
  
• Bauer, C., Bauer, D. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Towards the Measurement of Public Web Sites: A Tool for Classification”, Cutting Edge Conference on the Measurement of Electronic Commerce (MEC-99). Singapore: International Statistical Institute.
  
• Bichler, M. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Multi-dimensional Approaches to Automating Resource Allocation”, 1st International Workshop for Transaction-based Electronic Commerce (IWTEC-99). Eds. C. Bauer and H. Mahrer. Perth: Electronic Commerce Network, Curtin University of Technology. 1-8.
  
• Scharl, A. (1999): “Integrated Marketing Concepts for Electronic Markets”, Proceedings of the 2nd Western Australian Workshop on Information Systems Research (WAWISR-99). Ed. J. Gammack. Perth: Murdoch University. 31-36.
  
• Brandtweiner, R. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Technology-driven Value Chain Transformation in the Retailing Sector”, 3rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Information Markets (COTIM-99). Eds. R. Dholakia and S. Wikström. Kingston: University of Rhode Island.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (1999): “A Classification Framework and Assessment Model for Automated Web Site Evaluation”, Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS-99). Eds. J. Pries-Heje et al. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School. 758-765.
  
• Scharl, A., Bauer, C. and Kaukal, M. (1999): “From Static Worlds to Complex Negotiations: A (Commercial) Agent's Perspective on Customizable Transactions”, Global Networked Organizations – Proceedings of the 12th International Bled Electronic Commerce Conference. Eds. S. Klein et al. Kranj: Moderna organizacija. 33-45.
  
• Smekal, G., Scharl, A., Pokan, R., Baron, R., Tschan, H. and Bachl, N. (1999): „Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling to Calculate Maximal Lactate Steady State”, Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 31 (5): 377.
  
• Scharl, A. (1999): “A Conceptual, User-Centric Approach to Modeling Web Information Systems”, Proceedings of the 5th Australian World Wide Web Conference (AusWeb-99). Ballina: Southern Cross University. 33-49.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Advanced Design of Web Information Systems Based on Dominant and Emerging Web Communication Patterns”, Proceedings of the 5th Australian World Wide Web Conference (AusWeb-99). Ballina: Southern Cross University. 74-85.
  
• Bauer, C. and Scharl, A. (1999): “Acquisition and Symbolic Visualization of Aggregated Customer Information for Analyzing Web Information Systems”, Proceedings of the 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-99). Volume V: Internet and the Digital Economy. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society.
  
• Scharl, A. and Bauer, C. (1998): “Informational Requirements for Participating in Electronic Business Ecosystems”, Proceedings of the 1st Western Australian Workshop on Information Systems Research (WAWISR-98). Perth: Curtin University of Technology. 79-86.
  
• Scharl, A. and Brandtweiner, R. (1998): “Maximizing the Customer Delivered Value with Web-based Mass Information Systems”, Proceedings of the 4th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AIS-98). Baltimore: Association for Information Systems. 453-455.
  
• Hansen, H.R. and Scharl, A. (1998): “Cooperative Development of Web-based Mass Information Systems”, Proceedings of the 4th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AIS-98). Baltimore: Association for Information Systems. 994-996.
  
• Brandtweiner, R. and Scharl, A. (1998): “Modeling the Convergence of Archaic and Electronic Market Structures Using Real-Life Interaction Patterns”, Proceedings of the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS-98). Stockholm: ITS. http://www.camfordpublishing.com/info/i_its.htm.
  
• Brandtweiner, R. and Scharl, A. (1998): “Conceptual Modeling of a Virtual Electronic Bazaar”, Electronic Commerce in the Information Society – Proceedings of the 11th International Bled Electronic Commerce Conference. Volume 1: Research. Kranj: Moderna organizacija. 475-489.
  
• Scharl, A. (1998): “Integration of Adaptive System Components into Commercial Transaction Models for the World Wide Web”, Effective Utilization and Management of Emerging Information Technologies. Ed. M. Khosrowpour. Hershey, London: Idea Group Publishing (IRMA-1998). 940.
  
• Scharl, A. (1998): “Removing Communication Barriers with a Transaction-Oriented Derivative of the Extended World Wide Web Design Technique (eW3DT)”, Business Information Technology Management: Closing the International Divide. Eds. P. Banerjee et al. New Delhi: Har Anand. 249-264.
  
• Scharl, A. (1998): “Reference Modeling of Commercial Web Information Systems Using the Extended World Wide Web Design Technique (eW3DT)”, Proceedings of the 31st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-98). Volume IV: Internet and the Digital Economy. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society. 476-484.