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Coen van der Geest

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Emner
Digitalisering IT Teknologi

Primary research areas

Ar­chi­tec­tur­al Design of Di­git­al Tech­no­lo­gies
I study how the design of di­git­al tech­no­lo­gies, such as APIs, plat­forms, and IT ar­chi­tec­tures, shapes or­gan­iz­a­tion­al and so­ci­et­al out­comes. My re­search ex­plores how ar­chi­tec­tur­al design choices en­able or con­strain value cre­ation and in­nov­a­tion, and what the po­ten­tial im­plic­a­tions are for so­ci­ety.
API Strategy and Di­git­al Value Cre­ation
APIs en­able the di­git­al eco­nomy, yet many re­main un­der­u­til­ized. My re­search in­vest­ig­ates the ubi­quity of APIs and their ef­fect­ive use. I fo­cus on the bar­ri­ers to API ad­op­tion and the role of APIs in in­nov­a­tion. The goal is to un­cov­er how busi­nesses can turn APIs from tech­nic­al tools into stra­tegic as­sets that drive di­git­al trans­formation.

Ar­chi­tect­ing di­git­al tech­no­logy with pur­pose

Coen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Digitalization at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), with a PhD in Information Systems from KIN Center for Digital Innovation at the School of Business and Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 

His research explores how the architectural configuration of digital technologies shapes organizational and societal outcomes. He investigate how design choices, particularly in APIs, platform architectures, and IT infrastructures, enable or constrain their potential, influencing both strategic and operational results. His goal is to understand how the design of digital technologies affects an organizations’ ability to create value and the potential broader implications for society, to provide practical and theoretical insights into the architecting of digital technologies with purpose. 

Interests: 

- IT and Platform Architectures 

- API Strategy 

- Design of Digital Technologies 

- IS Complexity