Christine Hufnagl, former research assistant at THI Business School, has successfully completed her cooperative doctorate at the University of Bayreuth and Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI). Her dissertation is entitled "Determining the potential for value optimization through the use of digitalization, networking and digital transformation in hospitals along the patient pathway". Her supervisor at THI Business School was Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schröder, Professor of Logistics and Production Organisation, who has since retired. Her doctoral supervisor at the University of Bayreuth is Prof. Dr. Torsten Eymann, holder of the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Business Information Systems.