Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship and Risk

Dr. Christian Hugo Hoffmann is the Managing Director & Founder of Hoffmann Economics, an investment and investment advisory boutique focusing on Venture Capital. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), used to work as Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Liechtenstein, and submitted a second PhD thesis on Artificial Intelligence to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Germany). Apart from being passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academia, Christian is a tech entrepreneur by heart with three software start-ups in Germany, Switzerland, and Malawi under his belt. Moreover, Christian served as Deputy Director of and Head of AI at the Swiss Fintech Innovation Lab in Zurich, as Director of Startup Grind Geneva, and continues to fulfill his role as start-up coach / judge and mentor in various programs (MassChallenge, Vroom, Kickstart Accelerator), and with involvements in several tech start-ups.

Introduction to the Volume.- Part I: Conceptual and methodological contributions at the crossroads between philosophy and management.- Part II: Contributions of academic philosophy and ethics to the so-called new technologies and AI concepts.- Part III: Hands-on contributions to the so-called new technologies and AI concepts in terms of business opportunities.- Part IV: Action theoretical contributions to entrepreneurship, creativity, decision competence and risk management.- About the authors.