Martin Obschonka, University of Amsterdam

Moren Lévesque, York University

Frédéric Ooms, HEC Liège

Jeffrey M. Pollack, NC State University

Denis A. Grégoire, HEC Montréal

Tara S. Behrend, Michigan State University

Boris Nikolaev, Colorado State University

Transformative Artificial Intelligence (AI) — that is, the use of AI tools that have such inherent capabilities that they could induce societal transitions similar to that of the agricultural or industrial revolutions — has become an omnipresent topic of interest. Because these tools offer order-of-magnitude efficiency improvements over prior ways of performing various human tasks, important research opportunities arise for better understanding their transformative impact.

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Potential topics

• Theorizing on algorithmic entrepreneurship
• Mechanisms of external enablement of entrepreneurship via AI (e.g., generative AI)
• Can AI help reduce the destructive aspects of entrepreneurship (e.g., societal and personal costs)?
• Can AI create resource abundance, overcoming typical entrepreneurial resource scarcity and challenging leading startup methods (e.g., effectuation/bricolage, bootstrapping, lean startup)?
• Do classic research findings and theories (e.g., on the role of knowledge and human and social capital in entrepreneurship) still hold in the new AI era?
• How can AI impact entrepreneurial finance (e.g., AI-powered financial planning for entrepreneurs, VC investment portfolio management and decisions) and resource acquisition (e.g., entrepreneurs' pitch preparation, investors' due diligence, etc.)?
• Does AI change the age curve associated with entrepreneurship (does it replace the advantage of industry experience, and do we therefore see an AI-empowered rise of youth entrepreneurs)?
• How can AI contribute to equality and diversity (e.g., neurodiversity, closing the gender gap)?
• Ethical and legal issues of algorithmic entrepreneurship and AI-supported research
• How can AI support entrepreneurs' cognition, decision making, and psychological well-being?
• Will the emerging AI economy of abundance replace entrepreneurship/human entrepreneurs?

Timeline

• January 31, 2026: Final deadline for proposal submissions