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25 March, 2020
How the Corona crisis will affect blockchain ecosystems

Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner

The Corona virus crisis is also affecting the crypto market. In this short article, I seek to present some thoughts about the effect of the Corona virus on the blockchain sector — including startups, corporates and Bitcoin.
6 April, 2020
AI for Business: In good times and in bad
Michelle Neumann
Companies worldwide are having very difficult times right now. Due to the spread of the coronavirus and the associated conditions, they are faced with a huge, existential challenge. During this global crisis there are also areas that can use the events as an opportunity, especially in the area of digitalisation.
For some weeks now, many of us have been working from home. Suddenly, our meetings have been replaced by video calls, there is no need to commute and our flights were all cancelled. Highways are empty and streets are almost deserted.
26 March, 2020
Will we learn from this experience?
Maria Jesus Baez
24 March, 2020
Should pandemic scenarios be included in the risk management tool box?
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmaltz
CoVID-19 - is the tourism sector sufficiently prepared for the epidemic scenario? The consideration of an airline.
The corona epidemic has hit companies unexpectedly. It is now becoming apparent whether risk management was prepared for the challenge and all its side effects.
18 March, 2020
COVID-19: How can risk management handle the challenge?
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmaltz
24 March, 2020
Certified Coronavirus Immunity as a Resource and Strategy to Cope with Pandemic Costs

Prof. Dr. Rainer Hegselmann

A pandemic is not only a biological event and a public health disaster, but it also generates impacts that are worth understanding from economic, societal, historical, and cultural perspectives. In this contribution, we argue that as the disease spreads, we are able to harness a valuable key resource: people who have immunity to coronavirus.
16 March, 2020
Technology that saves lives? AI in the fight against coronavirus

Michelle Neumann

Early detection of the signs could bring the turnaround: In China, the Alibaba Group, one of the world’s largest online retailers, used precisely this approach as a starting point – and has now presented an innovation in the early screening of the coronavirus.
26 February, 2020
Rwanda: Role of the Private Sector in influencing Innovation among the Youth
Jonathan Nkoola
The program aims to strengthen the young entrepreneur’s chances of success through incubation support and mentorship. The solutions to be incubated are selected via a series of hackathons where young innovators work towards developing technology solutions that address challenges in various sectors.
With the application of data analytics in the fields of economics and business, understanding, selection and preparation of data plays a decisive role to achieve good and valid results.
7 February, 2020
The Need for Domain Knowledge in Data Science Programs
Peter Roßbach
4 November, 2019
The risk lies in unexpected losses: managing credit portfolios
Thomas Heidorn
To manage a bank, you need to understand the combined impact of loans, with the aim of developing a distribution function for possible losses on your lending portfolio. Unfortunately, you cannot assume that loans follow normal distribution patterns.
Spending time on mathematical problems is fun, but it takes a lot more than that to finish a degree in mathematics, especially when it is done besides a full-time job. I was able to do embark on such a journey while working at the Frankfurt School UNEP Centre. I joined the graduate diploma in mathematics program developed by London School of Economics and obtained the qualification in 2019. The combination of working and studying is a unique and unforgettable experience.
30 October, 2019
Getting a mathematics degree while working full time: experiences and tips
Menglu Zhuang
19 February, 2020
Banken 2020: Zerrissen zwischen Tradition und Hightech

Jürgen Moormann

Aktuell befinden sich die europäischen – und insbesondere die deutschen – Banken in einem für die Branche einzigartigen Umbruch. Es ist die Kombination aus mehreren Trends, die das Bankgeschäft so radikal verändern.
12 February, 2020
Hackathons Organized under the Tech Incubation Program Reveal Potential of Rwanda’s Youth

Jonathan Nkoola

The purpose is to foster entrepreneurship and move the innovation agenda forward by strengthening the entrepreneur’s chances of success through incubation support and mentorship. In order to identify young innovators that will receive business incubation, FS organized a sequence of hackathons.
23 October, 2019
A book chapter: renewable energy, climate change and sustainability
Menglu Zhuang
I had the pleasure to write an article Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability together with Prof. Ulf Moslener. The contribution is an opening chapter for the book Green Banking: Realizing Renewable Energy Projects edited by Dr. Jörg Böttcher.
Financial market efficiency relies on timely and accurate information regarding firms’ risk exposures. An increasingly important risk exposure relates to climate change. Climate risks can originate from more severe and more frequent natural disasters, government regulation to combat a rise in temperature, or climate-related innovations that disrupt existing business models.
1 October, 2019
Institutional Investors’ Views and Preferences on Climate Risk Disclosure
Zacharias Sautner
How the Corona crisis will affect blockchain ecosystems
25 March, 2020
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
AI for Business: In good times and in bad
6 April, 2020
Michelle Neumann
Will we learn from this experience?
26 March, 2020
Maria Jesus Baez
Certified Coronavirus Immunity as a Resource and Strategy to Cope with Pandemic Costs
24 March, 2020
Prof. Dr. Rainer Hegselmann
Should pandemic scenarios be included in the risk management tool box?
24 March, 2020
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmaltz
COVID-19: How can risk management handle the challenge?
18 March, 2020
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmaltz
Technology that saves lives? AI in the fight against coronavirus
16 March, 2020
Michelle Neumann
Rwanda: Role of the Private Sector in influencing Innovation among the Youth
26 February, 2020
Jonathan Nkoola
The Need for Domain Knowledge in Data Science Programs
7 February, 2020
Peter Roßbach
Banken 2020: Zerrissen zwischen Tradition und Hightech
19 February, 2020
Jürgen Moormann
The risk lies in unexpected losses: managing credit portfolios
4 November, 2019
Thomas Heidorn
Getting a mathematics degree while working full time: experiences and tips
30 October, 2019
Menglu Zhuang
Hackathons Organized under the Tech Incubation Program Reveal Potential of Rwanda’s Youth
12 February, 2020
Jonathan Nkoola
A book chapter: renewable energy, climate change and sustainability
23 October, 2019
Menglu Zhuang
Institutional Investors’ Views and Preferences on Climate Risk Disclosure
1 October, 2019
Zacharias Sautner