Social Responsibility
Automation
What Shaped the Middle East’s Mobility Ambitions in 2025
The year was defined by trials, launches, and partnerships driven by a single public demand: a sustainable mobility option.
Paromita Gupta
Top Social Responsibility from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
AI and Machine Learning
Saudi Arabia’s AI Readiness: The Data Infrastructure Imperative
MITSloan ME Editorial
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AI and Machine Learning
UAE Bets on AI to Transform Smallholder Farming With New Research Institute
The MBZUAI-led initiative aims to deliver AI-driven advisory tools to millions of farmers, even as critics question the growing influence of the Gates Foundation in the agricultural sector.
MITSloan ME Editorial
AI and Machine Learning
OpenAI Flags ‘High’ Cyber Risk as State AGs Warn Industry Over Harmful Chatbot Outputs
Tech firms confront escalating scrutiny on two fronts: cyber risks from advanced models and the mental-health fallout of chatbot misuse.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Climate Change
Advancing Sustainability in a Climate of Silence
Many U.S. companies have lost momentum and gone quiet about their environmental efforts and equity work. Those that are public are using simple arguments about return on investment. But narrowing the discussion to a basic ROI mindset may harm the cause.
Andrew Winston
Climate Change
The Time for Leadership Courage Is Right Now
It would be a mistake to decide that White House overreach won’t touch the private sector. For business leaders, it’s time to collectively spend some moral capital — and get off the sidelines.
Andrew Winston
Climate Change
Rethink the Growth Imperative
Questioning the idea that businesses must continually grow can expose new paths to resilience and sustainability.
Andrew J. Hoffman
Climate Change
The Way to Net Zero: Reducing Emissions Takes Teamwork
As chemical sector giants BASF and Henkel pursued transformations to make good on net-zero pledges, they unlocked new strategies by collaborating.
Martin Glaum, Alexander Gerybadze, Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, and Ralph Schweens
Data & Data Culture
How the Middle East is Emerging as a Data Center Powerhouse Amid Booming AI Demand
While the region’s strategic location, access to power, and strong connectivity support its rise into a data center hub, experts discuss the need for public and private sector collaboration to ensure its development and a sustainable future.
Hannah Jo Uy
Strategy
Don’t Bet Against the Move to Clean Energy
The energy transition may face some bumps in the road, but taking a wait-and-see approach brings its own risks.
Steven Goldbach, Geoff Tuff, and Derek Pankratz
Social Responsibility
Make a Stronger Business Case for Sustainability
When greener products and processes add costs, managers can shift other levers to maintain profitability.
Karel Cool, Atalay Atasu, and Nathan Furr
AI and Machine Learning
Will AI Help or Hurt Sustainability? Yes
AI has the potential to help address societal problems like climate change, but challenges like high energy consumption threaten to negate its benefits.






