Strategy
AI and Machine Learning
Agentic AI: Nine Essential Questions
How does agentic AI work? What can it do for your organization? What security issues should be on your radar screen? Catch up on key information from MIT SMR experts.
Laurianne McLaughlin
Top Strategy from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Featured
Hybrid Work Is Not the Problem — Poor Leadership Is
Brian Elliott, Nicholas (Nick) Bloom and Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury
More Strategy from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Leadership
MENA IPO Market Gains Momentum as 11 Offerings Raise $700M in Q3
The Kingdom alone raised $637M, 92.4% of the total figure, while Dar Al Majed Real Estate Company led the region’s largest IPO of the period at $336M.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Culture
How can Middle East Leaders Turn Cultural Diversity into a Competitive Edge?
Multicultural teams can be a major stumbling block or a decisive advantage. By focusing on attitude, cultural intelligence, and inclusive practices, leaders in the region are shaping work environments where diversity drives innovation and profitability.
Paromita Gupta
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From Employee-Owners to Environmental Champions
When employees become owners, companies achieve measurably stronger environmental performance. Here’s how this ownership model drives sustainability excellence.
Jegoo Lee
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How the Middle East is Turning Visa Reform Into an Economic Strategy
From Washington to Riyadh to Beijing, a single visa policy shift has sparked a realignment in where the world’s brightest minds build and belong.
Paromita Gupta
Strategy
GITEX 2025: MIT SMR to Unveil Special Issue and On-Site Live Coverage
At GITEX Global 2025, Digital Dubai will showcase AI, smart governance, and innovation shaping a future-ready, citizen-centric digital ecosystem.
MIT SMR Editors
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Managing Beyond the ‘Impostor’ Buzzword
It’s time for leaders to name, normalize, and manage employees’ experience of feeling like pretenders.
Basima Tewfik, Sean Martin, and Jeremy Yip
News
UAE Launches Startup Campaign to Create 10 Unicorns by 2031
“The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World” campaign will unite over 50 incubators, accelerators, and strategic partners across public and private sectors.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Featured
Why the Middle East Is Emerging as the New Playground for Indian VCs
What makes the region attractive is its booming tech ecosystem, supportive regulatory policies, and access to global capital.
Paromita Gupta
Financial Management & Risk
MoneyHash and noon Payments Partner to Boost Local Payments Across the Gulf
With this collaboration, the fintech innovators aim to address the complexity of fragmented payment infrastructures that businesses in MEA face.
MITSloan ME Editorial
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Strategic Alignment Reconciles Purpose and Profitability
Sustained performance requires a company purpose that is validated in the market.

