Strategy
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Rethinking Scale in AI: Why the UAE’s Turning to Smaller, More Efficient Models
Small language models may not deliver the same level of performance as their larger counterparts, but they can drive real-world business.
Tasmia Ansari
Top Strategy from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
The Forces That Shape AI’s Uneven Progress
Will Drover and Laura Huang
More Strategy from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Automation
Accelerating Digital Governance for a Citizen-Centric Future
Saudi Arabia’s digital governance story enters a new phase, as citizens demand the speed, personalization, and transparency found in digital companies.
Tasmia Ansari
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Agentic AI Adoption Is Outpacing Corporate Redesign, MIT SMR–BCG Study Finds
Firms are embracing agentic AI at a pace that far exceeds their ability to redesign workflows, governance and talent structures, leaving leadership teams racing to adapt management models built for an earlier era, the global study found
MITSloan ME Editorial
Developing Strategy
Inside the Technologies Powering the UAE’s Electric Air-Taxi Ecosystem
Archer Aviation’s decision to launch in Abu Dhabi showcases the city's innovative vision and ambitious goals.
Jennifer George
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
Featured
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
Featured
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
Featured
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.

