
Strategy

Handle the Corporate Heat Like an Actual Firefighter
Many leaders think they’re great at battling corporate fires. The truth? There’s much to learn about planning, roles, tools, and communication from real firefighters.
Melissa Swift
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AI and Machine Learning
Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage
David Wingate, Barclay L. Burns, and Jay B. Barney
More Strategy from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East

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.
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

Featured
Strategic Alignment Reconciles Purpose and Profitability
Sustained performance requires a company purpose that is validated in the market.
Jonathan Trevor

Innovation Strategy
How to Become a Critical Reader of Academic Research
While social science has provided enormous insight to help managers be more effective, not all research is good research. Here’s how to be a smart consumer of new ideas.
Max H. Bazerman

Operations
Get Work Back on Track With Visual Management
The key to fixing snarled knowledge-work processes is to make invisible work visible.
Nelson P. Repenning and Donald C. Kieffer

AI and Machine Learning
Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage
AI will transform economies and lift markets as a whole, but lasting differentiation will be built on human creativity and passion.
David Wingate, Barclay L. Burns, and Jay B. Barney

Global Strategy
Managing Supply Chains in a Tariff-Fueled Trade War
Business leaders grappling with the implications of new U.S. import duties on their value chains need to closely monitor shifts in policy and prioritize visibility into supply networks.