Business strategy stories
The hire signals Bir's push to expand online retail in Azerbaijan, where eCommerce still makes up about 3% of sales.
The insurer is bolstering its Asia management as it pushes harder into data, automation and AI to improve underwriting and customer service.
Data centre demand and decarbonisation pressures are set to shape Alfa Laval's UK and Ireland growth strategy under Alessandro Bracco.
Only 23% of firms say staff are fully ready for AI, even as spending and deployment surge ahead of training and governance.
More firms are tying AI spending to measurable results, yet just 7% have established a return on investment, KPMG says.
Demand for specialist AI and technology freelancers has climbed sharply as companies across Europe plug skills gaps and move projects to production.
Most disruptions clear in minutes, but a small number of long outages can still leave sites unreachable for hours and mask real downtime.
Demand in education and commercial computing is being shaped by partners, as ASUS singled out winners across Australia and New Zealand at a Singapore summit.
Most finance chiefs still need sharper strategic, people and commercial skills before boards will back them for the top job, a survey found.
Disconnected procurement and logistics data is leaving finance chiefs exposed to slower decisions, hidden costs and weaker forecasts across businesses.
The move adds senior advertising experience as the travel media company seeks to expand internationally and turn first-party travel data into ad revenue.
Amazon will invest USD $48 billion in India by 2030, expanding AI, cloud and logistics infrastructure while increasing jobs and exports.
Rising costs and overdue invoices are squeezing Australian SMEs, with late payments now at a six-year high, Earlypay says.
Adoption alone may not lift output, with only 5% of Australian small firms fully using AI despite two-thirds already experimenting with it.
Nearly half of Canadian business leaders are testing AI without seeing returns, as firms struggle to embed the technology into daily operations.
Weaker demand and rising wage costs are leaving most SMEs in a holding pattern, with few planning to add staff over the next year.
Despite widespread pilots, only 17% of Malaysian financial institutions have scaled strategic AI initiatives, a new report says.
The Leeds consultancy is adding 15 AI roles as clients grapple with data and governance hurdles that keep pilots from reaching production.
Rising demand for data centre power is putting a spotlight on AVK, after Deloitte Private named it among the UK's Best Managed Companies for 2026.
The gap leaves many retailers exposed, as most feel pressure to adopt AI yet fewer than half have a clear plan for doing so.