The Global Scaling Gap: Why Strategic Clarity Is Crucial in the Age of AI
AI and digital tools can deepen geographic disadvantages as easily as they erase them — unless strategy leads the way.
Nataliya Langburd WrightJuly 14, 2026Reading Time: 7 min
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An MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management.
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Digital platforms and generative AI have made it easier than ever for startups anywhere to access global talent and markets, but companies ...
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Digital platforms and generative AI have lowered the barriers to accessing global talent, capital, and knowledge for companies everywhere while making it possible to reach customers across languages and cultures. Research my colleagues and I have conducted suggests that such tools make it easier for entrepreneurs to serve global markets and for investors to...
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