Reading Time: 3 minutesThe transformative power of AI has reshaped business operations and customer engagement, promoting innovation, efficiency, and seamless communication. Embracing AI is crucial for business growth and a better future.
Category: Digitalisation
AI: Mirage or miracle for service delivery in shrinking regions?
Reading Time: 3 minutesNearly 40% of remote OECD regions are shrinking due to aging populations and migration to cities. AI offers potential solutions, including improved healthcare delivery, education, and personalised services, but requires support and governance to mitigate risks.
Shielding SMEs – how to boost their defence against cyberattacks
Reading Time: 4 minutesCyberattacks can spell disaster for businesses of all sizes, but especially smaller firms. The median cost of a ransomware attack can amount to up to USD 1.2 million, and up to USD 1.6 million in the case of computer data breach. Urgent action is needed to support SMEs in better preparing and managing digital security risks.
Protéger les PME – comment renforcer leur défense contre les cyberattaques
Reading Time: 5 minutesLes cyberattaques peuvent être catastrophiques pour les entreprises de toutes tailles, mais surtout pour les plus petites. Une action urgente est nécessaire pour soutenir les PME dans la préparation et la gestion des risques de sécurité numérique.
Business Statistics as Usual Will No Longer Suffice
Reading Time: 6 minutesOECD experts Rudiger Ahrend, Sandrine Kergroach, and Annabelle Mourougane look at how business statistics play a critical role in driving economic growth, fostering innovation, and addressing climate challenges.
Digital Urban Twins: Panacea to urban problems?
Reading Time: 3 minutesPeter Sailer explores the topic of Digital Urban Twins (DUTs), data driven digital models of cities, which can help optimise planning, infrastructure and public services in ways that would have been impossible only a few years ago.
Everyone’s cup of tea: Finding the right blend for responsible data innovation
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery day, 95% of British households boil their electric kettle – 40% of houses doing it at least 4 times a day – helping us drink 100 million cups of tea a day. There is no more British routine.
Digital SMEs: Separating the chit and the chatGPT
Reading Time: 4 minutesChatGPT and other large AI-based “generative language models” are taking the world – and our news feeds – by storm. As Beta versions of the software are made available to the general public, observers are getting excited about the capabilities and the vast array of potential applications. But what does this mean for small businesses?