Research

Leading transport consultancy and research firm to recognize UAE's smartest students and their proposals for sustainable traffic solutions at Gulf Traffic 2016

• Orient Planet Research examines industry impact of drones, artificial intelligence, 3D Printing, Internet of Things, virtual reality & blockchain 

• Rise of ‘smart’ cities spurring advanced technological developments

The GCC real estate market has witnessed remarkable growth over the past years, with the sector remaining resilient despite the effects of oil price fluctuations.

• 92 per cent of polled GCC SMEs already on social media
•  Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn driving unprecedented customer engagement for Arab SMEs
• Internet users in the Arab World is poised to climb to 226 million by 2018
• SMEs contributes around 33 percent to GDP and comprises nearly 25 percent of the total labor force in Saudi Ar

• Global ad spending at USD 531 billion in 2015, with online ad 27 per cent of the total amount
•  Number of internet users in Arab world to increase to about 197 million by 2017
• Internet advertising expenditure to grow globally at the fastest rate of any medium
• GCC internet ads to grow 20 per cent in 2017

• Qatar, UAE & Kuwait rank high in Affordability category
• Overall, UAE places 5th in MENA region and 30th in the world 

Food security has improved across the globe over the past five years mainly due to the rising incomes across countries, general improvement in the global economy, and falling food prices, according to the findings of the 2016 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) jointly released by DuPont,

• Safety- and security-related devices top consumers’ wish-lists for wearables

• Agency’s work for Ford’s ‘Warriors in Pink’ breast cancer awareness campaign also recognised by the world’s leading PR awards programme

ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller, the leading public relations agency in the Middle East and North Africa, has been awarded the In2 SABRE EMEA Award for Thought Leadership in PR for its work on the Seventh Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2015. The agency was recognised at an awards ceremony in Berlin recently.

Organizations Must Act Now to Address the Human Capital Dilemma with Technology to Attract, Engage and Support the Next-Gen Workforce to Fuel Growth

Findings From 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey Released

• GCC’s GDP constitutes about 60 per cent of total Arab GDP
• Saudi Arabia ranked first in Arab World in GDP with USD 753 billion, backed by oil-based economy accounting for around 20 per cent of global reserves
• UAE ranked first on 2015 Arab E-performance Index with average of 67.35
• Five Arab universities appeared on Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
• Seven Saudi Arabia supercomputers are in the TOP500 list of the