Ai And Open Data Policy Implementation In Saudi Arabia: Institutional Processes And Organizational Practices In Emerging Economies

Governments increasingly bundle AI adoption, data governance, and open-data obligations within single national strategies, yet more is known about policy design than about implementation.This TREO paper examines Saudi Arabia's National Strategy for Data and AI (NSDAI) as an integrated policy bundle and asks how organizational processes shape enactment in an emerging economy.Drawing on 27 interviews and 284 documents from 2020-2024, the paper develops a preliminary process model open to refinemen