Research for decisions, not content volume.
BLACK& Research examines how intelligence becomes technology, coordinated action and long-term enterprise value.
The central question
How can an organization move from abundant information to a small number of high-quality decisions—and from those decisions to technologies and companies that endure? BLACK& Research studies that transition across strategy, product architecture, governance and capital.
Research themes
The programme connects intelligence company building, decision infrastructure, capital allocation, sovereign AI, European energy systems and AI in infrastructure. Each theme is treated as an operating problem, not as a technology trend.
Published research
Five professional papers in the Intelligence Infrastructure Series are now available as responsive web publications. The fifth publication adds an interactive European energy dashboard. Each paper includes methodology, definitions, limitations, references, revision history and a suggested citation.
- Paper 01 — Sovereign AI and European Strategic Infrastructure: Compute, Energy, and the Political Economy of Europe's AI Continent Plan
- Paper 02 — The Intelligence Company Builder: Why AI-Native Company Creation Outperforms AI Adoption Inside Legacy Organisations
- Paper 03 — From Information to Enterprise: Why Most Corporate Data Never Becomes a Decision — and What Closes the Gap
- Paper 04 — The Architecture of Intelligence-Led Company Creation: Orchestration, Protocols, and Governance for AI-Native Departments
- Paper 05 — European Energy Intelligence Landscape: Power, Gas, Grids, and the Nuclear Pivot — Mapping Europe’s Energy Transition Through Current Institutional Data