Computer Science
Expansion.AI: A Globally Scalable AI-Driven Decision-Support Framework for Autonomous International Market
International business expansion is a high-stakes strategic process requiring the synthesis of fragmented data across regulatory, economic, and competitive domains. Traditional expansion strategies rely on human-centric consultancy, which is often cost-prohibitive for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and prone to cognitive bias. This paper introduces Expansion AI, an integrated decision-support framework that leverages Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) to automate global market evaluation. Utilizing real-time data from the World Bank, WTO, and UN Comtrade, Expansion.AI generates transparent, data-driven recommendations that reduce the time-to-insight for strategic planning by over 70%.