New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- As many as 56 per cent of global business leaders expect external disruptions, including geopolitical conflicts, energy shocks, cyber threats, trade uncertainties and climate-related events, to severely affect their organisations' operations, costs and performance over the next three to five years, according to a KPMG International report.

The report highlighted the growing challenge for businesses to prepare for disruptions that can spread across interconnected supply chains and affect multiple stages of operations.

It noted that 70 per cent of business leaders had reported an increase in their organisations' risk exposure over the past two years. Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) disruption emerged as th...