Work & Economy

During an address at Harvard Law School, China’s ambassador to this country, Cui Tiankai, said that misperceptions and misunderstandings are the roadblocks to better U.S.-China relations.

Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta discusses Amazon’s unusual sweepstakes competition to find a new location for its second headquarters, dubbed “Amazon HQ2.”

In an appearance at Harvard, businessman Ray Dalio explains the unorthodox principles behind his highly successful investment management firm.

Harvard Business School’s Robin Greenwood, who studies price bubbles, discusses the stock market plunge that took place earlier this week.

When NBA Meets M.B.A.: A new Harvard Business School program pairs NBA players with M.B.A. student mentors to help young athletes up their business game.

The prosperity gospel, a strain of Christian belief that that links faith, positive thinking, and material wealth, is finding a foothold in American politics with the rise of President Trump, according to panelists at a Kennedy School forum.

Workers with strong social skills are increasingly valuable to employers, according to a new analysis by Harvard education economist.

A new Harvard initiative focused on inequality in the U.S. includes a postdoctoral fellowship to begin in the 2018-19 academic year.

Harvard Business School Professor Steven Rogers told an audience at the Harvard Ed Portal that identifying problems and creating ways to solve them can change society, especially in underserved communities.

A new report from Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter and co-author Katherine Gehl looks at the country’s dysfunctional political system through the lens of business competition to find practical, effective ways to improve how politics serves what should be its most important customers: average voters.

Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier, a fellow with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, discusses what consumers can do to protect themselves from government and corporate surveillance.

Economist Mihir Desai sets aside his usual academic work in a new book in which he uses plain language and stories drawn from literature and art to explain the basic principles of finance and show how deeply they are rooted in the humanities.

Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei takes leave from classroom to reform the workplace culture at Uber.

Harvard Business School course focuses on case studies of black business leaders and their challenges.

Study says that female M.B.A. students may downplay their career ambitions if they sense doing otherwise will harm their marriage prospects.

For retail, the revolution is being televised, or at least delivered through online screens.

A new Kennedy School paper looks at early investor reaction to Donald Trump’s presidency.

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day brought powerful business minds to campus.

A two-day workshop will examine how poverty leads to social exclusion, and how to reduce it.

Bill Belichick’s endlessly efficient management style holds lessons for business

Interview with Dean Nitin Nohria of Harvard Business School as part of the Experience series.