Work & Economy

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.