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May 1, 2019 How Companies Can Support Breastfeeding Employees By Liz Morris, Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Jessica Lee Discrimination is widespread, and too few employers are responding.

Marketing How China Is Upending Western Marketing Practices Kimberly Whitler, assistant professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, believes the days of transplanting well-worn Western marketing practices into national markets may be numbered. She has researched marketing campaigns in China and finds they are faster, cheaper, and often more effective than traditional Western ones. Moreover, she argues they may be better suited to today's global marketplace. Whitler is the author of the HBR article "What Western Marketers Can Learn from China." Internet The U.S. Government Shouldn't Run the Country's 5G Network by Larry Downes Digital infrastructure is best left to the private sector. Technology How Wearable AI Will Amplify Human Intelligence by Lauren Golembiewski New devices offer less intrusive, more intuitive ways to make humans smarter.

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