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January 14, 2014 T-Mobile Hasn't Incited a Price War…Yet By Rafi Mohammed T-Mobile is basking in the limelight courtesy of masterful marketing and an aggressive promotion launched last week. First, its CEO, John Legere, was ceremoniously kicked out of a Las Vegas party thrown by wireless rival AT&T. But what's really generating buzz is the fourth largest U.S. wireless carrier's offer to pay up to $650 for new customers to switch to its service. While analysts fear this will spark a margin-eroding price war, this concern is... More »

Entrepreneurship What's Your $1 Billion Idea? by Doug Sundheim And would you recognize it if you had one? Managing people First Jobs Demand a Fresh Perspective by Adam Zalisk How managers can help their youngest hires make the transition to office life. Managing people Employees Who Feel Love Perform Better by Sigal Barsade Organizations with a strong emotional culture have happier, more engaged employees. Managing uncertainty Four Mistakes to Avoid When Predicting Competitors' Moves by Leonard Fuld You can't see the future, but you can plan for it. Innovation In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again by Scott Anthony And focus on what your company should really be doing. Government The Management Style of Robert Gates by HBR IdeaCast The former Secretary of Defense talks with HBR editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius about his new book, "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War." Entrepreneurship Risk Lovers Are More Likely to Start Businesses, and to Fail in the Attempt by The Daily Stat People who are tolerant of risk are willing to accept lower expected entrepreneurial returns for a given level of risk.

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