The Harvard Negotiation Law Review has just launched a new website!  HNLR.org features a host of articles on Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, and other dispute resolution topics, as well as archives of print editions of the journal and other ADR content.  We are always looking for cutting edge material in the field written by professors, practitioners and … read more »

Behavioral decision research has developed considerably over the past 25 years, and now provides important insights into managerial behavior. Bazerman & Moore’s Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, 7th edition embeds behavioral decision research into the organizational realm by examining judgment in a variety of managerial contexts.

This book includes information that is useful for anyone seeking further information on improving his … read more »

Edited by Professors Lawrence E. Susskind and Larry Crump, this collection makes a strong case for how and why multiparty negotiation should be treated as a distinct field of study. The editors argue that multiparty negotiations exhibit at least three features that distinguish them from two-party negotiations: coalitional behavior, demanding process management requirements, and highly complex analytical challenges for each … read more »

Record numbers of Americans fear that our political process is broken—for good reason. Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, yet our politicians spend most of their energy attacking one another. All the while, no one in public life has offered a practical way to neutralize the bitter partisanship that paralyzes Washington.

The Cure for Our Broken Political Process fills that void. The … read more »

Playing for high stakes — in politics, business or everyday life — demands “breakthrough” negotiation, according to Michael Watkins, professor at the Harvard Business School, and Susan Rosegrant of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Their new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed The World’s Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001; $39.95), presents a … read more »

A negotiation expert provides the blueprint for overcoming the special challenges of doing business with government.

Almost everyone has faced the frustrating task of negotiating with government—local, state, national, or foreign—at some point in their lives. Whether they are applying for a building permit from their local zoning board, trying to sell software to the U.S. Defense Department, looking for approval … read more »

Dan Shapiro, co-author of Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate, joins Boston’s Fox25 News to discuss how people can most effectively deal with their differences by using the three A’s: appreciation, affiliation and autonomy.

Dan is the founder and director of Harvard’s International Negotiation Intiative, Associate Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and a faculty member of both Harvard Law … read more »

The March 19, 2007, issue of Time magazine featured an article on William Ury’s new book, The Power of a Positive No. “No may be the most powerful word in the language, but it’s also potentially the most destructive, which is why it’s hard to say,” says Ury. Read the complete article at Time.com. … read more »

Listen to the podcast of William Ury describing the “Positive No” from his new book with stories of Stephen Spielberg and Hugo Chavez.

No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to say No — to people at work, at home, and in … read more »

Click here to listen to the podcast of Ury describing the “Positive No” from his new book with stories of Stephen Spielberg and Hugo Chavez.

Click here to watch the video of Ury discussing his book.

No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to … read more »