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Seeing May Be Misleading

Posted by & filed under Negotiation Skills.

Consider the first-ever televised debates between the U.S. presidential candidates in 1960.

Studies of the audience after the first of four debates revealed that in the eyes of television viewers, charismatic and confident John F. Kennedy was clearly victorious over the sullen Richard Nixon, who had a five o’clock shadow and was also underweight and pallid because he had spent two weeks in the hospital because of a knee operation.

Negotiation tactics in the spotlight as debt ceiling debate continues

Posted by & filed under Daily, Negotiation Skills.

The lack of progress on the debt ceiling negotiations has raised serious concerns that an agreement will not be reached before the August 2nd deadline.  How have the negotiations gotten so derailed?

In a recent interview on Radio Boston, Professor Robert Bordone, director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program, suggested that one of the

PON Chair Robert Mnookin Featured on Nevada Public Radio

Posted by & filed under Daily, Dispute Resolution.

PON Chair Robert Mnookin discussed his book Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight on Nevada Public Radio on February 24th.

To listen to the interview, click here.

Professor Mnookin will be teaching a one-day Executive Education course based on Bargaining with the Devil on April 21. Click here to learn more about the

Knocking

Posted by & filed under Daily, Events, PON Film Series, Student Events, Students.

At first glance, Knocking is about Jehovah’s Witnesses, the door-to-door proselytizers we like to hide from. But there’s a bigger story as the film asks whether they are a necessary annoyance in a free society. What if you wanted to speak, publish, worship or live as you choose but belonged to the marginalized group of

Francesca Gino

Posted by & filed under Affiliated Faculty, PON Affiliated Faculty.

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Francesca Gino is an associate professor of business administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets Unit. She teaches Negotiation in the MBA elective curriculum and in Executive Education programs at the School. She also co-teaches a PhD course on Decision Making and Ethics.

The Big Question

Posted by & filed under Daily, Events, International Negotiation, PON Film Series.

A troubled man bursts into your child’s schoolhouse. Without warning, he chases out all the boys and lines the girls up. Then he begins to shoot them one by one. For decades your people’s backs have been broken by the oppressive yoke of Apartheid. Suddenly, the tables are turned and you and your friends are

To Get Ahead, Grab Their Coattails

Posted by & filed under Daily, Negotiation Skills.

Adapted from “Want to Pull Ahead of the Competition?” by Michael Wheeler (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Lots of people have great ideas for new products and services, but most lack the imagination and doggedness to actually get them launched. Darren Rovell is a notable exception. As a college student, he

Shakespeare and Negotiation

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“Shakespeare and Negotiation”

with
Leo Smyth

A not-too-serious concoction of Readings and Reflections on some Shakespearean ideas about the handling of disputes.

Date: September 21, 2010

Time: 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Where: Pound Hall, Room 512, Harvard Law School Campus
Bring your lunch. Drinks and dessert will be served.
Click here for a campus map.

Speaker Bio
Leo Smyth obtained his Master’s degree in psychology