Successes & Messes: In DuPont’s Proxy Battle, An Expensive Power Struggle

| | Conflict Resolution

A risky decision to fend off a corporate raider pays off in the end.
Over the past two years, billionaire investor Nelson Peltz and his hedge fund, Trian … Read This Post

program on negotiation associate paola cecchi dimeglio edits a collection of dispute resolution essays

Program on Negotiation associate Paola Cecchi Dimeglio Edits a Collection of Dispute Resolution Essays in “Interdisciplinary Handbook of Dispute Resolution”

| | Dispute Resolution

Program on Negotiation associate and researcher Paola Cecchi Dimeglio, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, was the editor for a comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide … Read This Post

PON Faculty Member Jeswald Salacuse Cited in Majority and Minority Opinions in the US Supreme Court’s BG Group v. Republic of Argentina

| | Negotiation Training

The US Supreme Court’s decision in BG Group v. Republic of Argentina relied upon insights from PON faculty member Jeswald Salacuse’s The Law of Investment Treaties.

Writing … Read This Post

Dear Negotiation Coach: Should You Stay or Should You Go?

| | Mediation

Q: As a senior manager at my company, I have spent most of the past year trying to settle litigation with another company in our industry. We … Read This Post

Negotiation Research You Can Use: To move forward, acknowledge past wrongs

| | Conflict Resolution

What lies at the root of long-standing conflicts? Often, both sides feel compelled to continue punishing the other side out of a sense that they have been … Read This Post

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Successes & Messes: Bare-knuckle negotiating

| | Business Negotiations

Perhaps it’s no surprise that two boxers, bitter rivals, took many years to negotiate the terms of their hotly anticipated matchup. But the fact that a bout … Read Successes & Messes: Bare-knuckle negotiating

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When Negotiations Go Down to the Wire

| | International Negotiation

From the start, the negotiations were precarious. In late 2013, Iran agreed to temporarily freeze portions of its nuclear program and to negotiate a more comprehensive nuclear … Read When Negotiations Go Down to the Wire

Announcing the 2015 Winners of the PON Paper Prizes

| | Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Daily

The Program on Negotiation has awarded Bruno Verdini the 2015 Howard Raiffa Doctoral Student Paper Award for his paper “Charting New Territories Together: Laying the Foundations for Mutual … Read This Post

Announcing the 2015 PON Summer Fellows

| | Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Daily, Summer Fellowship Grants

About the PON Summer Fellowship Program:
PON offers fellowship grants to students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and other Boston-area schools who are doing internships or undertaking … Read Announcing the 2015 PON Summer Fellows

Stop outsiders from sabotaging your deal

| | International Negotiation

A deal had been a long time coming. Back in November 2013, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear enrichment program in exchange for lighter economic sanctions from … Read Stop outsiders from sabotaging your deal

Announcing the 2015-2016 PON Graduate Research Fellows

| | Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Daily, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research … Read This Post

pon faculty members jeswald salacuse deborah kolb and william ury honored on time List of the five best negotiation books of 2015

PON Faculty Members Jeswald Salacuse, Deborah Kolb, and William Ury Honored on Time’s List of the Five Best Negotiation Books of 2015

| | Negotiation Skills

Program on Negotiation faculty members Jeswald Salacuse, Deborah Kolb, and William Ury were named by Time magazine as the authors of three of the five best negotiation books … Read This Post