“Confronting Evil” Panel Videos Now Available on YouTube

| | Conflict Resolution, Events

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, the Program on Negotiation co-hosted a conference on “Confronting Evil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” in partnership with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University … Read This Post

What to Do Before the Deal Breaks Down

| | Dealmaking

Whenever one side fails to meet its contractual obligations, renegotiation is more likely to succeed if the parties have a strong relationship. Ideally, the aggrieved party will … Read What to Do Before the Deal Breaks Down

Bet you didn’t know…Will a team approach work? Consider the culture

| | International Negotiation

In negotiation, two (or more) heads are better than one, most researchers have found. In several studies conducted in the United States, teams were better than solo … Read This Post

Beyond the Bottom Line

| | Negotiation Skills

What do people value when they negotiate?

Research by Professors Jared R. Curhan and Heng Xu of MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Hillary Anger Elfenbein of … Read Beyond the Bottom Line

“Confronting Evil” Panel Videos Now Available Online

| | Conflict Resolution, Events, Videos

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, the Program on Negotiation co-hosted a conference on “Confronting Evil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” in partnership with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University … Read This Post

Congratulations to the Harvard Law School Class of 2013

| | Negotiation Skills

Congratulations to the graduates of Harvard Law School’s Class of 2013 and appreciation to Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust at today’s graduation events for recognizing the … Read This Post

Bring Long-Term Concerns to the Bargaining Table

| | Dealmaking

It can be difficult to keep future concerns at the forefront of your company’s most important decisions. Fortunatly, research on intergenerational conflict has uncovered best practices for … Read Bring Long-Term Concerns to the Bargaining Table

Negotiation Design Dimensions: A Checklist

| | Negotiation Skills

Here the Program on Negotiation offers a checklist of negotiation design categories. Whether your overall negotiation design is decide-announce-defend (DAD) or full-consensus (FC), or a hybrid of … Read Negotiation Design Dimensions: A Checklist

Plant a Trust Land Mine

| | Negotiation Skills

In any negotiation, you’re likely to have information about the other party or about the deal (industry facts, economic health, new products, and so on) that the … Read Plant a Trust Land Mine

2013 Winner of the Raiffa Doctoral Student Paper Award

| | Awards, Grants, and Fellowships, Negotiation Skills

The Program on Negotiation has awarded Netta Barak-Corren the 2013 Howard Raiffa Doctoral Student Paper Award for her paper, co-written with Edy Glozman and Ilan Yaniv, “False … Read This Post

Leaving millions on the table

| | Mediation

It’s hard to imagine a situation in which negotiating counterparts would choose to sacrifice hundreds of millions of dollars rather than reach agreement. But this is the … Read Leaving millions on the table

Bet you didn’t know… New research on employee satisfaction, sadness, and selfless negotiators.

| | Business Negotiations

Satisfied employees, satisfied customers?
In a new study, Shu-Cheng Steve Chi of the National Taiwan University and his colleagues find that the degree to which salespeople enjoy their … Read This Post