Announcing the 2013-2014 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 panel discusses Track II Negotiations, Islands of Coordination and Unilateral Moves in the New Middle East

| | International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives, Videos

On March 4th, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School hosted a panel discussion entitled: “Negotiations by Other Means: Track II, Unilateral Action, Robust Third Party … Read This Post

Social Perceptions at the Crossroads: Why Sex (Still) Impacts the Perception and Evaluation of Other Status-Linked Identities

| | Events, Mediation

On November 1, 2012, Professor Kerri Johnson from the University of California, Los Angeles, delivered a talk at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her lecture, entitled “Social Perceptions … Read This Post

Complexity Personified: International Standards Negotiations from a Microsoft Manager’s Perspective

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Complexity Personified: International Standards Negotiations from a Microsoft Manager’s Perspective
On April 3, 2013, the Program on Negotiation hosted Jason Matusow, General Manager of International Standards at Microsoft, … Read This Post

Wheelers and Dealers?

| | Negotiation Skills

Car salespeople truly understand how to use modest concessions to extract much larger ones.

First, they spend a long time legitimating the sticker price and suggesting that it’s … Read Wheelers and Dealers?

PON co-sponsored conference addresses the challenges of “Confronting Evil”

| | Conflict Resolution

On Saturday, April 20th more than a hundred people came out to Harvard to attend the PON co-sponsored conference “Confronting Evil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.”  Held just six days … Read This Post

Coping with the Other Side’s Draft

| | Business Negotiations

Imagine that your counterpart has placed a draft on the table. Here are three approaches to consider in response. … Read Coping with the Other Side’s Draft

Anticipating Coalitional Behavior

| | Conflict Resolution

In the early days of his tenure, a chairman spends too much time reviewing the details of his proposed policy with his staff and not enough time … Read Anticipating Coalitional Behavior

Working with Your Agent – and Someone Else’s – In Negotiation

| | Conflict Resolution

Negotiations become especially complex when agents are involved on two or more sides.

In the course, of their research, Robert Mnookin and Lawrence Susskind discovered that many negotiators … Read This Post

Confronting Evil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference underway

| | Conflict Resolution, Events

Today’s Confronting Evil: Interdisciplinary Conference will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Emerson Hall on the Harvard University Campus. All four panels will … Read This Post

Confronting Evil Conference

| | Negotiation Skills

Harvard University is closed due to an ongoing public safety situation in the area. This afternoon’s first session of the “Confronting Evil” conference is postponed until … Read Confronting Evil Conference

Dear Negotiation Coach: “Does our negotiating plan sound unethical?”

| | Dealmaking

Q: My husband and I would like to sell our condo and buy a house right away, but we need to save a bit more money, as … Read This Post