Grant Strother (HLS 2012) Wins Conflict Prevention and Resolution Award for Best Original Student Article

| | Conflict Resolution

Recent Harvard Law School Graduate Grant Strother ’12 was selected to receive The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) Outstanding Original Student Article Award for … Read This Post

Accountability and Negotiation: An Overview

| | Business Negotiations

Based on current research, the following is a summary of the information you need to set up an optimal accountability system for negotiators in your organization. … Read Accountability and Negotiation: An Overview

When impasse looms, bring them back from the brink

| | Business Negotiations

On November 20 of last year, Hostess Brands announced that it had failed to reach agreement with its second-biggest union and, as a result, was permanently shutting … Read This Post

From negotiation to auction: The rise of real-time bidding

| | Dealmaking

Because of a technological innovation called real-time bidding, or RTB, more and more online-advertising transactions are being completed through auctions rather than negotiations. The transformation could foreshadow … Read This Post

Launch successful business partnerships

| | Business Negotiations

On November 20, 2012, just a year after its $11.1 billion purchase of British data company Autonomy, high-tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced that it was taking an … Read Launch successful business partnerships

Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium Will Honor Roger Fisher

| | Dispute Resolution, Negotiation Skills

The Harvard Negotiation Law Review’s 2013 Symposium, entitled, “Ideas and Impact: Roger Fisher’s Legacy,” will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Harvard Law School … Read This Post

The Program on Negotiation to screen Roger Fisher’s The Advocates

| | Dispute Resolution

The Program on Negotiation will present an episode of The Advocates, an award winning television show created in 1969 by the late Roger Fisher. … Read This Post

The Mediator as Negotiation Advisor: Team versus Individual Interests

| | Mediation

If you’ve ever been part of an organization team preparing to negotiate an agreement with another organization, you probably have faced this frustrating task: Aligning your individual … Read This Post

Israeli Settlement Withdrawal: Negotiation lessons from the past, and planning for the future

| | Events, International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

This presentation by Karen Lee Bar-Sinai and Prof. Robert Mnookin is the fourth seminar exploring the role of urban planning in negotiation, co-sponsored by the Middle East … Read This Post

Russia’s Adoption Ban Triggers a Diplomatic Crisis

| | Conflict Resolution

On December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a ban on adoptions of Russian children by American citizens. The ban was part of a broader … Read This Post

Transferring Negotiation Knowledge

| | Negotiation Skills

After attending intensive executive education courses, managers typically return to the office with a sense of excitement about applying their new knowledge – only to find 200 … Read Transferring Negotiation Knowledge

Taking an Outside View

| | Negotiation Skills

Cognitive biases affect even smart and highly educated negotiators. Unfortunately, awareness of our biases is not enough to prevent their having a negative impact on our next … Read Taking an Outside View