The Role of Designers in Negotiating Israeli-Palestinian Borders

| | Events, International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

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

A Value-Creating Condition Thwarted

| | Business Negotiations

In late 1999, with its stock in free fall, NCS HealthCare, a provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, began “exploring strategic alternatives” – code in … Read A Value-Creating Condition Thwarted

Negotiation Tips: A Value-Creation Checklist

| | Negotiation Skills

By following these tips in your next negotiation, you’ll improve your chances of meeting everyone’s interests.

Before you sit down at the bargaining table, imagine a wide-range of … Read Negotiation Tips: A Value-Creation Checklist

The Story of Goldman Sachs: Negotiating a Vision

| | Business Negotiations

In 1986, the investment bank Goldman Sachs was a $38 billion business owned by more than 100 active and retired partners.

While the partnership structure had insulated the … Read The Story of Goldman Sachs: Negotiating a Vision

Seeing May Be Misleading

| | 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 … Read Seeing May Be Misleading

Robert Mnookin Joins Panel to Discuss the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations on NPR’s Forum

| | Dispute Resolution

Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Chair Robert Mnookin was recently invited to a panel discussion on San Francisco radio station KQED’s ‘Forum’ to discuss the … Read This Post

Advance Your Prospects by Asking for Advice

| | Negotiation Skills

Successful professionals understand the value of self-promotion – helping others see what you’ve accomplished and what you can achieve for them. … Read Advance Your Prospects by Asking for Advice

Training for Non-Face-to-Face Negotiations

| | Negotiation Skills

Negotiating by email poses a set of challenges that one doesn’t often encounter in face-to-face negotiations.

Without the benefit of seeing your counterpart’s body language, what one person … Read Training for Non-Face-to-Face Negotiations

Happy Holidays from the Program on Negotiation.

| | Negotiation Skills

The offices of the Program on Negotiation will be closed from December 24 through January 1, 2013. … Read Happy Holidays from the Program on Negotiation.

Negotiation Skills: 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 Negotiation Skills: Plant a Trust Land Mine

How Much Exclusivity is Enough?

| | Business Negotiations

On February 14, 2005, telecommunications giant Verizon announced that it would buy MCI for $6.75 billion in cash and Verizon stock. The announcement followed closely on the … Read How Much Exclusivity is Enough?

Negotiating the Fiscal Crisis

| | Negotiation Skills

How can we avert a full-throttle drive over the fiscal cliff? Despite some promising signs of movement on both sides of the aisle, the current negotiation approach … Read Negotiating the Fiscal Crisis