Caveat Emptor?

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Adapted from “Fair Enough? An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators,” by Michael Wheeler (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Imagine that you bought a … Read Caveat Emptor?

A Decision-Making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future

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Author: Max Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, author of Judgment in Managerial Decision Making; co-author of Negotiation Genius and Predictable Surprises

Over … Read This Post

Choose Your Words

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Adapted from “Metaphorical Negotiation,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Negotiators talk about building agreement, bluffing the opposition, and volleying offers back and forth. According to mediator Thomas … Read Choose Your Words

Offering Gifts—With Strings Attached

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Adapted from “Give a Gift that Keeps on Giving (to You),” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

It was the kind of windfall that would make any employee … Read Offering Gifts—With Strings Attached

Family Matters

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Adapted from “All in the Family: Managing Business Disputes with Relatives,” by Frank E. A. Sander (professor, Harvard Law School) and Robert C. Bordone (professor, Harvard Law … Read Family Matters

The 900-pound Counterpart

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Adapted from “Negotiating with a 900-pound Gorilla,” by Lawrence Susskind (professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Does your company ever have to negotiate … Read The 900-pound Counterpart

Accentuate the Positive

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Adapted from “Promote the Positive or Minimize the Negative?” First published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Tory Higgins, a social psychologist, and his colleagues Lorraine Chen Idson and Nira … Read Accentuate the Positive

Keeping Your Options Alive

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Adapted from “Better or Best: Keeping Your Options Open,” by Michael Wheeler (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Jim, a well-regarded residential developer operating … Read Keeping Your Options Alive

When Does Personality Matter?

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Adapted from “When Tough Talk Is Beside the Point,” by Hal Movius (instructor, The Program on Technology Negotiation, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School), first published in … Read When Does Personality Matter?

Profiting from Collaboration

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CNBC’s television series Collaboration Now featured Professor Deepak Malhotra discussing how successful collaboration can help companies overcome barriers that are holding them back and meet the needs … Read Profiting from Collaboration

Jeswald Salacuse Article Published in International Negotiation Journal

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Jeswald Salacuse’s article Teaching International Business Negotiation: Reflections on Three Decades of Experience was published in International Negotiation, Volume 15, Number 2. The full article can be … Read This Post

When the Sexes Face Off

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Adapted from “Battles of the Sexes,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

What happens when men and women compete with one another for scarce resources? In a fascinating … Read When the Sexes Face Off