Should You Make the First Offer? Making the First Move in Negotiations

| | Business Negotiations

Should you make the first offer? Few questions related to negotiation have yielded more attention and debate. The conventional wisdom among some: Don’t make the first offer, … Read This Post

Take their advice

| | Daily, Negotiation Skills

Adapted from “Turn Your Adversary into Your Advocate,” by Katie A. Liljenquist and Adam D. Galinsky, first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Most of us seek advice on … Read Take their advice

Funny business

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First published in the Negotiation newsletter.

You don’t have to be serious to be a serious negotiator. Humor, deftly used, can be a positive factor in promoting … Read Funny business

PON hosts “world premiere” of Abraham Path Initiative Films

| | Conflict Resolution, Daily, Events, Harvard Negotiation Project, Negotiation Skills, PON Film Series

The PON Film Series has shown nearly 50 films over the past several years at events that are open to students and the public. On December … Read This Post

Boston Globe Highlights Kenneth Feinberg’s Visit to Prof. Robert Bordone’s Dispute System Design Course

| | Business Negotiations, Daily, Dispute Resolution, Mediation

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, the Front Page of the Boston Globe featured an article on Kenneth Feinberg, President Obama’s “Pay Czar.” Feinberg was a guest lecturer … Read This Post

Why You Should Help Them Be Less Biased

| | Business Negotiations

Would you rather negotiate with someone who is rational or irrational? Too many negotiators falsely assume that bargaining with an irrational partner lends you a competitive advantage. … Read Why You Should Help Them Be Less Biased

Should You Go Dutch?

| | Business Negotiations

Most everyday auctions are English: they begin with an opening bid, continue with ascending bids, and end when the bidding stops. But for some assets, the seller … Read Should You Go Dutch?

Turn Vicious Cycles Into Virtuous Ones

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For decades, Hormel Foods and its employees enjoyed one of the most cooperative and productive labor-management relationships in the processed foods industry. But beginning in the late … Read Turn Vicious Cycles Into Virtuous Ones

“Northern Ireland Peace Process: What Then, What Now, What Next?”

| | Conflict Resolution

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, and Program on Negotiation
Present
The Right Honorable Shaun Woodward,MP
Secretary of State … Read This Post

Seeing the Middle East in a New Way: Films from the Abraham Path with William Ury

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presents:

Seeing the Middle East in a New Way: Films from the Abraham Path

with William Ury

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
7:00PM
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall
Harvard Law School Campus
Join the Program on … Read This Post

Making the first move

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Adapted from “Should You Make the First Offer?” by Adam D. Galinsky (Professor, Northwestern University). First published in Negotiation Newsletter.
Whether negotiators are bidding on a firm, … Read Making the first move

Why We Misjudge What’s Fair

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Researchers Frederick G. Banting and John Macleod were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 for their partnership in the discovery of insulin. After receiving the prize, … Read Why We Misjudge What’s Fair