Teach Your Students How to Have Difficult Conversations Over Email
Negotiating over email has its own unique challenges and opportunities. For example, people often assume that the emails they have sent are read immediately and so experience … Read This Post
Move Beyond Impasse in Negotiation
Facing impasse in negotiation? During the 2018-2019 U.S. government shutdown, Program on Negotiation experts analyzed the impasse and offered solutions that can be applied to a wide … Read Move Beyond Impasse in Negotiation
When Business Negotiations Fall Flat
Business negotiations fail for many reasons. An attempted merger between Renault and Fiat Chrysler collapsed, despite its potential benefits, because of the failure to consider how it … Read When Business Negotiations Fall Flat
Negotiation Ethics: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?
The strength of our negotiation ethics may vary depending on our gender, according to one study. Here’s why this may be the case—and advice on how we … Read This Post
Lessons from M&A Negotiation Strategy: Should You Hire an Agent?
No matter the size of your deal, there’s a lot that business negotiators can learn from the high-flying world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In particular, a … Read This Post
Dear Negotiation Coach: Do Leading Negotiation Experts Practice What they Preach?
When negotiation experts gather in the same room, how do they negotiate? Program on Negotiation chair Guhan Subramanian gives us the inside scoop. … Read This Post
Teach Your Students to Take Their Mediation Skills to the Next Level
Mediation is a critical conflict resolution skill for students in a variety of fields: business, international relations, law, and public policy, to name a few. Once students … Read This Post
BATNAs: Beyond the Basics
Knowledge of your BATNA, or best alternative to a negotiated agreement, can help you avoid accepting a subpar deal—but it’s important to tailor the concept to your … Read BATNAs: Beyond the Basics
Negotiation Journal Now Open Access, New Issue Just Released!
The Negotiation Journal – a multidisciplinary publication focused on negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution – celebrates 40 years, joins MIT Press, and is now fully open access.
The … Read This Post
How Collaborative Leadership Helped Former Competitors Profit
Collaborative leadership offers competitors opportunities to create value through negotiation, but it must be pursued with an awareness of potential pitfalls, a case study of the California … Read This Post
What Leads to Renegotiation?
Renegotiation is generally triggered for one of two reasons: an imperfect contract or changed circumstances. The goal of any written contract is to express the parties’ full … Read What Leads to Renegotiation?
Does Your Negotiation Process Need Improvement?
An inefficient negotiation process wastes time and money. To create a negotiation process that eliminates headaches and leads to win-win deals, take a page from the NFL’s … Read Does Your Negotiation Process Need Improvement?