peace - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2022
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Negotiating Peace in Colombia

This case follows the protracted armed conflict between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), tracing it from its origins over 50 years ago, through the private and public negotiations that ultimately resulted in the 2016... View Details

Keywords: Conflict; Peace Process; Dispute Resolution; Protracted Conflicts; Peacemaking; Civil War; Negotiation; Leadership; Conflict and Resolution; Government Administration; Colombia

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Do Citizens’ Preferences Matter? Shaping Legislator Attitudes Towards Peace Agreements

By: Miguel García-Sánchez, Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz

To what extent are legislators, responsible for the implementation of many peace agreements, responsive to citizens’ preferences? Examining the 2016 Colombian peace agreement, we embed an experiment in the 2019 wave of a survey of all the members of Congress. We inform... View Details

Keywords: Legislation; Legislators; Peace Process; Agreements; Govenment; Voters' Interests; Governance; Government and Politics; Voting; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Latin America; Colombia

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Considering Concessions: A Survey Experiment on the Colombian Peace Process

By: Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz

Designing peace agreements that can be signed and sustained can be difficult in civil conflict. Many recent cases of successful settlements include electoral provisions, often for rebel groups to participate as political parties. Engaging the electoral process,... View Details

Keywords: Peace Process; Political Parties; Politics; Government; Agreements; Political Backlash; Political Discourse; Civil Unrest; Civil War; Political Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Policy; Conflict and Resolution; Latin America; Colombia

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June 2003 (Revised November 2005)
Case

Peace Winds Japan

By: John A. Quelch

Kensuke Onishi, the young entrepreneurial founder of an international Japanese nongovernment organization specializing in humanitarian relief in emerging economies, is considering its future strategic direction. This case includes extensive commentary on Peace Winds'... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Non-Governmental Organizations; Japan; Afghanistan; Iraq

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Research Summary

War & Peace

By: Deepak Malhotra

A second stream of research looks at issues related to conflict resolution in the context of international and ethno-political conflict, and in particular, at the role of negotiation in ending armed conflicts. I launched a new course at HBS entitled "War & Peace:... View Details

03 Jan 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Framing Violence, Finding Peace

Keywords: by Kristin Fabbe, Chad Hazlett, and Tolga Sinmazdemir

October 2010
Article

Preferring Balanced vs. Advantageous Peace Agreements: A Study of Israeli Attitudes Towards a Two-State Solution

By: Deepak Malhotra and Jeremy Ginges

The paper extends research on fixed-pie perceptions by suggesting that disputants may prefer proposals that are perceived to be equally attractive to both parties (i.e., balanced) rather than one-sided, because balanced agreements are seen as more likely to be... View Details

Keywords: Fixed Pie; Balance; Peace; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Conflict and Resolution; Government and Politics; Balance and Stability; Forecasting and Prediction; Attitudes; Israel; Palestinian state

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Awards

Harvard Business School, Graduate Studies Peace Corps Fellow

By: James E. Austin

Named a Harvard Business School Graduate Studies Peace Corps Fellow, 1966–1967. View Details

Teaching Interest

War & Peace

By: Kevin P. Mohan

Lessons from history on leadership, strategy, and negotiation. View Details

01 Mar 2025
News

Audit: War & Peace

QUESTION: “How did you ensure the talks didn’t fail because of internal strife?” —Alexandra Baranowski (MBA 2025) “I had to handle that with a lot of cold blood and not engage the opposition in every argument. I had to maintain the course, explain why we were doing... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustration by Matt Rota

26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger

holding out hope that we’d get back together, I was still holding on to a lot of things very tightly, if you will. And it’s hard to actually put words to what it was I was holding on to tightly, but it wasn’t until I fully let go that I came to View Details

July 1991
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War and Peace in the Boardroom

By: J. W. Lorsch

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27 Jul 2020
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The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

30 Mar 2017
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Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes In 2002, Wally Eamer (MBA 1979) took a job that no one really wanted: Trying to broker peace between logging companies, environmentalists, First Nations and the government... View Details

24 Jun 2024
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What Happened to the Peace Dividend?

April 2017
Teaching Note

Colombia and the Economic Premium of Peace

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

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24 Apr 2014
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A 'business Peace Corps' could tackle social challenges

Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), CEO of Executives Without Borders, talks about how businesses can benefit by applying their expertise to tackling some of society's biggest challenges. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

seeing a conflict from the other side’s point of view. Here are some observations from his course’s case studies: Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE): Successful agreements support both sides Fought in three phases between Athens and Sparta, the Peloponnesian War featured... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert