Publications

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

ambition, and become better job and wage negotiators while choosing a partner who can help share the load of a career. The work that Amy Cuddy has, as of this date, shared with more than 28 million viewers on TEDTalks provides nuts and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

August 2018 Negotiation and Conflict Management Research Raiffa Transformed the Field of Negotiation—and Me By: Bazerman, Max Abstract—Howard Raiffa was a role model, friend, and inspiration. He transformed the field of negotiation, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Deals - Course Catalog

Wednesdays during the entirety of class time. Paper Enrollment: Limited to 42 HBS and 42 HLS students Overview: This advanced negotiation course examines complex corporate deals. Many of the class sessions will be structured around actual... View Details

Research Summary

Overview

By: John Beshears

In his research, Professor Beshears shows how managers can influence the behavior of customers and employees by changing the decision-making environment to call attention to a decision, to use psychological framing to shape assessments of options, or to help... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Consumer Finance; Household Finance; Health Care; Organizational Economics; Decision Making; Economics; Negotiation; Behavioral Finance

June 1983
Article

Don't Bet on It: Contingent Agreements with Asymmetric Information

By: James K. Sebenius and John Geanakoplos

Keywords: Information; Agreements and Arrangements

Find at Harvard

1991
Chapter

An Economic Approach to the Study of Bargaining

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Negotiation; Economics; Mathematical Methods

February 1985 (Revised June 1986)
Supplement

Computervision-Japan (B)

Outlines the elements of a temporary sales agreement between Tokyo Electron Ltd. and Computervision Japan. View Details

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Sales; Technology Industry; Japan

May 1999
Teaching Note

Car Wash Partners, Inc. TN

By: Paul A. Gompers

Teaching Note for (9-299-034). View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Investment; Strategy; Negotiation Deal; Venture Capital; Service Industry

December 2010
Supplement

Ad Classification at Right Media — pre-class slides — supplement

By: Benjamin Edelman

Right Media considers systems and policies to make sure that ads are only shown on web sites where they are appropriate, and vice versa. Setting standards is particularly challenging given the large and growing marketplace, the numerous participants, their diverse... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Market Participation; Negotiation Tactics; Marketing Communications; Communication; Media; Advertising Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

In 1970, Hock created a reverse holding company tying together thousands of independent banks to create the Visa Network. His aggressive marketing and sharp negotiation skills enabled Visa to quickly capture 20% of the charge card... View Details

Keywords: Finance

March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Honda-Rover (B): Honda Draws the Line

By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Joint Ventures; Alliances; Knowledge Sharing; Strategy; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Change Management; Negotiation Tactics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; United Kingdom

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Differences Don’t Tell the Full Story Alice Eagly Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium Women As Leaders: Leadership Style Versus Leaders’ Goals Women As Leaders: Leadership Style Versus Leaders’ Goals Hannah Riley Bowles and Laura Kray Speak at the 2013 Gender &... View Details

11 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Non-competes Push Talent Away

Several years ago, on his first day of work at a Boston-based speech-recognition software company, Matt Marx's new employer surprised him with a non-compete agreement. The terms stated that if Marx left the company, he couldn't work anywhere else in the industry for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

1983
Chapter

Information and Aspirations in Two Person Bargaining

By: A. E. Roth and J. K. Murnighan

Keywords: Negotiation; Information; Motivation and Incentives

1981
Chapter

Risk Aversion and Solutions to Nash's Bargaining Problem

By: R. Kihlstrom, A. E. Roth and D. Schmeidler

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Negotiation; Mathematical Methods

June 2003 (Revised May 2004)
Exercise

The Pacific Sentinel: Role for Alex Martinez

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Dina R. Pradel

A new publishing company has just purchased the Pacific Sentinel, a fictional West Coast newspaper. The new publisher is willing to invest $1 million in the future success of the paper and has asked the executive editor and advertising manager to develop a joint plan... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Acquisition; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry; Western United States

December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
Case

The New York Jets--A West Side Story

In 2005, Jay Cross, New York Jets president, must decide how to proceed with finding a new home for the football team he heads after New York's Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Sports; Real Estate Industry; Sports Industry

September 2006 (Revised January 2008)
Case

ABRY Partners and F+W Publications

After acquiring F+W Publications from a rival private equity firm, ABRY Partners became increasingly convinced that they had been deceived by the sellers about the profitability of the company. ABRY must determine whether they were deliberately misled, what courses of... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Private Equity; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Preparation