Publications

Column

It's Not Intuitive: Strategies for Negotiating More Rationally

By: M. H. Bazerman and Deepak Malhotra

Keywords: Negotiation; Strategy; Cognition and Thinking

November 2012
Article

Deal Making 2.0: A Guide to Complex Negotiations

By: David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius

February 2004
Case

Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (B3)-Zelezny Negotiates

By: Mihir A. Desai, Alberto Moel and Kathleen Luchs

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Fairness; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Rights; Ownership Stake

Educators

February 2004
Case

Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (B2)-SBS Negotiates

By: Mihir A. Desai, Alberto Moel and Kathleen Luchs

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Fairness; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Rights; Ownership Stake

Educators

2004
Working Paper

Perceived Relative Power and Its Influence on Negotiations

By: Rebecca J. Wolfe and Kathleen L. McGinn

1999
Working Paper

The Negotiation Matching Process: Relationships and Partner Selection

By: Ann E. Tenbrunsel, Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni, Joseph Moag and Max Bazerman

spring 1983
Article

Negotiation Arithmetic: Adding and Subtracting Issues and Parties

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Negotiation

February 1997
Background Note

Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Part 1

For the past quarter-century, the field of social cognition has documented a number of ways in which individuals and groups are prone to make characteristic errors when judging others. This note examines the ways in which these tendencies pose difficulties for... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution

Educators

2015
Chapter

"Level II" Negotiation Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to Solve Their Internal Problems

By: James K. Sebenius

Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the internal conflicts and constituencies on his or her own side. Far less familiar are the many valuable... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal

Read Now

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

negotiation has become a key part of daily management. "Instead of being an important skill for special occasions - making deals and managing disputes - negotiation is increasingly a way of life for... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 2001
News

Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance

Before you make that next big deal — to buy a car, hire new staff, or acquire a company — you'd better brush up on your ballroom skills. In business today, negotiating is more like an intricate dance than a cold transaction, according to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2002
Chapter

Contributions of Applied Systems Analysis to International Negotiation

By: Howard Raiffa

Keywords: Negotiation; International Relations; Mathematical Methods

June 2017
Article

The Surprising Effectiveness of Hostile Mediators

By: Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton

Contrary to the tendency of mediators to defuse negative emotions between adversaries by treating them kindly, we demonstrate the surprising effectiveness of hostile mediators in resolving conflict. Hostile mediators generate greater willingness to reach agreements... View Details

Keywords: Mediation; Conflict; Negotiation; Hostility; Negotiation Style; Emotions; Conflict and Resolution