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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
store business in a serious way. He bought the lease to prevent his "friendly" rival John Dunham from acquiring the property and expanding his Sterling Store. Newport already had a couple of department stores. One of these was owned View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Authors:Sebenius, James K. Publication:Negotiation Journal: On the Process of Dispute Settlement Abstract Roger Fisher, who died in 2012, enjoyed a remarkable career that modeled one way that an academic,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
engaging in real earnings management and suggest the effects on subsequent reporting periods and competitor behavior are greater than previously documented. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-073.pdf Negotiating the Path of Abraham Authors:Kimberlyn... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
organize this project, I was struck by James Truslow Adam’s 1929 book Our Business Civilization, which argued that, unlike prior countries in history, “business” had come to dominate American society,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the internal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Successful Negotiation
School cases by James Sebenius and Ellen Knebel explore successful deal-making strategies. How Can Women Negotiate Past Gender Stereotypes? Gender in Job Negotiations: A... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- January 1997
- Case
Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)
Since the 1960s, SMI has quietly executed a series of brilliantly negotiated takeovers throughout Europe, often acquiring companies much larger than itself. Despite formidable obstacles, SMI has managed to acquire state-owned competitors in Italy and France, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Governance; International Relations; Negotiation Tactics; Consolidation; Mining Industry; Europe
Sebenius, James K. "Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)." Harvard Business School Case 897-085, January 1997.
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
case:http://hbr.org/search/412123-PDF-ENG Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Confidential Information for Negotiation with Keurig Thomas R. Eisenmann, Shikhar Ghosh, and James K. SebeniusHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
disruption, but Gary Pisano says there are ways to stay ahead of the innovation curve. Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level James Sebenius explains the art of Henry... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many investors form beliefs about future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
academics talk a good game about the need for interdisciplinary thinking, but we usually fall back on the strengths (or prejudices) of our primary discipline. Chandler was heavily influenced by sociologists such as Max Weber and Talcott... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
James Lemoine, an assistant professor in the Organization and Human Resources Department of the School of Management at the University at Buffalo, have written extensively on VUCA, and argue, “If VUCA is seen as general, unavoidable, and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
encourage production. Negotiating in Three Dimensions "Negotiation is increasingly a way of life for effective managers," say HBS professor James Sebenius and colleague David Lax. Their new book,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49779 BATNAs in Negotiation: Common Errors and Three Kinds of 'No' By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—The Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (“BATNA”)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Research Summary
American Secretaries of State Project: Negotiation, Diplomacy, and Statecraft
With Nicholas Burns and Robert Mnookin, I co-lead a project to do background research on all living former American Secretaries of State, interview them extensively on video at Harvard (if possible) about their most challenging negotiations, and analyze this... View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its 'Behind the Table' Challenges
A long analytic tradition explores the challenge of productively synchronizing "internal" with "external" negotiations, especially focusing on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work is... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Government and Politics; Mathematical Methods; United States; Germany
Sebenius, James K. "Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its 'Behind the Table' Challenges." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-004, July 2012.
- Winter 2021
- Article
Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius, Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg and Paul Levy
While social media has had profound effects in many realms, the theory and practice of negotiation have remained relatively untouched by this potent phenomenon. In this article, we survey existing research in this area and develop a broader framework for understanding... View Details
Sebenius, James K., Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg, and Paul Levy. "Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation." Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Negotiation. Negotiation Journal 37, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 97–141.
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
supply chain factories' adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct imposed by multinational buyers. We find that suppliers are more likely to adhere when they are embedded in states that participate actively in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne