Publications

April 2001
Guest Column

Value Negotiation

By: B. J. Dietmeyer and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Value; Negotiation

February 2003 (Revised September 2009)
Background Note

Nonverbal Communication in Negotiation

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Dana Nelson

This case distills the practical implications of current research on nonverbal communication. The first section sketches different kinds of nonverbal behavior: facial expressions, eye movements, physical gestures, paraverbal cues, posture, and "personal space." The... View Details

Keywords: Nonverbal Communication; Negotiation Participants; Situation or Environment; Behavior; Power and Influence

Educators

February 1991 (Revised April 1994)
Background Note

Note on Negotiation

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Negotiation

August 2007
Simulation

Negotiation Strategy Simulation

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gregory M. Barron

Keywords: Negotiation; Strategy

2012
Other Teaching and Training Material

Learning to Negotiate

By: Michael A. Wheeler

Keywords: Learning; Negotiation

June 2002
Background Note

Negotiating Strategic Alliances

This cse lays out a framework for how smaller companies should approach building strategic alliances with larger partners. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Alliances

Educators

14 Dec 2015
News

Negotiating for a Better Life

2008
Other Teaching and Training Material

Great Negotiator 2004: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke

By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel

The Program on Negotiation honored Ambassador Holbrooke in events in October 2004. These began with an in-depth faculty-moderated discussion with an invited group of students, faculty and guests at Harvard Business School and concluded with Ambassador Holbrooke... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Negotiation

2008
Case

Great Negotiator Case Study Package

By: James K. Sebenius, Jeswald Salacuse, Daniel Curran, Rebecca Hulse and Kristin Schneeman

This special curriculum package includes the following case studies in the Great Negotiator Case Study Series, each of which features a past recipient of PON's Great Negotiator Award:

2000 PON Great Negotiator: "To Hell with the Future, Let's Get... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation

2004
Other Teaching and Training Material

Great Negotiator 2002: Lakhdar Brahimi

By: James K. Sebenius and Kristin Schneeman

The Program on Negotiation honored Ambassador Brahimi in events on October 2, 2002. These began with an in-depth faculty-moderated discussion with a group of students, faculty, and guests at Harvard Business School. On the evening of the 2nd, Ambassador Brahimi... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Learning; Strategy; Afghanistan

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

What do you do when the people with whom you are negotiating act in ways that can best be called counterproductive? Before throwing up your hands, take a deep breath and ask yourself 3 questions. Do these people lack good information? Are... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

March 1992
Article

Negotiating Rationally

By: M. H. Bazerman and M. A. Neale

Keywords: Negotiation

2005
Guest Column

Negotiator Focus

By: M. Bazerman

Keywords: Negotiation

January 2002 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Intuitive Surgical - Negotiating the Deal

By: Jay O. Light and Anthony Massaro

Two cofounders of a company enter into a negotiation to set the terms of a start-up in the field of laparoscopic surgery. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Deal; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Health Industry

Educators

August 2001 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Guinness PLC: Managing Negotiations

By: Michael A. Wheeler

Describes an initiative by Guinness, LLP to revise the process by which it centrally authorizes, supports, and reviews negotiations that are undertaken worldwide on its behalf. Senior managers wished to give regional officers enough discretion to respond to local... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation; Acquisition