Publications

Teaching Note for (9-897-057), (9-897-058), (9-897-059), and (9-897-060). View Details

January 1997
Exercise

Negotiating Corporate Change: Confidential Information, Jack Morris, VP, Food Division

This case provides the confidential role information necessary for one person in a four-person negotiation simulation about a major corporate change. Specifically, it describes the role of Jack Morris as he attempts to negotiate a new uniform corporate information... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Transformation; Food; Information Management; Negotiation Deal; System

December 1994
Case

Four-Way Organization: One Round

One round of negotiation exercise to explore the dynamics of coalition formation. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Alliances

1996
Chapter

Sequencing to Build Coalitions: With Whom I Should I Talk First?

Keywords: Negotiation; Alliances; Decision Choices and Conditions

April 2006
Article

Negotiation Design for Large, Multistakeholder Projects

Keywords: Negotiation; Design; Projects

February 2006
Article

Do a 3-D Audit of Barriers to Agreement

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements

January 1992
Article

Negotiation Analysis: A Characterization and Review

Keywords: Negotiation

July 2004
Article

When a Contract Isn't Enough: How to Be Sure Your Agent Gets You the Best Deal

Keywords: Contracts

1984
Book

Negotiating the Law of the Sea: Lessons in the Art and Science of Reaching Agreement

Keywords: Law; Agreements and Arrangements

April 2002
Article

Caveats for Cross-Border Negotiators

Keywords: Negotiation; Global Range

1995
Chapter

Overcoming Obstacles to a Successful Climate Convention

Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Climate Change; International Relations

February 2018
Supplement

Qualtrics (C)

By: Doug J. Chung and James M. Lattin

Qualtrics was an online survey research platform and since the beginning, the company had relied entirely on an inside sales model—sales done remotely without face-to-face contact with clients. The low-cost inside sales model, along with an emphasis on a strong sales... View Details

Keywords: Inside Sales Model; Sales; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation

April 2008 (Revised September 2008)
Case

Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)

By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and James Weber

Two activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge-fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they... View Details

Keywords: Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

Educators

01 Mar 2008
News

Negotiating with Wal-Mart

Sebenius says, “but a lot of our students and executives face counterparts who aren’t interested in playing by those rules. So what happens when you encounter someone with a great deal of power, like... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Negotiation and Diplomacy - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Negotiation and Diplomacy Course Number 2218 Professor James Sebenius Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Co-taught with Professor Nicholas Burns, Harvard Kennedy School What can we learn from... View Details

28 Jun 2015
News

Ignore June 30: Time is on the Side of a Better Iran Deal

09 Dec 2021
News

How to Save Major League Baseball from Itself

March 2021
Article

Parental Burnout Around the Globe: A 42-Country Study

By: Isabelle Roskam, Joyce Aguiar, Ege Akgun, Gizem Arikan, Mariana Artavia, Herve Avalosse, Kaisa Aunola, Michael Bader, Claire Bahati, Elizabeth J. Barham, Elaine Besson, Wim Beyers, Emilie Boujut, Maria Elena Brianda, Anna Brytek-Matera, Neomie Carbonneau, Filipa Cesar, Bin-Bin Chen, Geraldine Dorard, Luciana Carla dos Santos Elias, Sandra Dunsmuir, Natalia Egorova, Nicolas Favez, Anne-Marie Fontaine, Heather Foran, Julia Fricke, Kaichiro Furutani, Laura Gallee, Myrna Gannage, Maria Gaspar, Lucie Godbout, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross, Maria Ancuta Gurza, Ruby Hall, Muhammad Aamir Hashmi, Ogma Hatta, Mai Helmy, Thi Van Hoang, Mai Trang Huynh, Emerence Kaneza, Taishi Kawamoto, Goran Knezevic, Bassantea Lodegaena Kpassagou, Ljiljana B. Lazarevic, Sarah Le Vigouroux, Astrid Lebert-Charron, Vanessa Leme, Gao-Xian Lin, Carolyn MacCann, Denisse Manrique-Millones, Marisa Marias, Maria Isabel Miranda-Orrego, Marina Miscioscia, Clara Morgades-Bamba, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi, Badra Moutassem-Mimouni, Ana Muntean, Hugh Murphy, Alexis Ndayizigiye, Josue Ngnombouowo Tenkue, Sally Olderbak, Sophie Ornawka, Fatumo Osman, Daniela Oyarce-Cadiz, Pablo A Perez-Diaz, Konstantinos V Petrides, Claudia Pineda-Marin, Katharina Prandstetter, Alena Prikhidko, Ricardo T Ricci, Fernando Salinas-Quiroz, Raquel Sanchez-Rodriguez, Ainize Sarrionandia, Celine Scola, Vincent Sezibera, Paola Silva, Alessandra Simonelli, Bart Soenens, Emma Sorbring, Matilda Sorkkila, Charlotte Schrooyen, Elena Stanculescu, Elena Starchenkova, Dorota Szczygiel, Javier Tapia, Thi Minh Thuy Tri, Melissa Tremblay, A. Meltem Ustandag-Budak, Maday Valdes Pacheco, Hedwig van Bakel, Lesley Verhofstadt, Jaqueline Wendland, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong and Moira Mikolajczak

High levels of stress in the parenting domain can lead to parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children. It is not yet clear, however, whether parental burnout varies by culture, and if so, why it might do so. In this study,... View Details

Keywords: Exhaustion; Culture; Individualism; Collectivism; Prevalence; Family and Family Relationships; Values and Beliefs; Global Range