Publications

February 1997 (Revised October 1999)
Case

3M: Negotiating Air Pollution Credits (C)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Thomas Dretler

An epilogue to the (A) and (B) cases, this describes the final steps in implementing the agreement 3M made with Procter and Gamble and with local public officials and interest groups. View Details

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Pollutants; Negotiation Participants; Performance Effectiveness; United States

February 1997 (Revised May 1998)
Case

3M: Negotiating Air Pollution Credits (A)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Thomas Dretler

A proposed trade of air pollution emission credits between 3M (now Imation) and Procter and Gamble is described. Though such trading is encouraged under federal environmental laws, 3M had adopted a company-wide policy against such deals. Procter and Gamble needs the... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Negotiation Types; Pollutants; Negotiation Participants; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Government and Politics; United States

2002
Other Teaching and Training Material

Mediating in the Wake of Disaster

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

Keywords: Crisis Management

1982
Book

The Crocodile Man: A Case of Brain Chemistry and Criminal Violence

By: Andre Mayer and Michael A. Wheeler

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Health

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

Ert, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 1, no. 2 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/1/2/117/ The Counterfeit Self: The Deceptive Costs of Faking It... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pseudo-Set Framing By: Barasz, Kate, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Sep 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

Uncertain Environment? Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change Following the adoption of a collective bargaining agreement in 2005, National Hockey League GMs had one month to absorb the new rules and put a team together. How to best negotiate in an uncertain... View Details

June 1996 (Revised February 2017)
Supplement

Luna Pen (D)

By: Kathleen McGinn and Michael Wheeler

Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. View Details

Keywords: Taiwan; Germany

2008
Working Paper

The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business Education; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Attitudes; Behavior; Perspective

November, 2016
Article

Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces

By: Ray Fisman and Michael Luca

Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb have the potential to reduce racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Race; Gender

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2018
Chapter

New Prospects for Organizational Democracy?: How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs

By: Julie Battilana, Michael Fuerstein and Michael Lee

For an extended period during the first half of the 20th century, industrial democracy was a vibrant movement, with ideological and organizational ties to a thriving unionism. In 2015, however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Values and Beliefs; Integration; Theory

August 2007
Simulation

Negotiation Strategy Simulation

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gregory M. Barron

Keywords: Negotiation; Strategy

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2002
Background Note

Mediating in the Wake of Disaster: The MIT Settlement

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

In 1997, MIT freshman Scott Kruger died from alcohol poisoning after a ritual fraternity ceremony. His death sparked national controversy over the responsibility of universities for their students. For his parents, though, the pain was personal and almost solely... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Negotiation Deal; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Situation or Environment; Framework; Legal Services Industry; Education Industry

July 1998 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Tobacco Negotiations

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson

Chronicles the negotiation of the proposed national settlement between the states and the five major U.S. tobacco companies. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Types; Negotiation Process; Business and Government Relations; Consumer Products Industry; United States

January 1997 (Revised September 2000)
Case

Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (B)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Guhan Subramanian

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Australia; New York (city, NY)

January 2004
Article

Rocks and Hard Places: Managing Two Tensions in Negotiation

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Dana Nelson

Keywords: Management; Negotiation