In Renegotiation with Britain, EU Faced Weak BATNA

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How David Cameron’s Tory government’s plans to leave the euro-zone have EU ministers scrambling in negotiations with a weak alternative to a negotiated agreement.
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Innovative Approaches to Inter-Ethnic Conflict Management in Eastern Africa

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The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program, and the Harvard Law School Negotiators are pleased to co-present:
Innovative Approaches to
Inter-Ethnic Conflict Management in Eastern Africa
with
Father Patrick Devine
Founder and Executive Director
Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and ReconciliationNairobi, Kenya
 Monday, March 28, 2016
12:00-1:00 PM
Hauser Hall Room 102
Harvard Law School Campus
Free

No More Crossed Fingers: Five Questions Ensure the Optimal Data Protection Approach

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There’s often a direct and inverse correlation between the complexity of a company’s computing environment and the effectiveness of its data protection strategies. The result frequently means businesses blindly trust their current data protection solutions to recover all their data in case of disaster. Or put more plainly, they cross their fingers and hope for the best.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban

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Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.

For Kesha, Support of Peers Could Bring Settlement Leverage

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Business negotiators are typically advised to keep their dealmaking and dispute resolution efforts private. Complaining about an adversary’s negotiation and conflict resolution strategies to the press or on social media can escalate disputes and increase the likelihood of impasse.
Yet when a negotiation becomes so contentious that it requires formal dispute resolution, such as a lawsuit,
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New Strategies for Your Multiparty Negotiation Toolkit

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“Confessionals.” “Informal informals.” “Indabas.” Delegates from the 196 nations participating in the U.N. Climate Change Conference, held in Paris at the end of 2015, cycled through an eclectic variety of negotiating formats in their race to make binding commitments to lower greenhouse-gas emissions. According to media reports, the participants’ willingness to shake up the complex
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Entrepreneurs: Prepare to overcome key negotiation challenges

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Start-ups and individual entrepreneurs often encounter roadblocks when negotiating with potential partners and investors. When you are trying to sell others on your big idea or venture, you face the daunting challenge of convincing them that it’s worth their time, money, and effort. And even as you’re drawing on all your powers of persuasion to
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Ask the Negotiation Coach

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QUESTION
I’ve been told that learning information about my counterparts—their preferences, fears, goals, strengths, and weaknesses—is critical for success in negotiation. I need to understand what others care about to be able to trade for issues I care about more. But during my negotiations, I tend to feel unsure about the best way to learn about
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Negotiation in the News

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For 70 years, the governments of Japan and South Korea disagreed over what Japan might owe the Korean women its soldiers abused during World War II. The story of how they finally came to agreement reminds us of the importance of including all interested parties in conflict-resolution efforts.
An unresolved issue
During the war, tens of thousands
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