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Right of First Refusal for Real Estate

If you are interested in buying the property you’re renting, but aren’t able to do so immediately, you may benefit by negotiating a right of first refusal from the property owner. A right of first refusal for real estate can create value for buyers and sellers alike. But what is “right of first refusal” in
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How Principal Agent Theory Works in Business Negotiations: Dealmaking Strategies for Bargaining with Agents

The Program on Negotiation has identified three basic sets of circumstances in which you’ll be better off tapping an agent (see also principal agent theory) to take your place at the bargaining table (at least for part of the negotiating process):
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Negotiation and Leadership NL P

It’s often said that great leaders are great negotiators. But how does one become an effective negotiator? On-the-job experience certainly plays a role, but for most executives, taking their negotiation skills to the next level requires outside training. Designed to accelerate your negotiation capabilities, Negotiation and Leadership examines core decision-making challenges, analyzes complex negotiation scenarios,
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Kelman Seminar: How Can Humanitarian Practice and Negotiation Theories Support Each Other?

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents:
How Can Humanitarian Practice and Negotiation Theories Support Each Other?
with
Alain Lempereur
Slifka Professor of Coexistence and Conflict, and
Director of the Conflict Resolution and Coexistence Program,
Heller School, Brandeis University
 
Monday, November 27, 2017
4:30 – 6:00 PM
Belfer Case Study Room (S-020)
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA
About the speaker:
Alain Lempereur

What is the Anchoring Bias?

It may be the most burning question in business negotiation: Should you make the first offer?
Traditionally, negotiators were advised to wait for the other side to make a first offer. According to this reasoning, the other side’s offer gives you valuable information about his goals and alternatives.
More recently, however, research on the anchoring bias has
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Essential Negotiation Skills: Limiting Cognitive Bias in Negotiation Scenarios

In past articles, we have highlighted a variety of psychological biases that affect negotiators, many of which spring from a reliance on intuition, and may hinder integrative negotiations. Of course, negotiators are not always affected by bias; we often think systematically and clearly at the bargaining table. Most negotiators believe they are capable of distinguishing
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Tight or Loose? The Key to Unlocking Our Cultural Divisions; a book talk with Michele Gelfand

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present:
Tight or Loose?
The Key to Unlocking Our Cultural Divisions
A book talk with
Michele Gelfand
Professor of Psychology and Distinguished University Professor
University of Maryland, College Park
 
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Hauser Hall, Room 102
Harvard Law School Campus
Free and open to the public. Lunch will be

Ethics and Negotiation: 5 Principles of Negotiation to Boost Your Bargaining Skills in Business Situations

Knowing the norms of ethics and negotiation can be useful whether you’re negotiating for yourself or on behalf of someone else. Each ethical case you come up against will have its own twists and nuances, but there a few principles that negotiators should keep in mind while at the bargaining table.
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Make it Work: A Symposium on Designing Equality in the Legal Profession

PON is pleased to co-sponsor the 2018 Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium:
Make it Work: A Symposium on Designing Equality in the Legal Profession
Friday, November 10, 2017
12:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East AB
Harvard Law School Campus
1585 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public. If you plan on attending, please RSVP.
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