
Chatbot Negotiations: What Can AI Do for You?
Seemingly all of a sudden, chatbots like ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming ubiquitous in everyday life. These virtual conversation partners can do … Read Chatbot Negotiations: What Can AI Do for You?

Cultural Barriers and Conflict Negotiation Strategies: Apple’s Apology in China
When dealing with a difficult counterpart, it helps to take a conciliatory approach to the bargaining table. While apologies necessarily involve moments of vulnerability, they can also … Read This Post

For a Mutually Beneficial Agreement, Collaboration is Key
At the Program on Negotiation, we urge you to aim higher by combining such competitive value-claiming with collaborative value creation. Not because it’s the “nice” thing to … Read This Post

Contract Negotiation Skills: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Our contract negotiation skills need to go beyond getting a great deal in the short term. As failed partnership on Covid-19 vaccine production illustrates, strong safeguards and … Read This Post

What is the Right of First Refusal?
When transferring property, sellers sometimes insist on real estate rights of first refusal – the chance to be first in line to repurchase the property if their … Read What is the Right of First Refusal?

Dear Negotiation Coach: Determining the Right Compensation Offer After a Disaster
In multiparty negotiations, questions of fairness often loom large. At a 2019 Program on Negotiation panel, administrators of victim-compensation funds discussed how they work to ensure survivors … Read This Post

Dear Negotiation Coach: Dealing with an Exploding Offer
An exploding offer is one with a time limit, which you’ll often find in the job market as employers are looking to hire quickly and may also … Read This Post

AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
AI mediation is on the rise, with chatbots increasingly assisting human mediators in resolving disputes. Here’s what AI mediation is capable of—and where it falls short. … Read AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes

Dear Negotiation Coach: Should You Say Thank You for Concessions in Negotiations?
While saying thank you is an oft expected social nicety, should you express thanks for concessions in negotiations? The answer is surprising. … Read This Post

Dispute Resolution on Facebook: Using a Negotiation Approach to Resolve a Conflict
For several years, Facebook has been working with social scientists to bring traditional methods of dispute resolution to cyberspace. The site has begun to offer users tools … Read This Post

Influence Tactics in Negotiation
Whether we notice them or not, social norms—the rules of behavior deemed acceptable in society—strongly influence our behavior. We automatically lower our voices when we enter a … Read Influence Tactics in Negotiation

Parker-Gibson All-In-One Curriculum Package is Now Available!
New to Teaching Negotiation?
If you are new to teaching negotiation or are looking to go in-depth on the fundamental negotiation concepts, the Parker-Gibson All-In-One Curriculum Package will provide you with … Read This Post