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Business and Commercial Dispute Negotiation Role-Play: Appleton vs. Baker

Title:

Business and Commercial Dispute Negotiation Role-Play: Appleton vs. Baker
Publication Type
:
Miscellaneous
Year of Publication
:
1987

Authors:

Lawrence Susskind
Publication Language
:
eng
Abstract
:
Two-party, single-issue distributive negotiation between principals regarding a potential real estate sale
Citation Key
:
67

The Appletons and Bakers own homes on adjacent parcels of land. The Appletons are selling their house, and they also want to sell the half-lot which rests between their home and the Bakers’. The purchasers of their home are not interested in buying the lot. The Bakers are interested in the lot. There is a large bargaining zone ($5,000 to 20,000), but neither party knows of the other party’s interests.

Note: After debriefing, it is an option to have a five-minute re-negotiation once everyone knows the actual constraints placed on the other party.