Principles of effective negotiation and negotiation skills are seldom part of the curriculum in business schools. This article describes a business negotiation simulation involving the purchase of capital equipment. The exercise includes three buyer and three seller roles and bargaining over several issues-pricing, product and service options, and terms and conditions. The simulation provides an excellent context for experiential learning and practical discussion of business negotiations.
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John L. Graham (1984) studied this question.