Research 2025-11-18 Advanced Negotiation Fribourg

Cooperate or win: which motive leads to better deals?

Cooperate or win: which motive leads to better deals? — SHR, Fribourg
Cooperate or win: which motive leads to better deals? — SHR, Fribourg

Cooperate or win: which motive leads to better deals? — what studies show, and what they don't.

The research

De Dreu, Weingart and Kwon (2000, JPSP) find prosocial motives yield more integrative deals, especially with high resistance to yielding.

The limit

Mostly lab studies. (our executive and employee training programmes)

Cooperate or win: which motive leads to better deals? — SHR, Fribourg — Fribourg
Cooperate or win: which motive leads to better deals? — SHR, Fribourg — Fribourg

Practical check in Fribourg

Set a firm threshold, then actively seek mutually useful options. To go further: explore the Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg, or browse our executive and employee training programmes in Switzerland.

In pictures: Advanced Negotiation in Fribourg

Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg — in practice
Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg — in practice
Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg — hands-on workshop
Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg — hands-on workshop
Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg — on the ground
Advanced Negotiation training in Fribourg — on the ground