Stuart Diamond
Emeritus Practice Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School
Schools
- The Wharton School
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Biography
The Wharton School
Stuart Diamond has taught and advised on negotiation and cultural diversity to corporate and government leaders in more than 40 countries, including in Eastern Europe, former Soviet Republics, China, Latin America, the Middle East, Canada, South Africa and the United States. He holds an M.B.A. with honors from Wharton Business School, ranked #1 globally by The Financial Times where he is currently a professor from practice. For more than 90% of the semesters over the past 13 years his negotiation course has been the most popular in the school based on the course auction, and he has won multiple teaching awards. He has taught negotiation at Harvard Law School, from which he holds a law degree and is a former Associate Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project. He has directed a negotiation consulting firm in Cambridge, MA. He holds a BA from Rutgers.
## Education
JD, Harvard University, 1990; MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1992; BA, Rutgers College, 1970
Recent Consulting
Consultant, negotiations, marketing and strategy, emerging markets, United Nations; Consultant to Governments of Bolivia, Colombia, Nicaragua, Chile, Mexico, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Cuba, Jordan, Kuwait, Slovenia; Consultant to companies or private enterprise in above countries plus Canada, United States, South Africa, Congo, Israel, Peru, Ecuador, China, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, Spain; Entrepreneurial companies, part or full ownership in United States, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, British Virgin Islandsm; Mergers & acquisitions advisor; Sectoral clients across a range of disciplines including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, energy, consumer products, computers, medicine, insurance, banking, manufacturing, services. Consulting/training to over m50% of Global 100 companies.
## Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Pulitzer Prize Team, National Reporting, The New York Times, NASA Space Shuttle Mismanagement, 1987; Amos Tuck Prize (Dartmouth), National Economics Reporting; George Polk Award for National Reporting, 1980; Sigma Delta Chi Science Writing Prize, 1980; Sigma Delta Chi Features Prize, 1974; Highest rated elective course, NYU Executive MBA Program, 1997; Highest rated elective course, Wharton Executive MBA Program, 1992; Excellence in Teaching Award, Wharton Graduate Division, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008; Elective Teaching Award, Wharton Executive MBA Program, 2008; Adjunct Professor Award, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2008;
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1992June, 2015. University of Pennsylvania: 1992present (named Pietro and Elvira Giorgi Lecturer in Law, 2000). Previous appointments: Harvard University; University of Southern California; New York University; Columbia University
Other Positions
CEO and Chairman, Four Star Aviation, 2005present; Board Member, Golden Band Resources, 2005present; Chairman, Digital Theatre Group, 20022003; Chairman, Summus, Inc. , 2001; Chairman, iLuxury.com, 19992001; President and CEO Global Strategy Group, 1991present; President and CEO, First Manhattan Capital Group, 19962004; President and CEO, First Philadelphia Capital Group, 2004present; Executive Director/Senior Advisor, Conflict Management Group, Inc., 199092; President, The Andean Group, 19972002; Vice President, MerOil, World Trade Center, 199092
Professional Leadership 20052009
Sigma Delta Chi, Professional Journalism Fraternity; Bar association, NY and NJ; Wharton Women in Business; Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference
Stuart Diamond, Getting More (2011)
## Past Courses
MGMT811 ENTREP THROUGH ACQUIS.
MGMT 811 focuses on the theoretical, strategic, analytics, and practical issues of acquiring a business. Topics include: locating a business, due diligence, reviewing and analyzing data, valuation, raising capital/financing the deal, structuring the acquisition, letters of intent, contracts/asset purchase agreements, and integrating the target. ,Format: The class consists of lectures, inclass discussions of caseletts, assigned readings, homework problems, and a group or individual project.
Excellence in Teaching Award for MBA Elective Curriculum, 2010 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Excellence in Teaching, 2008 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Excellence in Teaching, 2005 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Excellence in Teaching, 2002 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Excellence in Teaching, 2001 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Excellence in Teaching, 1998 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Excellence in Teaching, 1997 Description
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are awarded annually to eight (8) MBA faculty members who receive the highest average instructor rating on their course evaluation forms over the three prior semesters. The course evaluation forms are filled out by the students at the conclusion of every course.
Videos
Stuart Diamond Negotiation skills & getting more&The most popular negotiation course at Wharton(4)
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Getting More | Negotiating Over Email, Phone, etc.
Stuart Diamond Negotiation skills & getting more&The most popular negotiation course at Wharton(13)
Stuart Diamond Negotiation skills & getting more&The most popular negotiation course at Wharton(7)
Creating Wealth #247 - Getting More - Guest: Stuart Diamond
Stuart Diamond: Crafting Winning Negotiation Strategies
Stuart Diamond Negotiation skills & getting more&The most popular negotiation course at Wharton(12)
Getting More | Am I Being Too Nice in Negotiations?
Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World
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