Concordia University

J. Molson School of Business

InterNeg Research Centre

Our email:
  invitejmsb.concordia.ca

People behind Invite

Invite is an ongoing research and development project undertaken by the member of the InterNeg Research Centre.

Projects

We initiate and participate in international projects in the areas of auction and e-negotiation systems, online negotiations, construction of models and procedures for bilateral and multi-bilateral negotiation, and cross-cultural communication and negotiation.

Reports and articles

We have designed and implemented several novel software solutions, designed negotiation protocols, and conducted tests and experiments.

InterNeg Glossary

To Instructors

If you are teaching a course and would like your students to negotiate via one of the Invite systems, please contact us. Group registration allows for a timely setup, the same starting date, and pairing with groups from other countries. We organize negotiations every 5-8 weeks. (If you would like to try the system first, select the system and make a request using its registration page.)

To Web Surfers

If you want to try one of our systems, select it from the list of avalilable systems. We suggest that you have a partner (for bilateral negotiation) or at least three partners for auctions and multi-bilateral negotiation. Note that we give priority to registered groups.

Invite experiments

Invite negotiation systems

Invite^© is a software platform which name comes from InterNeg virtual integrated transaction environment. It is a platfrom which we use to construct various e-negotiation systems.

Our systems are used for research and training purposes. For these purposes there is no charge for their use.

We ask our users to allow us collecting data generated during their negotiations. We also often ask them to fill in a questionnaire. e collect and analyse information generated during negotiations. Under no circumstances, however, do we provide or allow access to individual records nor do we disclose any information about any users.

Our users find the systems easy and fun to use. They have enjoyed discussions on the Web with unknown negotiation counterparts. They were able to use different strategies, learn more about negotiations and negotiation support, and work on their communication and negotiation skills. Contact us if you are interested in using one of our systems.

Negotiation via an invite system

There are several e-negotiation systems available for use. If you know what system you will be using and would like to read about it, select one from the list below. In order to view a summary of the different system features, please click on Systems Comparison.

Systems available for web users and local users:

		SimpleNS: distinguishes offers and messages and tracks the negotiation process; the system is as easy to use simple as email is;
		Inspire: combines negotiation analysis methods, with communication facilities and graphical tools.
		Imbins: supports multi-bilateral multi-issue negotiations and allows users to employ graphical tools for alternative generation and assessment;
		Imaras: supports multi-attribute auctions using a novel algorithm that does not require disclosure of private information.

Systems under development:

		Inspire3: extends Inspire with the DecisionStation concept and interactive graphical tools.
		INSS: combines the Inspire system with the flexibility of making own cases, and adding issues and options.