The weaker party can be protected against a poor agreement by developing a BATNA - the Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement.
The reason you negotiate is to produce something better than what you can obtain without negotiating. Without a BATNA, you will negotiate blindly. The party with the best BATNA is the more powerful party in the negotiation.
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A seminal book on negotiating strategy and tactics. It has step-by-step instructions for reaching agreements that benefit both parties.
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