A third strategic type of information concerns best practices and innovative alternatives,
which open up the possibility for effective negotiated outcomes that benefit both
the individual and the larger system. This information includes research on how similarly
situated individuals and organizations have addressed the same issue. It also
includes research that more systematically analyzes the impact and efficacy of strategic
alternatives. This type of information expands the range of alternatives available in
negotiations, and enables individual negotiations to act as catalysts for institutional-level
change. Developing this information outside the context of particular situations allows
long-term solutions to be introduced when individual negotiations create urgency for
their implementation.