HBS has an Entrepreneurial Management Unit faculty of over 30 members. These faculty teach the required first-year course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, the second-year electives and a variety of executive education programs. In addition to these faculty, there are over 45 affiliated faculty from other units whose work extends into the entrepreneurial domain, but who are formally part of other units.
Our faculty are not only distinguished teachers and renowned researchers and authors, but many also have vast personal experience as entrepreneurs. In the past ten years alone, Rock Center faculty have published 384 journal articles, 102 books, and 1,231 cases. Their biographies provide details on the entrepreneurial focus of many faculty members.
- Rock Center Faculty
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- Teresa Amabile Creativity in organizations; identification of daily events that influence work environment perceptions, motivation, behavior, and creativity.
- Lynda Applegate Impact of information technology on industries, markets, and organizations; building new ventures in a networked economy. The evolution of electronic commerce and the role of information technology as an enabler of flexible and adaptive organizational designs and innovative management control systems.
- Frank V. Cespedes Entrepreneurial management.
- Bhaskar Chakravorti Corporate venturing, entrepreneurship, game theory, innovation, networks.
- John Davis Family business management: relationship and management issues faced by individuals in management, ownership and family roles in family companies.
- Thomas Eisenmann Management challenges in networked industries; the impact of accelerated growth strategies on firms' long term performance.
- Walter Friedman Business, labor and economic history; marketing and personal selling; the history of African American enterprise.
- Shikhar Ghosh Entrepreneurial Management.
- Paul Gompers Structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private firms; and long-run performance evaluation for newly public companies.
- Richard Hamermesh Entrepreneurial Management.
- Felda Hardymon Venture capital and private equity.
- J. Bruce Harreld Entrepreneurial Management.
- Robert Higgins Entrepreneurial management, venture capital, venture philanthropy, and entrepreneurship in health care.
- Geoffrey Jones Evolution of international business. Role and impact of multinational corporations in the global economy.
- William Kerr Entrepreneurship and macroeconomic growth. International scientific networks and technology transfer. Firm innovation and investment behavior.
- Mukti Khaire New venture growth; entrepreneurship in creative industries; challenges in founder-centric new ventures; intangible resources and firm performance.
- Nancy Koehn Branding, business strategy, and connecting with customers in the information revolution, the broad range of economic, social, and organizational transitions accompanying technological innovation. How entrepreneurs in the past and present have built powerful connections with customers during moments of widespread change.
- Elisabeth Köll Research focuses on the legal and managerial evolution of limited-liability firms in China in the early 20th century, particularly issues of control and accountability, and the process of industrialization and incorporation in comparative perspective.
- Joseph Lassiter High potential ventures including both those formed as new companies and those formed within existing organizations.
- Josh Lerner Structure and performance of venture capital; the nature and impact of intellectual property protection; and the nature of innovation in emerging industries.
- Gaston Llanes Industry structure, innovation, intellectual property, invention, open source.
- Paul Marshall Entrepreneurial management.
- Ramana NandaUnderstanding regional variation in entrepreneurship and productivity growth; examining how capital markets impact the founding, growth and strategic direction of new ventures; and, studying how the organization of the financial sector impacts industry structure and economic growth in a region through innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Tom Nicholas Economic and business history of the United States and Europe with particular reference to entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation and technological change within firms.
- Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Entrepreneurial Management.
- Michael Roberts Entrepreneurial Management and Case Development.
- William Sahlman Investment and financing decisions made at all stages in the development of entrepreneurial ventures. The role of financial institutions in providing risk capital, and the role of government policy in influencing capital formation in the entrepreneurial sector.
- W. Earl Sasser Customer focus, customer relationship management, employee relationship management, service management, value profit chain.
- Howard Stevenson The need for and consequences of predictability in entrepreneurial management. (Examining the roles played by organizations, cultures, and ethical systems in enabling individuals to predict the consequences of their own and others' actions.) Observing the patterns in people's lives that create enduring success.
- Toby Stuart The role of social and business networks in the formation and evolution of new companies; strategy fomrulation in entrepreneurial contexts; innovation in small and larger firms.
- Richard Tedlow Changes in the leadership strategies, styles, and backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers in the United States
- Mary Tripsas How radical technological change transforms industries, exploring both innovation in established firms, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Relationships among firm capabilities, managerial cognition and inertia. Technological change and industry evolution in the context of printing and digital imaging.
- Noam Wasserman Founder and top-management-team issues within entrepreneurial firms, with particular emphasis on the roles played by founders, top executives, outside investors, and board members. Dynamics and organizational issues within venture capital firms.
- Additional Faculty associated with Entrepreneurship
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- Regina M. Abrami, Business, Government and International Economy Unit
- Robert D. Austin, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Malcolm P. Baker, Finance Unit
- Julie Battilana, Organizational Behavior
- H. Kent Bowen, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Stacey M. Childress, General Management
- Clayton M. Christensen, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Michael Chu, General Management Unit
- Arthur A. Daemmrich, Business, Government and the International Economy
- Thomas J. DeLong, Organizational Behavior Unit
- Mihir A. Desai, Finance Unit
- Nabil N. El-Hage, Finance Unit
- Lee O. Fleming, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Frances X. Frei, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- John T. Gourville, Marketing Unit
- Allen S. Grossman, General Management Unit
- Boris Groysberg, Organizational Behavior Unit
- Brian J. Hall, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit
- Regina E. Herzlinger, General Management Unit
- Marco Iansiti, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Rosabeth M. Kanter, General Management Unit
- Robert Steven Kaplan, Organizational Behavior Unit
- Stephen P. Kaufman, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Tarun Khanna, Strategy Unit
- Deishin Lee, Technology and Operations Management Unit
- Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard, General Management Unit
- John D. Macomber, Finance Unit
- Christopher Marquis, Organizational Behavior Unit
- F. Warren McFarlan, General Management Unit
- Youngme Moon, Marketing Unit
- Das Narayandas, Marketing Unit
- Krishna G. Palepu, Accounting & Management, and General Management Units
- Leslie A. Perlow, Organizational Behavior Unit
- Jeffrey T. Polzer, Organizational Behavior Unit
- V. Kasturi ("Kash") Rangan, Marketing Unit
- David S. Scharfstein, Finance Unit
- Arthur I. Segel, Finance Unit
- Daniel C. Snow, Technology and Operations Management
- Michael L. Tushman, Organizational Behavior Unit
- Belén Villalonga, Finance Unit
- Andrew Wasynczuk, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit
- Yuhai Xuan, Finance Unit