Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

Last Updated: May 16, 2012

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Accounting and Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Analyzing Financials in a Global Context	David Hawkins	Winter 2013	Q1, Q2	3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements	Suraj Srinivasan Francois Brochet	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Design Thinking and Innovation	Srikant M. Datar	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Designing Winning Organizations	Robert Simons, Anette Mikes	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Fundamentals of Financial Reporting and Analysis	David F. Hawkins	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
I-LAB Course: Design Thinking Project	Srikant M. Datar	Winter 2013	J	1.5
Innovating for Sustainability (also listed under Organizational Behavior)	Robert G. Eccles, Georgios Serafeim	Winter 2012	Q3, Q4	3.0
IXP Course: South Africa; Innovating for Sustainability in an Emerging Market (also listed under Organizational Behavior)	Robert G. Eccles, Georgios Serafeim	Winter 2013	J	3.0

Business, Government & the International Economy

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarters	Credits
Creating the Modern Financial System	David Moss	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Drivers of Competitiveness	Diego A. Comin	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Doing Business in China (also listed under General Management)	William Kirby	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
The Energy Business and Geopolitics	Noel Maurer	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Environmentally Sustainable Strategy & Operations (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)	Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q1	1.5
Field Course: Environmentally Sustainable Strategy & Operations (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)	Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Technology & Operations Management and Entrepreneurial Management)	Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber, Woodward Yang	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Planning Your Business in China (also listed under General Management)	William C. Kirby	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Globalization and Emerging Markets	Aldo Musacchio, Eric D. Werker	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Technology & Operations Management)	Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber, Woodward Yang	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy	Rafael Di Tella, Lakshmi Iyer	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
IXP Course: Healthcare in China; Opportunities in Innovation and Integration	Arthur A. Daemmrich	Winter 2013	J	1.5
IXP Course: Peru; Inclusive Growth	Diego A. Comin	Winter 2013	J	3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment	Dante Roscini	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0

Entrepreneurial Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Building a Business in the Context of a Life	Janet Kraus, Lauri Union	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Building Life Science Businesses	Richard G. Hamermesh	Fall 2012	Q1	1.5
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management and General Management)	Stephen P. Kaufman, Chet Huber, Derek van Bever Clay Christensen, Chet Huber	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Cleantech: Competing on Resource Efficiency (also listed under Finance)	John D. Macomber , Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States	Tom Nicholas	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Creating Shared Value: Entrepreneurial and Corporate Models for a Changing Economy (also listed under Organizational Behavior )	Christopher Marquis	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Creative High-Impact Ventures: Entrepreneurs Who Changed The World	Mukti Khaire	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance)	William Sahlman, Joseph Lassiter, Ramana Nanda	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (also listed under Strategy)	J. Bruce Harreld , Jim Sharpe	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism	Geoffrey Jones	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurship in Education Reform (also listed under Organizational Behavior)	John Kim	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT and Services	Robert Higgins	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Field Course: Cleantech; Competing on Resource Efficiency (also listed under Finance)	John D. Macomber	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Challenges in China's Emerging Market	Elisabeth Koll	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (also listed under Finance)	Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Evaluating the Entrepreneurial Opportunity	Mike Roberts	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Technology & Operations Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)	Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber, Woodward Yang	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Launching Technology Ventures	Jeffrey Bussgang	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Field Course: Running Small and Medium Size Enterprises	James M. Sharpe, Lauri Union	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Founders' Dilemmas	Noam Wasserman, Janet Kraus	Winter 2013	Q1, Q2	3.0
Innovating in Health Care Intensive Course	Regina E. Herzlinger	Fall 2012	Q1	3
Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment(also listed under Technology & Operations Management and Business, Government & the International Economy )	Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber, Woodward Yang	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
IXP Course: China; Understanding China's Business Environment	Elisabeth Koll	January	J	1.5
Launching Global Ventures	William R. Kerr	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)	Lena Goldberg	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Management of the Family Business (also listed under Finance)	John A. Davis	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
The Online Economy: Strategy and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations & Markets)	Peter Coles, Benjamin Edelman	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Running Small and Medium Size Enterprises	James M. Sharpe, Lauri Union	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Venture Capital and Private Equity (also listed under Finance)	Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Josh Lerner, Alexander Ljungqvist	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Venture Capital in Historical Perspective (also listed under Finance)	Tom Nicholas ,G. Felda Hardymon	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Venture Capital in Historical Perspective: Research Component (also listed under Finance)	Tom Nicholas ,G. Felda Hardymon	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5

Finance

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarters	Credits
Behavioral and Value Investing	Robin Greenwood	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Marketing )	Shawn Cole Michael Chu	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Cleantech: Competing on Resource Efficiency (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	John D. Macomber , Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Corporate Financial Management	Lucy White, Yuhai Xuan	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar)	W. Carl Kester, John D. Donahue	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring	Stuart Gilson, Bo Becker	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Dynamic Markets	Joshua D. Coval	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	William Sahlman, Joseph Lassiter, Ramana Nanda	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Cleantech; Competing on Resource Efficiency (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	John D. Macomber	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Housing in the United States	Nicolas Retsinas	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management )	Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Introduction to Financial Institutions (also listed under General Management)	Robert C. Pozen	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Investment Strategies	Lauren Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Management of Real Estate Investment Portfolios	Nori Gerardo Lietz	Winter 2013	Q3Q4	3.0
Private Equity Finance	Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Real Asset Finance	Andre F. Perold	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Real Estate Development, Design, and Construction	John Macomber, Christopher Gordon, A. Eugene Kohn	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Real Estate in Frontier Markets	Nicolas Retsinas	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Real Property	Arthur Segel	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Sustainable Cities; Urbanization, Infrastructure, and Finance	John D. Macomber	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Venture Capital and Private Equity (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Josh Lerner, Alexander Ljungqvist	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0

General Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Acting in Time: Strategy and Leadership in the face of Large-Scale Risks	Herman B. Leonard	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management and Entrepreneurial Management)	Stephen P. Kaufman, Chet Huber, Derek van Bever Clay Christensen, Chet Huber	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Different (formerly known as Consumer Marketing)(also listed under Marketing)	Youngme Moon	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Doing Business in China (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)	William Kirby	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Entrepreneurial Solutions for Market Failure	Joseph L. Bower	Fall 2012	Q1	1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Solutions for Market Failure	Joseph L. Bower	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Health Care Computer Assisted Innovations (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)	Regina E. Herzlinger	Fall 2012	Q2	3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)	Regina E. Herzlinger	Fall 2012	Q2	3.0
Field Course: Impact Investing	V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu, Shawn Cole	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Planning Your Business in China (also listed under Business, Government and the International Economy	William C. Kirby	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Field Course: Social Innovation Lab	Allen S. Grossman, Herman B. Leonard	Winter 2012	Q3, Q4	3.0
General Management: Processes and Action	David Garvin	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Introduction to Financial Institutions (also listed under Finance)	Robert C. Pozen	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Issues and Analysis for Leaders	Clayton S. Rose	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Leading And Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations	Allen Grossman	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Lena Goldberg	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Legal Aspects of Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Lena Goldberg	Fall 2012	Q1	1.5
Managing Change	Rosabeth M. Kanter	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Managing the Financial Firm	Clayton Rose	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
The Moral Leader in Literature, Film, and Art (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)	Sandra Sucher, Joseph L. Badaracco	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0

Marketing

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
The Art of Marketing Science	Michael I. Norton	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Finance)	Shawn Cole Michael Chu	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Different (formerly known as Consumer Marketing)(also listed under General Management)	Youngme Moon	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Digital Marketing Strategy	John Deighton, Sunil Gupta	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Impact Investing (also listed under Finance)	V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu, Shawn Cole	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
The Marketing of Innovations	John T. Gourville	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Retailing	Jose Alvarez	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries	Anita Elberse	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Deals	Guhan Subramanian	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Great Negotiators	James K. Sebenius	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value	Brian Hall, Andrew Wasynczuk, Ian Larkin	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact	Nava Ashraf	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Negotiation	Deepak Malhotra, Andrew Wasynczuk,Michael Luca Michael A. Wheeler, Francesca Gino	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course	James K. Sebenius	Winter 2013	Q3	3.0
The Online Economy: Strategy and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Peter Coles, Benjamin Edelman	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0

Organizational Behavior

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Authentic Leadership Development	Thomas DeLong, Scott Snook, Leslie A. Perlow, John J. Gabarro Thomas DeLong, Scott Snook	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance	Jay Lorsch, John C. Coates	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Creating Shared Value: Entrepreneurial and Corporate Models for a Changing Economy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management )	Christopher Marquis	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurship in Education Reform (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	John Kim	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
How Star Women Succeed: Leading Effective Careers and Organizations	Boris Groysberg	Winter 2013	Q3	3.0
Innovating for Sustainability (also listed under Accounting & Management)	Robert G. Eccles, Georgios Serafeim	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
IXP Course: China; Current Challenges, Future Opportunities	Christopher Marquis	Winter 2013	J	1.5
IXP Course: South Africa; Innovating for Sustainability in an Emerging Market (also listed under Accounting & Management)	Robert G. Eccles, Georgios Serafeim	Winter 2013	J	3.0
Leading Professional Service Firms	Heidi K. Gardner	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Leading Teams	Tsedal Neeley	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Managing Human Capital	Michel Anteby	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Power and Influence	Julie Battilana	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0

Strategy

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Advanced Competitive Strategy: Integrating the Enterprise	Jan W. Rivkin	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Competing Globally	Juan Alcacer	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Competing with Social Networks	Mikolaj Piskorski	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social & Economic Problems (University-wide Course)	Tarun Khanna	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Corporate Strategy	Julie Wulf	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage	Eric J. Van den Steen	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management )	J. Bruce Harreld , Jim Sharpe	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Executing Strategy	J. Bruce Harreld	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Games of Chance and Strategy	Elon Kohlberg	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Global Strategic Management	Jordan Siegel	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
IXP Course: Japan; Innovating for Relief: Organizational Strategy Post-Disaster	Hirotaka Takeuchi	Winter 2013	J	3.0
Knowledge-Based Strategy	Hirotaka Takeuchi	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Microeconomics of Competitiveness	Michael Porter, Hirotaka Takeuchi	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Reimagining Capitalism	Rebecca M. Henderson	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Strategic IQ	John R. Wells	Winter 2013	Q3	3.0
Strategies Beyond the Market	Dennis Yao	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Strategy and Technology	Andrei Hagiu	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0

Technology & Operations Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management)	Stephen P. Kaufman, Chet Huber, Derek van Bever Clay Christensen, Chet Huber	Fall 2012 Winter 2013	Q1, Q2 Q3, Q4	3.0 3.0
Cleantech: Competing on Resource Efficiency (also listed under Finance and Entrepreneurial Management)	John D. Macomber , Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q2	1.5
Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains	Deishin Lee	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Environmentally Sustainable Strategy & Operations (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)	Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q1	1.5
Field Course: Cleantech; Competing on Resource Efficiency (also listed under Finance and Entrepreneurial Management)	John D. Macomber	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Commercializing Science	Vicki Sato	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Environmentally Sustainable Strategy & Operations (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)	Michael W. Toffel	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Field Course: Health Care Computer Assisted Innovations (also listed under General Management)	Regina E. Herzlinger	Fall 2012	Q2	3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care (also listed under General Management)	Regina E. Herzlinger	Fall 2012	Q2	3.0
Field Course: Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)	Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber, Woodward Yang	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
Field Course: Studies in Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor	Ananth Raman	Winter 2013	Q4	1.5
Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment(also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)	Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber, Woodward Yang	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Managing Service Operations	Anita L. Tucker	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0
The Moral Leader in Literature, Film, and Art (also listed under General Management)	Sandra Sucher, Joseph L. Badaracco	Fall 2012	Q1, Q2	3.0
Operations Strategy: Managing Growth	Gary P. Pisano	Fall 2012	Q3, Q4	3.0
Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor; see also Field Course: Studies in Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor	Ananth Raman	Winter 2013	Q3	1.5
Understanding Technology Businesses	Willy C. Shih	Winter 2013	Q3, Q4	3.0