Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

Last Updated: November 19, 2009

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A Course Title Area Term
Regina Abrami Doing Business in China in the 21st Century General Management (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and Entrepreneurial Mgt) Winter 2010
Laura Alfaro Half-Course: Global Capital and National Institutions-- Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Business, Government & the International Economy Early Winter 2010
Jose Alvarez Half-Course: Retailing Marketing Late Winter 2010
Nava Ashraf Managing Global Health: Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Global Health Programs Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Winter 2010
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B Course Title Area Term
David Bell Agribusiness Marketing Fall 2009
Daniel Bergstresser Financial Markets, Institutions, and Instruments
Finance Winter 2010
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C Course Title Area Term
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell Competing through Business Models Strategy Fall 2009
Bhaskar Chakravorti Building Business in the Context of a Life

Field Study Seminar: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Shaped by Crises
Entrepreneurial Management Winter 2010

Winter 2010
Stacey Childress Entrepreneurship in Education Reform Entrepreneurial Management Winter 2010
Clay Christensen Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

Research Seminar: Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
Technology & Operations Management (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) Fall 2009
Michael Chu Business at the Base of the Pyramid Marketing (also listed under General Management) Fall 2009
Peter Coles Managing Networked Businesses Entrepreneurial Management Winter 2010
David Collis Global Strategic Management
Strategy Fall 2009
Amy Cuddy Power and Influence Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
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D Course Title Area Term
John Deighton Half-Course: Digital Marketing Strategy Marketing Early Winter 2010
Rafael DiTella Institutions, Macroeconomics and the Global Economy (IMaGE) Business, Government & the International Economy Winter 2010
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E Course Title Area Term
Alnoor Ebrahim Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations General Management Winter 2010
Robert G. Eccles Leading Professional Service Firms Organizational Behavior Winter 2010
Ben Edelman Managing Networked Businesses Entrepreneurial Management Winter 2010
Anita Elberse Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries Marketing Winter 2010
Nabil El-Hage Half-Course: Active Investing - Management and Governance General Management Early Fall 2009
Bill Ellet Half-Course: Persuading Business Audiences General Management Early Fall 2009
Robin Ely Leading Teams Organizational Behavior Winter 2010
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F Course Title Area Term
Lee Fleming Field Study Seminar: Building Green Businesses Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Winter 2010
Fritz Foley International Financial Management Finance Fall 2009
Kenneth Froot Investment Management Finance Fall 2009
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G Course Title Area Term
Giovanni Gavetti Strategic Reasoning Lab: How to Think Like Great Stategists Strategy Winter 2010
William George Authentic Leadership Development Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
Raymond Gilmartin Building & Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) Fall 2009
Stuart Gilson Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring Finance Winter 2010
Lena G. Goldberg Half-Course:  Law and the Life Cycle of a Business –Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship

Law and the Life Cycle of a Business-Operating as a Public Company
General Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)

General Management
Late Fall 2009

Winter 2010
Paul Gompers Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) Winter 2010
Christopher Gordon Real Estate Development, Design and Construction Finance Winter 2010
Ginger Graham Founders' Dilemmas: Money and Power in Entrepreneurial Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Winter 2010
Robin Greenwood Behavioral and Value Investing Finance Winter 2010
Allen Grossman Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations General Management Fall 2009
Boris Groysberg Managing Human Capital Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
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H Course Title Area Term
Andrei Hagiu Strategy and Technology Strategy Fall 2009
Brian Hall Managing, Organizing and Negotiating for Value Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Winter 2010
Richard Hamermesh Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2009
J. Bruce Harreld Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment

Executing Strategy
Entrepreneurial Management


Strategy (also listed under and Entrepreneurial Management)
Fall 2009


Winter 2010
F Course Title Area Term
Rebecca Henderson Field Study Seminar: Building Green Businesses Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Winter 2010
Regina Herzlinger Field Study Seminar: Innovating in Health Care

Innovating in Health Care
General Management Winter 2010

Winter 2010
Robert Higgins Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2009
Robert Huckman Operations Strategy Technology & Operations Management Fall 2009
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J Course Title Area Term
Li Jin International Financial Management Business, Government & the International Economy Fall 2009
Geoffrey Jones Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2009
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K Course Title Area Term
Robert Steven Kaplan Authentic Leadership Development Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
Sharon Katz Business Analysis & Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Winter 2010
Mukti Khaire International Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) Winter 2010
Rakesh Khurana The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance Organizational Behavior Winter 2010
Michael Kimbrough Half-Course: Financial Reporting and Analysis for Managers Accounting & Management Early Winter 2010
Elon Kohlberg Games of Chance and Games of Strategy Strategy Fall 2009
Gene Kohn Real Estate Design, Development, and Construction Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Winter 2010
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L Course Title Area Term
Karim Lakhani Managing Innovation Technology & Operations Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management) Winter 2010
Ian Larkin Managing, Organizing and Negotiating for Value Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Winter 2010
Joseph Lassiter Entrepreneurial Finance


Field Study Seminar: Building Green Businesses
Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)

Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Fall 2009


Winter 2010
Jay Lorsch The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
Timothy Luehrman Corporate Financial Management Finance Fall 2009
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M Course Title Area Term
John D. Macomber Real Estate Design, Development, and Construction Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Winter 2010
Christopher Marquis Commerce and Society: Business and Creation of Social Value
Organizational Behavior (also listed under General Management) Fall 2009
Paul Marshall Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment
Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2009
F. Asis Martinez Jerez Customer Intelligence Advantage Accounting & Management Winter 2010
Noel Maurer The Energy Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Fall 2009
Anthony Mayo Great Business Leaders - The Importance of Contextual Intelligence Organizational Behavior Winter 2010
Robert C. Merton Functional and Strategic Finance Finance Winter 2010
Youngme Moon Consumer Marketing Marketing Fall 2009
David Moss Creating the Modern Financial System Business, Government & the International Economy Winter 2010
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N Course Title Area Term
Nitin Nohria Authentic Leadership Development Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
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O Course Title Area Term
Felix Oberholzer-Gee Strategies Beyong the Market Strategy Fall 2009
Elie Ofek Marketing and Innovation Marketing Winter 2010
Peter Olson Authentic Leadership Development Organizational Behavior Fall 2009
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P Course Title Area Term
Gary Pisano Building & Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) Winter 2010
Mikolaj Piskorski Competing with Social Networks Strategy Winter 2010
Michael Porter Microeconomics of Competitiveness Strategy Winter 2010
Robert Pozen Half-Course: Maximizing the Value of Your Intellectual Property General Management Early Fall 2009
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R Course Title Area Term
Ananth  Raman Field Study Seminar: Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor

Managing Service Operations
Technology & Operations Management Fall 2009
V. Kasturi Rangan Business at the Base of the Pyramid Marketing (also listed under General Management) Fall 2009
Henry Reiling Tax Factors in Business Decisions Finance Fall 2009
Forest Reinhardt Business and the Environment Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Fall 2009
Nicolas Retsinas Field Study Seminar: Affordable Housing in the United States

Real Estate in Emerging Markets
Finance Winter 2010
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) Winter 2010
Eddie Riedl Business Analysis & Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Fall 2009
Michael Roberts Half-Course: Evaluating the Entrepreneurial Opportunity

Field Study Seminar: Evaluating the Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2009
Clayton Rose Managing the Financial Firm General Management Fall 2009
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S Course Title Area Term
William Sahlman Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) Fall 2009
Vicki Sato Inventing Breakthroughs and Commercializing Science Technology & Operations Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall 2008
David Scharfstein Half-Course: Private Equity Finance Finance Late Winter 2010
James Sebenius Advanced Negotiation: Setus, Deal Design, and Tactics Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Fall 2009
Arthur Segel Real Property
Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall 2009
Willy Shih Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) Winter 2010
Robert Simons Designing Organizations for Performance Accounting & Management Winter 2010
Dan Snow Operations Strategy Technology & Operations Management Fall 2009
Erik Stafford Dynamic Markets Finance Fall 2009
Thomas Steenburgh Business Marketing Marketing Winter 2010
Sandra Sucher The Moral Leader General Management Fall 2009
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T Course Title Area Term
Richard S. Tedlow The Coming of Managerial Capitalism Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2009
David Thomas Power and Influence Organizational Behavior Winter 2010
Stefan Thomke Managing Innovation Technology & Operations Management Winter 2010
Michael Toffel Business and the Environment Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Fall 2009
Zeynep Ton Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains Technology & Operations Management Winter 2010
Mary Tripsas Leading Innovative Ventures Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management and Organizational Behavior) Winter 2010
Gunnar Trumbull Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Fall 2009
Peter Tufano Consumer Finance Finance Winter 2010
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V Course Title Area Term
Belen Villalonga Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Winter 2010
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W Course Title Area Term
Noam Wasserman Founders' Dilemmas: Money and Power in Entrepreneurial Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Winter 2010
Andrew Wasynczuk Managing, Organizing and Negotiating for Value Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Winter 2010
Michael Wheeler The Moral Leader

Complex Negotiation
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Winter 2010

Winter 2010
Julie Wulf Corporate Strategy Strategy Winter 2010
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X Course Title Area Term
Yuhai Xuan Corporate Financial Management Finance Fall 2009
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Y Course Title Area Term
Dennis Yao Competitive Dynamics--Strategy and Tactics Strategy Winter 2010
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