Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

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Accounting & Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Borderline
Eugene Soltes
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements
Jonas Heese
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements and Big Data
Charles C.Y. Wang
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management and Organizational Behavior)
Robert Simons
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy)
Ethan Rouen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy Execution
Robert Simons
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Dennis Campbell
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Business, Government & the International Economy
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Business and Geopolitics
Jeremy Friedman
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under General Management)
Debora L. Spar
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating the Modern Financial System
David Moss
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management)
Geoffrey Jones
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Global Climate Change (GCC)
Gunnar Trumbull
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Italy; Capitalism - Past, Present, and Future
Sophus A. Reinert
Arthur Segel
January
2023
J 3.0
Independent Project in Food and Agribusiness
Forest Reinhardt
Spring
2024
Q3Q4 3.0
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy
Vincent Pons
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment
Meg Rithmire
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
The Role of Government in Market Economies
Matthew Weinzierl
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE)
Matthew Weinzierl
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry (also listed under General Management)
Andy Zelleke
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
2032: 5 Technologies that will reshape the world in the next decade
Shikhar Ghosh
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Avoiding Startup Failure
Lindsay Hyde
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management)
Amy Edmondson
Joseph Fuller
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Business Marketing and Sales (also listed under Marketing)
Navid Mojir
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism
Tom Nicholas
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Data for Impact (Previously Measuring and Managing Social Impact)
Benjamin N. Roth
Natalia Rigol
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Elections and Campaigns, a Private Sector Perspective on the 2022 US Midterm Elections
Robert F. White
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance)
Shai Bernstein
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Raymond Kluender
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Jim Matheson
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (also listed under Organizational Behavior)
Ranjay Gulati
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Sales
Mark Roberge
Lou Shipley
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems
William Sahlman
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and General Management)
Geoffrey Jones
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences
Satish Tadikonda
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing and General Management)
Rohit Deshpande
Henry McGee
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing (also listed under Marketing)
Christina Wallace
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Finance)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance)
Randolph Cohen
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Finance)
Randolph Cohen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study
Lou Shipley
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Finance and General Management)
Archie L. Jones
Emily R. McComb
Henry McGee
George A. Riedel
Brian Trelstad
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under General Management)
Jeffrey Bussgang
Archie L. Jones
Henry McGee
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations
Julia Austin
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Venture Capital Journey
Jeffrey Bussgang
Lindsay Hyde
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Finance)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Founders' Journey
Shikhar Ghosh
Reza Satchu
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Global Entrepreneurship
Alvaro Rodriguez-Arregui
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Seminar (also listed under Strategy)
Tarun Khanna
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
How to Not Bankrupt Your Family (also listed under Finance)
Lauren Cohen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital (also listed under Finance)
Paul Gompers
Richard Ruback
January
2023
J 3.0
IFC: London; Entrepreneurship in the UK and Europe
Greg Marsh
Jeffrey Rayport
January
2023
J 3.0
IFC: Silicon Valley; Decoding "Growth" in Silicon Valley
Mark Roberge
January
2023
J 3.0
Launching Technology Ventures
Jeffrey Bussgang
Lindsay Hyde
Reza Satchu
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)
John Batter
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing the Future of Work
Christopher Stanton
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)
Mitchell Weiss
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Scaling Technology Ventures
Jeffrey Rayport
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Startups (also listed under Strategy)
Rembrand Koning
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Sustainable Investing (also listed under Finance)
Shawn Cole
Vikram Gandhi
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Tough Tech Ventures
Joshua Lev Krieger
Jim Matheson
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Jo Tango
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Finance
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO)
Mark L. Egan
C. Fritz Foley
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring
Kristin Mugford
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Deal Making in Real Estate
Dwight Angelini
Matt Kelly
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Shai Bernstein
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Raymond Kluender
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Jim Matheson
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Randolph Cohen
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Randolph Cohen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management)
Archie L. Jones
Emily R. McComb
Henry McGee
George A. Riedel
Brian Trelstad
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems
John Dionne
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only
Sara Fleiss
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms
Jason Pananos
Jay Davis
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism
Joshua Coval
Richard Ruback
Randolph Cohen
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
How to Not Bankrupt Your Family (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Lauren Cohen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Paul Gompers
Richard Ruback
January
2023
J 3.0
Infrastructure Finance and Construction
John Macomber
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Investment Management and Capital Markets
Luis Viceira
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies
William Vrattos
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services
David Scharfstein
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Private Equity Finance
Victoria Ivashina
Ted Berk
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate Private Equity
Nori Gerardo Lietz
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property
Boris Vallee
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) (also listed under Strategy)
Benjamin Esty
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Cities and Climate Adaptation (formerly “Building Sustainable Cities”)
John Macomber
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Investing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Shawn Cole
Vikram Gandhi
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
General Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The Arts of Communication
Candace Bertotti
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Candace Bertotti
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Technology & Operations Management)
Amy Edmondson
Joseph Fuller
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid
Michael Chu
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing)
Anita Elberse
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)
Debora L. Spar
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
The CEO Experience
John H. Lynch
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry
Michael S. Kaufman
Andy Pforzheimer
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management and Organizational Behavior)
Robert Simons
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy
University Course
Daniel Schrag
Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors
Lynn Paine
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar)
Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
David J. Malan
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (with labs) (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
David J. Malan
Spring
2023
Q3 3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management)
Geoffrey Jones
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management)
Rohit Deshpande
Henry McGee
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Finance)
Archie L. Jones
Emily R. McComb
Henry McGee
George A. Riedel
Brian Trelstad
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Jeffrey Bussgang
Archie L. Jones
Henry McGee
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Ghana; Doing Business Across Africa
Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie
January
2023
J 3.0
Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
John Batter
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness
Arthur Brooks
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
The Moral Leader
Joseph Badaracco
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Mitchell Weiss
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy)
Mark Kramer
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under Strategy and Accounting & Management)
Ethan Rouen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change
Brian Trelstad
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship
John Jong-Hyun Kim
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under Strategy)
Leemore S. Dafny
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)
Andy Zelleke
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry Q2
Andy Zelleke
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Marketing
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Business Marketing and Sales (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Navid Mojir
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under General Management)
Anita Elberse
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Consumer Marketing
John Gourville
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Creating Brand Value
Jill Avery
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
David Bell
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Digital Marketing Workshop
Ben Kirshner
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management)
Rohit Deshpande
Henry McGee
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Christina Wallace
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture
Robert Dolan
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Managing Customers for Growth
Eva Ascarza
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business
Elie Ofek
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Purpose-Driven Marketing
Elizabeth A. Keenan
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals
James Sebenius
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making
Joshua Schwartzstein
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Data Driven Leadership
Michael Luca
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Deals
Guhan Subramanian
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Deals Q2
Guhan Subramanian
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Motivation and Incentives
John Beshears
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Ashley Whillans
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation
Kevin Mohan
Andrew Wasynczuk
Amit Goldenberg
Julian J. Zlatev
Kym Nelson
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Katherine Coffman
Thomas Graeber
Jillian Jordan
Andrew Wasynczuk
Zoe Cullen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2242
James Sebenius
Fall
2022
Q2 3.0
TALK
Alison Wood Brooks
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity
Deepak Malhotra
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Organizational Behavior
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Authentic Leader Development
Thomas J. DeLong
Scott Snook
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Robin Ely
Hubert Joly
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management and General Management)
Robert Simons
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE)
Leslie Perlow
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Ranjay Gulati
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP)
Ryan Raffaelli
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Human Capital
Ethan Bernstein
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Power and Influence
Lakshmi Ramarajan
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Power and Influence for Positive Impact
Julie Battilana
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Strategy
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Competing Globally
Jorge Tamayo
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Strategy
David Collis
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Eric J. Van den Steen
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Seminar (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Tarun Khanna
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
IFC: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Hirotaka Takeuchi
January
2023
J 3.0
Leadership in Professional Service Firms
Ashish Nanda
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Purpose & Profit (also listed under General Management)
Mark Kramer
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Accounting & Management)
Ethan Rouen
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Reshaping Competition
Alexander MacKay
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) (also listed under Finance)
Benjamin Esty
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy and Technology
Frank Nagle
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Andy Wu
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Startups (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Rembrand Koning
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Strategy in Professional Service Firms
Ashish Nanda
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under General Management)
Leemore S. Dafny
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Technology & Operations Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management)
Amy Edmondson
Joseph Fuller
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
Chet Huber
Rory McDonald
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Prithwiraj Choudhury
Allison Mnookin
Derek van Bever
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (also listed under General Management)
David J. Malan
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (with labs) (also listed under General Management)
David J. Malan
Spring
2023
Q3 3.0
Data Science for Managers 1
Michael Parzen
Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Michael Parzen
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Data Science for Managers 2
Michael Parzen
Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Michael Parzen
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication
Fernanda Viégas
Martin Wattenberg
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Demystifying Family Businesses
Christina Wing
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Designing Technology Ventures
Thomas Eisenmann
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation
Shane Greenstein
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Driving Profitable Growth
Gary Pisano
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era (also listed under General Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Lab to Market
Kyle Myers
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery
Ariel D. Stern
Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
IFC: Denmark and Netherlands; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production
Willy Shih
Michael Toffel
January
2023
J 3.0
Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era (also listed under General Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Launch Lab/Capstone 2
Alan MacCormack
Russell J Wilcox
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Launch Lab/Thesis 1
Alan MacCormack
Russell J Wilcox
January
2023
J 3.0
Managing Service Operations
Ryan Buell
Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Supply Chain Management
Kris Ferreira
Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery
Ariel D. Stern
Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
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