Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

Last Updated: July 11, 2018

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Accounting and Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements	Charles C.Y. Wang	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Developing Mindsets for Innovative Problem Solving (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Srikant Datar	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Managing with Data Science	Srikant Datar	Fall 2018	Q1	1.5
Mastering Strategy Execution (also listed under Strategy and General Management)	Robert Simons Tatiana Sandino	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy)	Rebecca Henderson, George Serafeim	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0

Business, Government & the International Economy

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarters	Credits
Creating the Modern Financial System	David Moss	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)	Geoffrey Jones	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Food and Agribusiness	Forest Reinhardt	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Globalization and Emerging Markets	Sophus Reinert	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy	Rafael Di Tella	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment	Dante Roscini Meg Rithmire	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Twenty-First Century Energy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Martha Crawford	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0

Entrepreneurial Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States	Tom Nicholas	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Strategy)	Tarun Khanna	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Developing Mindsets for Innovative Problem Solving (also listed under Accounting and Management)	Srikant Datar	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance)	Ramana Nanda, Robert White	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)	Geoffrey Jones	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (also listed under Marketing)	Frank Cespedes, Mark Roberge	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Finance)	Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance)	Randolph Cohen	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Application Only (also listed under Finance)	Randolph Cohen	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only	Julia Austin	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only	Julia Austin	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Finance)	Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Founders' Journey	Shikhar Ghosh	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact (also listed under Finance)	Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Launching Technology Ventures	Jeffrey Bussgang	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)	John Batter, Lena Goldberg	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Making Markets	Scott Duke Kominers	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Managing the Future of Work	William Kerr	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Personal Selling and Sales Force Management (also listed under Marketing)	Doug Chung	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)	Mitchell Weiss	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Scaling Technology Ventures	Jeffrey Rayport	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Twenty-First Century Energy (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)	Martha Crawford	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Venture Capital and Private Equity	Nori Gerardo Lietz	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0

Finance

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarters	Credits
Corporate Financial Operations	C. Fritz Foley	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring	Kristin Williams Mugford	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Doing Business in Africa	John Macomber	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Ramana Nanda, Robert White	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Randolph Cohen	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Application Only (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Randolph Cohen	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Application Only	John Dionne	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only	Sara Fleiss	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Immersive Field Course: Boston; Private Equity Real Estate Investing and Development	Arthur Segel	January 2019	J	3.0
Immersive Field Course: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital	Paul Gompers	January 2019	J	3.0
Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors	Adi Sunderam, Luis Viceira	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Investment Strategies	Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services	David Scharfstein	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Private Equity Finance	Victoria Ivashina	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Real Estate Private Equity	Nori Gerardo Lietz	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Real Property	Boris Vallee, Charles Wu	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure	John Macomber	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0

General Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
The Arts of Communication	Timothy McCarthy	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1 Q3	1.5 1.5
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)	Amy Edmondson, Joseph Fuller	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Finance and Marketing)	Michael Chu	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing)	Anita Elberse	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors(also listed under General Management)	Jay Lorsch, Lynn Paine	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact (also listed under Strategy)	Mark Kramer	Fall 2018	Q1	1.5
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar)	Herman Leonard	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders	David Malan	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)	Geoffrey Jones	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education	John Jong-Hyun Kim	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing)	Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship	Steven Rogers	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry	Lena Goldberg	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact (also listed under Strategy)	Mark Kramer	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education	John Jong-Hyun Kim	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care	Regina Herzlinger	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Leading Social Enterprise	Herman Leonard	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Field Course: Social Innovation Lab	John Jong-Hyun Kim, Brian Trelstad	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Immersive Field Course: Los Angeles; Hollywood: Distribution and Marketing Challenges in a Digital World	Henry McGee	January 2019	J	3.0
Innovating in Health Care	Regina Herzlinger	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Introduction to Technology Sales	Lou Shipley	Fall 2018	Q1	1.5
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	John Batter, Lena Goldberg	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Leading Social Enterprise	Herman Leonard	Fall 2018	Q1	1.5
Mastering Strategy Execution (also listed under Accounting & Management and Strategy)	Robert Simons Tatiana Sandino	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
The Moral Leader	Joseph Badaracco Sandra Sucher	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Mitchell Weiss	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under Accounting & Management and Strategy)	Rebecca Henderson, George Serafeim	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation	Brian Trelstad	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	1.5
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under Strategy)	Leemore Dafny	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0

Marketing

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Finance and General Management)	Michael Chu	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under General Management)	Anita Elberse	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Creating Brand Value	Jill Avery, Shelle Santana	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
E-Commerce	Thales Teixeira Donald Ngwe	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1 Q4	1.5 1.5
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)	Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Digital Marketing Workshop	John Deighton	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Frank Cespedes, Mark Roberge	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Personal Selling and Sales Force Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Doug Chung	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies (IoT/ML/AI/AR/VR/Blockchain)	Rajiv Lal	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Retailing	Jose Alvarez	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Deals	Guhan Subramanian	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
From Data to Decisions: The Role of Experiments	Michael Luca	Spring 2019	Q4	1.5
Immersive Field Course: UK; Behavioral Insights	Michael Luca	January 2019	J	3.0
Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value	Andrew Wasynczuk	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Negotiation	Katherine Coffman, Deepak Malhotra, Kevin Mohan Leslie John, Ashley Whillans	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course	James Sebenius James Sebenius Max Bazerman	Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Spring 2019	Q2 Q3 Q4	3.0 3.0 3.0

Organizational Behavior

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Authentic Leader Development	Scott Snook Tony Mayo	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under General Management)	Jay Lorsch, Lynn Paine	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning	David Fubini Ryan Raffaelli	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Managing Human Capital	Ethan Bernstein	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
People Analytics: Leading in a Data-Driven World	Jeffrey Polzer	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Power and Influence	Julie Battilana Lakshmi Ramarajan	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0

Strategy

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)	Tarun Khanna	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Corporate Strategy	Raffaella Sadun	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact (also listed under General Management)	Mark Kramer	Fall 2018	Q1	1.5
Entrepreneurial/Intrapreneurial IQ	John Wells	Spring 2019	Q4	3.0
Field Course: Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact (also listed under General Management)	Mark Kramer	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Game Theory	Elon Kohlberg	Fall 2018	Q2	1.5
Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy)	Hong Luo	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Immersive Field Course: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog	Hirotaka Takeuchi	January 2019	J	3.0
Mastering Strategy Execution (also listed under Accounting & Management and General Management)	Robert Simons Tatiana Sandino	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management )	Rebecca Henderson, George Serafeim	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Strategic IQ	John Wells	Spring 2019	Q3	3.0
Strategy and Technology	David Yoffie	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under General Management)	Leemore Dafny	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0

Technology & Operations Management

Course Title	Faculty Name	Term	Quarter	Credits
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under General Management)	Amy Edmondson, Joseph Fuller	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise	Chet Huber, Stephen Kaufman, Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever Willy Shih	Fall 2018 Spring 2019	Q1Q2 Q3Q4	3.0 3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation	Shane Greenstein	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Field Course: Commercializing Science; Technology Strategy and Business Models for Science-Based Enterprises	Noubar Afeyan, Peter Barrett, Karim Lakhani	Spring 2019	Q3Q4	3.0
Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery	Robert Huckman, Ariel Stern	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Managing Growth	Gary Pisano	Spring 2019	Q3	1.5
Managing Service Operations	Ryan Buell	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0
Supply Chain Management	Janice Hammond	Fall 2018	Q1Q2	3.0