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A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
AI in Market-facing Functions (AIM) Marketing Das Narayandas,
Arijit Sengupta,
Jonathan Wray		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Applied Business Analytics Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Applied Business Analytics Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Arts of Communication General Management Timothy McCarthy Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
The Arts of Communication General Management Timothy McCarthy Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Scott Snook Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Robin Ely,
Tony Mayo		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Becoming a General Manager General Management, Technology & Operations Management Amy Edmondson,
Joseph Fuller		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Joshua Schwartzstein Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Beyond Strategic Intuition: Game Theory and Choice Strategy Dennis Yao Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise General Management, Strategy, Technology & Operations Management Chet Huber,
Rory McDonald,
Derek van Bever		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise General Management, Strategy, Technology & Operations Management Allison Mnookin,
Derek van Bever,
Chet Huber		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Jonas Heese Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management, Marketing, Finance Michael Chu Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management, Marketing Kash Rangan Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports General Management, Marketing Anita Elberse Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
C Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers David Malan Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Capitalism and the State (CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy Debora L. Spar Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Michael S. Kaufman Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders Accounting & Management, General Management Robert Simons Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States Entrepreneurial Management Tom Nicholas Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy General Management University Course,
Daniel Schrag		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) Entrepreneurial Management, Strategy Tarun Khanna Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Conversations on Leadership General Management Nitin Nohria,
Leonard A. Schlesinger,
Kristin Williams Mugford		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 1.5
Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation Finance Benjamin Esty Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) Finance C. Fritz Foley Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management, Organizational Behavior Lynn Paine Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Strategy: Creating Value Across Markets Strategy David Collis Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA Organizational Behavior Leslie Perlow Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Finance Kristin Williams Mugford Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) General Management Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating the Modern Financial System Business, Government & the International Economy David Moss Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
D Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Guhan Subramanian Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Guhan Subramanian Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Decision Making Under Uncertainty Marketing David Bell Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Demystifying Family Businesses Technology & Operations Management Christina Wing Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation Technology & Operations Management Shane Greenstein Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Doing Business with China 2035 General Management William Kirby Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Driving Profitable Growth Technology & Operations Management Gary Pisano Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
E Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
E-Commerce: Strategy, Growth, and Analytics Marketing Ayelet Israeli Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Entrepreneur's Playbook: A How-To Guide for Start-Up Strategy Entrepreneurial Management Abhishek Nagaraj Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Failure Entrepreneurial Management Thomas Eisenmann Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Shai Bernstein,
Jim Matheson		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Paul Gompers Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Ranjay Gulati Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge,
Lou Shipley		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems Entrepreneurial Management William Sahlman Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism Business, Government & the International Economy, Entrepreneurial Management Geoffrey Jones Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Executing Strategy Accounting & Management Robert Simons,
Susanna Gallani		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
F Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship Marketing, General Management Rohit Deshpande,
Henry McGee		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Decoding "Growth" in Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing Frank Cespedes,
Christina Wallace		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care General Management Regina Herzlinger,
Gregory P Licholai		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Lab to Market Technology & Operations Management Karim Lakhani,
Peter Barrett		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Planning Your Business with China General Management William Kirby Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Finance John Dionne Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only Entrepreneurial Management Melissa Perri Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only Entrepreneurial Management Melissa Perri Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only Finance Sara Fleiss Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Purpose & Profit Strategy, General Management Mark Kramer Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Archie L. Jones,
Jeffrey Bussgang,
Henry McGee		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Jason Pananos Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism Finance Joshua Coval,
Richard Ruback		 Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Financial Management of Smaller Firms Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Food and Agribusiness Business, Government & the International Economy Forest Reinhardt Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Founders' Journey Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Shikhar Ghosh Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Founders' Journey Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Laura Huang Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
From Data to Decisions: Leveraging Experiments for Effective Strategy, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Michael Luca Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
G Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Globalization and Emerging Markets Business, Government & the International Economy Kristin Fabbe Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) Strategy Hong Luo Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Tarun Khanna Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
H Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Alison Wood Brooks Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
I Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Inclusive Leadership Negotiation, Organizations & Markets, Organizational Behavior Frances Frei,
Francesca Gino		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Innovating in Health Care General Management Regina Herzlinger Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Business, Government & the International Economy Vincent Pons Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Integrated Design: MS/MBA Year Two Technology & Operations Management Beth Altringer,
Roberto Verganti		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Shawn Cole,
Vikram Gandhi		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors Finance Emil Siriwardane,
Luis Viceira		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies Finance Robin Greenwood Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
J Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Justice: Ethics in an Age of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning General Management University Course,
Michael Sandel		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
L Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Launch Lab/Thesis 1 Technology & Operations Management Alan MacCormack January
2021 		J 3.0
Launch Lab/Thesis 2 Entrepreneurial Management Thomas Eisenmann Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Launching Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang,
Sam Clemens,
Donna Levin,
Reza Satchu		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning Organizational Behavior Ryan Raffaelli Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness General Management Arthur Brooks Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Leading with People Analytics Organizational Behavior Jeffrey Polzer Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Lessons from Transformational Medical Advances General Management Amar Bhide Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
M Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Macro Risk, Economics and Markets Business, Government & the International Economy Huw Pill Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Making Markets Entrepreneurial Management Scott Duke Kominers Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Change and Transformation General Management Rosabeth Kanter Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Global Operations Technology & Operations Management Prithwiraj Choudhury Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Managing Human Capital Organizational Behavior Ethan Bernstein Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Dante Roscini Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Meg Rithmire Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Risk and Uncertainty Accounting & Management Eugene Soltes Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Ryan Buell Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services Finance David Scharfstein Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing the Future of Work Entrepreneurial Management Christopher Stanton Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Moral Leader General Management Joseph Badaracco Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
The Moral Leader General Management Sandra Sucher Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Motivation and Incentives Negotiation, Organizations & Markets John Beshears,
Brian Hall,
Ashley Whillans		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
N Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Edward Chang,
Jillian Jordan,
Katherine Coffman,
Kevin Mohan,
Thomas Graeber,
Andrew Wasynczuk
2021
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Edward Chang,
Katherine Coffman,
Thomas Graeber,
Jillian Jordan,
Kevin Mohan,
Andrew Wasynczuk		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2241 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Max H. Bazerman Fall
2020 		Q1 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2241 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets TBD Spring
2021 		Q3 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2242 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets James Sebenius Fall
2020 		Q2 3.0
P Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Power and Influence Organizational Behavior Lakshmi Ramarajan Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business Marketing, General Management Marco Bertini Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Private Equity Finance Finance Victoria Ivashina Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Mitchell Weiss Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit General Management, Strategy Mark Kramer Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
R Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Real Estate Private Equity Finance Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Real Estate and Today's Leader Finance Arthur Segel,
Charles Wu		 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Finance Marco Di Maggio,
Boris Vallee		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management George Serafeim Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Research Seminar on Private Equity and Venture Finance Paul Gompers Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Research Seminar on Private Equity and Venture Capital - Paper Finance Paul Gompers Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Retailing Marketing José Alvarez Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Road to the White House Entrepreneurial Management Robert F. White Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
The Role of Government in Market Economies Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
The Role of Government in Market Economies Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
S Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Sales Management & Strategy Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management Doug Chung Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Scaling Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Rayport Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Seminar: How Star Women Succeed Organizational Behavior Boris Groysberg Fall
2020 		1.5
Seminar: Readings and Reflections on Gender, Race, and the Workplace Kathleen L. McGinn,
Robin Ely		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Seminar: Unpacking the US-China Rivalry General Management Andy Zelleke Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change General Management Brian Trelstad Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Strategy and Technology Strategy David Yoffie Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Strategy and Technology Strategy Andy Wu Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs Intensive: Critical Choices in Creating a Successful Enterprise Strategy John Wells Fall
2020 		Q1 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs Intensive: Critical Choices in Creating a Successful Enterprise Strategy John Wells Spring
2021 		Q3 3.0
Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure Finance John Macomber Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
T Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Tough Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Joshua Lev Krieger,
Jim Matheson		 Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship General Management John Jong-Hyun Kim Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery Technology & Operations Management Amitabh Chandra,
Robert Huckman		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
V Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management Nori Gerardo Lietz,
Jo Tango		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0