Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

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A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Scott Snook Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Robin Ely,
Thomas J. DeLong		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Becoming a General Manager General Management, Technology & Operations Management Amy Edmondson,
Joseph Fuller		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Joshua Schwartzstein Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Borderline Accounting & Management Eugene Soltes Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Building Sustainable Cities (Formerly “Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure”) Finance John Macomber Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise General Management, Strategy, Technology & Operations Management Chet Huber,
Derek van Bever		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise General Management, Strategy, Technology & Operations Management Allison Mnookin,
Derek van Bever		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Charles C.Y. Wang Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business Marketing and Sales Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management Navid Mojir Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management, Marketing, Finance Michael Chu Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Business Solutions for the Global Poor General Management, Marketing Kash Rangan Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports General Management, Marketing Anita Elberse Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
C Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Capitalism and the State (CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy Debora L. Spar Fall
2021 		Q1 1.5
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders Accounting & Management, General Management, Organizational Behavior Robert Simons Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States Entrepreneurial Management Tom Nicholas Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Consumer Marketing Marketing John Gourville Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) Entrepreneurial Management, Strategy Tarun Khanna Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations Finance Mark L. Egan,
C. Fritz Foley		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation Finance Benjamin Esty Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management, Organizational Behavior Lynn Paine Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Strategy: Creating Value Across Markets Strategy David Collis Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA Organizational Behavior Leslie Perlow Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Brand Value Marketing Jill Avery Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Finance Kristin Williams Mugford Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) General Management Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating the Modern Financial System Business, Government & the International Economy David Moss Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
D Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Kevin Mohan Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Decision Making Under Uncertainty Marketing David Bell Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
Demystifying Family Businesses Technology & Operations Management Christina Wing Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation Technology & Operations Management Shane Greenstein Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Driving Profitable Growth Technology & Operations Management Gary Pisano Fall
2021 		Q1 1.5
E Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
E-Commerce: Strategy, Growth, and Analytics Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management Ayelet Israeli Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Failure Entrepreneurial Management Thomas Eisenmann,
Lindsay Hyde		 Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Jim Matheson Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Paul Gompers Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance: Q2 Edition Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Shai Bernstein Fall
2021 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Marketing: Field Course Marketing Christina Wallace Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Sales Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge,
Lou Shipley		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems Entrepreneurial Management William Sahlman Fall
2021 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism Business, Government & the International Economy, Entrepreneurial Management Geoffrey Jones Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Executing Strategy Accounting & Management Susanna Gallani Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
F Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship Marketing, General Management Rohit Deshpande,
Henry McGee		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Failure Entrepreneurial Management Thomas Eisenmann,
Lindsay Hyde		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing Christina Wallace Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Go to Market / Sales Playbook Entrepreneurial Management Lou Shipley Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care General Management Regina Herzlinger,
Gregory P Licholai		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Lab to Market Technology & Operations Management Karim Lakhani,
Peter Barrett		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: PM101 Entrepreneurial Management Melissa Perri Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Product Management 102 Entrepreneurial Management Melissa Perri Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Archie L. Jones,
Jeffrey Bussgang,
Henry McGee		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations Technology & Operations Management Julia Austin Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations Technology & Operations Management Julia Austin Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism Finance Joshua Coval,
Richard Ruback		 Fall
2021 		Q1 1.5
Financial Management of Smaller Firms Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Food and Agribusiness Business, Government & the International Economy Forest Reinhardt Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Founders' Journey Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Shikhar Ghosh Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Founders' Journey Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Laura Huang Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
From Data to Decisions: Leveraging Experiments for Effective Strategy, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Michael Luca Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
G Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Global Climate Change Business, Government & the International Economy Gunnar Trumbull Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Global Energy in Transition Business, Government & the International Economy Jurgen R. Weiss Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Globalization and Emerging Markets Business, Government & the International Economy Kristin Fabbe Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Tarun Khanna Fall
2021 		Q2 1.5
H Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
How to Price Anything General Management, Marketing Marco Bertini Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
I Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Innovating in Health Care General Management Regina Herzlinger Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture Marketing Robert Dolan Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Business, Government & the International Economy Vincent Pons Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Investment Management and Capital Markets Finance Luis Viceira Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies Finance Robin Greenwood Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
L Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Launch Lab/Thesis 1 Technology & Operations Management Alan MacCormack January
2021 		J 3.0
Launching Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning Organizational Behavior Ryan Raffaelli Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Leadership and Happiness General Management Arthur Brooks Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Leading with People Analytics Organizational Behavior Jeffrey Polzer Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
M Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Macro Risk, Economics and Markets Business, Government & the International Economy Huw Pill Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Making Markets Entrepreneurial Management Scott Duke Kominers Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Change and Transformation General Management Rosabeth Kanter Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Customers for Growth (MCG): Strategy and Analytics Marketing Eva Ascarza Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
Managing Global Operations Technology & Operations Management Prithwiraj Choudhury Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Dante Roscini Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Meg Rithmire Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Ryan Buell Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing the Future of Work Entrepreneurial Management Christopher Stanton Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Moral Leader General Management Joseph Badaracco Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Motivation and Incentives Negotiation, Organizations & Markets John Beshears,
Brian Hall		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
N Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Kevin Mohan,
Andrew Wasynczuk,
Amit Goldenberg		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Edward Chang,
Katherine Coffman,
Thomas Graeber,
Jillian Jordan,
Kym Nelson,
Andrew Wasynczuk		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2241 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Julian J. Zlatev Fall
2021 		Q1 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2242 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Christine L. Exley Fall
2021 		Q2 3.0
P Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Power and Influence Organizational Behavior Lakshmi Ramarajan Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Private Equity Finance Finance Victoria Ivashina,
Edward Berk		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Mitchell Weiss Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit General Management, Strategy Mark Kramer Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 1.5
Purpose Driven Marketing Marketing Elizabeth A. Keenan Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
R Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Real Estate Private Equity Finance Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Finance Marco Di Maggio,
Boris Vallee		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management Ethan Rouen Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Retailing Marketing José Alvarez Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) Accounting & Management George Serafeim Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
The Role of Government in Market Economies Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
S Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Scaling Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Rayport Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Seminar: Unpacking the US-China Rivalry General Management Andy Zelleke Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change General Management Brian Trelstad Fall
2021 		Q1 1.5
Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
Strategy and Technology Strategy David Yoffie,
Frank Nagle		 Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Strategy in Professional Service Firms Strategy Ashish Nanda Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Investing Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Shawn Cole,
Vikram Gandhi		 Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0
T Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Tough Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Joshua Lev Krieger,
Jim Matheson		 Spring
2022 		Q3 1.5
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship General Management John Jong-Hyun Kim Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery Technology & Operations Management Ariel D. Stern Spring
2022 		Q4 1.5
U Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
U.S. Healthcare Strategy General Management, Strategy Leemore S. Dafny Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
V Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management Jo Tango Fall
2021 		Q1Q2 3.0
W Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Deepak Malhotra Spring
2022 		Q3Q4 3.0