Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated August 14, 2019
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| A | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
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| Noubar Afeyan | Field Course: Lab to Market | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Juan Alcacer | Competing Globally | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Laura Alfaro | The Microeconomics of Competiveness: Firms, Clusters, and Economic Development | Strategy (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Jose Alvarez | Retailing | Marketing | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Julia Austin | Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only |
Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Jill Avery | Creating Brand Value | Marketing | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| B | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Joseph Badaracco | The Moral Leader | General Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Peter Barrett | Field Course: Lab to Market | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| John Batter | Law, Management and Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Max Bazerman | Behavioral Economics: The Leader as Decision Architect | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Ethan Bernstein | Managing Human Capital | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Shai Bernstein | Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| John Beshears | Motivation and Incentives | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Alison Wood Brooks | How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Arthur Brooks | Leadership and Happiness | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Ryan Buell | Managing Service Operations | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Jeffrey Bussgang | Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
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| C | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Frank Cespedes | Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Marketing) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Michael Chu | Business at the Base of the Pyramid | General Management (also listed under Marketing) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Doug Chung | Sales Management & Strategy (formerly Personal Selling and Sales Force Management) | Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sam Clemens | Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Randolph Cohen | Field Course: Field X Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management |
Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Shawn Cole | Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact (formerly Investing in the 21st Century - Return, Risk, and Impact) | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| D | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Leemore Dafny | U.S. Healthcare Strategy | Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Rohit Deshpande | Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| John Dionne | Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Application Only | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Rafael Di Tella | Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| E | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Amy Edmondson | Becoming a General Manager | General Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Thomas Eisenmann | Entrepreneurial Failure Launch Lab/Thesis 2 |
Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1 Q3Q4 |
1.5 3.0 |
| Anita Elberse | The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Robin Ely | Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Benjamin Esty | Corporate Finance: Strategy and Finance | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Christine Exley | Negotiation Intensive | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2019 | Q1 | 3.0 |
| F | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| C. Fritz Foley | Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations | Finance | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Frances Frei | Leading Difference | Organizational Behavior (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations & Markets and Technology & Operations Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| David Fubini | Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Joseph Fuller | Becoming a General Manager | General Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| G | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Susanna Gallani | Mastering Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Vikram Gandhi | Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact (formerly Investing in the 21st Century - Return, Risk, and Impact) | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Shikhar Ghosh | Founders' Journey | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Francesca Gino | Leading Difference Negotiation |
Organizational Behavior (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations & Markets and Technology & Operations Management) Negotiation, Organizations & Markets |
Spring 2020 Spring 2020 |
Q3Q4 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Lena Goldberg | Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Paul Gompers | Immersive Field Course: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital Entrepreneurial Finance |
Finance Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) |
January 2020 Spring 2020 |
J Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Shane Greenstein | Digital Innovation and Transformation | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Robin Greenwood | Investment Strategies | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Yael Grushka-Cockayne | Applied Business Analytics | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| H | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Brian Hall | Motivation and Incentives | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Janice Hammond | Supply Chain Management | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Samuel Hanson | Investment Strategies | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Jonas Heese | Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Accounting & Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Regina Herzlinger | Innovating in Health Care Field Course: Innovating in Health Care |
General Management | Spring 2020 Spring 2020 |
Q3Q4 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Chet Huber | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Robert Huckman | Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| I | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Ayelet Israeli | E-Commerce | Marketing | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Victoria Ivashina | Private Equity Finance | Finance | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| J | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Geoffrey Jones | Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| K | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Rosabeth Kanter | Managing Change and Transformation | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Michael Kaufman | Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| William Kerr | Managing the Future of Work | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Tarun Khanna | Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) | Strategy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| John Jong-Hyun Kim | Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship Field Course: Social Innovation Field Projects |
General Management | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| William Kirby | Doing Business in China | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Elon Kohlberg | Game Theory | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Duke Kominers | Making Markets | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Mark Kramer | Competitive Strategy and Social Impact: Creating Shared Value | Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1 | 1.5 |
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| L | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Karim Lakhani | Field Course: Lab to Market | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Rajiv Lal | Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies (IoT/ML/AI/AR/VR/Blockchain) | Marketing | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Herman Leonard | Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) | General Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Nori Gerardo Lietz | Venture Capital and Private Equity Real Estate Private Equity |
Entrepreneurial Management Finance |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Hong Luo | Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) | Strategy | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| M | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Alan MacCormack | Integrated Design: MS/MBA Year Two Launch Lab/Thesis 1 |
Technology and Operations Management | Fall 2019 January 2020 |
Q1Q2 J |
3.0 3.0 |
| John Macomber | Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| David Malan | CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders (Intensive) |
General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 3.0 |
| Deepak Malhotra | War and Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation, Policy and Humanity |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Jim Matheson | Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Douglas Melton | Tech Ethics: AI, Biotech, and the Future of Human Nature | General Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Tony Mayo | Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Timothy McCarthy | The Arts of Communication | General Management | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 |
Q1 Q2 |
1.5 1.5 |
| Rory McDonald | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Henry McGee | Immersive Field Course: Los Angeles; Hollywood: Distribution and Marketing Challenges in a Digital World Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship |
General Management Marketing (also listed under General Management) |
January 2020 Spring 2020 |
J Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Allison Mnookin | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Kevin Mohan | Negotiation |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 |
| David Moss | Creating the Modern Financial System | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Kristin Williams Mugford | Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| N | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Tom Nicholas | The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| P | Course Title | Area | Term | Credits | |
| Lynn Paine | Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors | Organizational Behavior (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Michael Parzen | Applied Business Analytics | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Leslie Perlow | Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Jeffrey Polzer | Leading with People Analytics | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| Q | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Larry Quartana | The Arts of Communication | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
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| R | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Ryan Raffaelli | Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Lakshmi Ramarajan | Power and Influence | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| V. Kasturi Rangan | Field Course: Social Innovation Field Projects | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Spencer Rascoff | Managing Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Jeffrey Rayport | Managing Technology Ventures Scaling Technology Ventures |
Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q2 Q3Q4 |
1.5 3.0 |
| Sophus Reinert | Globalization and Emerging Markets | Business, Government & the International Economy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Forest Reinhardt | Food and Agribusiness | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Meg Rithmire | Immersive Field Course: Asia; China Belt & Road Initiative Managing International Trade and Investment |
Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Business, Government & the International Economy |
January 2020 Spring 2020 |
J Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Mark Roberge | Tech Sales | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Dante Roscini | Managing International Trade and Investment | Business, Government & the International Economy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Ethan Rouen | Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management (also listed under Accounting & Management and Strategy) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Rick Ruback | Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2019
Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2
Q3Q4 |
3.0
3.0 |
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| S | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Raffaella Sadun | Creating Value Across Markets: Corporate Strategy | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Michael Sandel | Tech Ethics: AI, Biotech, and the Future of Human Nature | General Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Shelle Santana | Creating Brand Value | Marketing | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| David Scharfstein | Managing and Innovating in Financial Services | Finance | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Leonard Schlesinger | Leadership and Happiness | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Joshua Schwartzstein | Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| James Sebenius | Negotiation Intensive Course Negotiation and Diplomacy |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Arthur Segel | Immersive Field Course: Cuba; Islands in the Stream - Economy, Trade, and the Role of Business and Global Markets in the Future of Cuba | Finance | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| George Serafeim | Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management (also listed under Accounting& Management and Strategy) | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Kevin Sharer | Creating Value Across Markets: Corporate Strategy | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Willy Shih | Immersive Field Course: Asia; China Belt & Road Initiative | Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Lou Shipley | Tech Sales | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Robert Simons | Mastering Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Mario Small | Behavioral Economics: The Leader as Decision Architect | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Scott Snook | Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Eugene Soltes | Corporate Misconduct
Field Course: Corporate Misconduct |
Accounting & Management | Spring 2020 | Q3 Q3Q4 |
1.5 3.0 |
| Christopher Stanton | Managing the Future of Work | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Ariel Stern | Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Guhan Subramanian | Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sandra Sucher | The Moral Leader | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| T | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Hirotaka Takeuchi | Immersive Field Course: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog | Strategy | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Brian Trelstad | Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation | General Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| V | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Boris Vallee | Real Property | Finance | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Derek van Bever | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Luis Viceira | Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors | Finance | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| W | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Charles C.Y. Wang | Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Accounting & Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Andrew Wasynczuk | Negotiation Intensive Course | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q2 Q4 |
3.0 |
| Matthew Weinzierl | The Role of Government in Market Economies | Business, Government & the International Economy | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Mitchell Weiss | Public Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| John Wells | Strategic IQ Intensive | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q1 | 3.0 |
| Christina Wing | Demystifying Family Businesses | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Andy Wu | Strategy and Technology | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Charles Wu | Real Property Immersive Field Course: Cuba; Islands in the Stream -Economy, Trade, and the Role of Business and Global Markets in the Future of Cuba |
Finance | Fall 2019 Janury 2020 |
Q1Q2 J |
3.0 3.0 |
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| Y | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| David Yoffie | Strategy and Technology | Strategy | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Royce Yudkoff | Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2019
Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2
Q3Q4 |
3.0
3.0 |
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| Z | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Feng Zhu | Digital Innovation and Transformation | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Julian Zlatev | Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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