Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated October 10, 2018
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| A | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
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| Noubar Afeyan | Field Course: Lab to Market (formerly Commercializing Science) | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Jose Alvarez | Retailing | Marketing | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Julia Austin | Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only |
Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Jill Avery | Creating Brand Value | Marketing | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| B | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Joseph Badaracco | The Moral Leader | General Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Peter Barrett | Field Course: Lab to Market (formerly Commercializing Science) | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| John Batter | Law, Management and Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Julie Battilana | Power and Influence | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Max Bazerman | Negotiation Intensive Course | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2019 | Q4 | 3.0 |
| Ethan Bernstein | Managing Human Capital | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Ryan Buell | Managing Service Operations | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Jeffrey Bussgang | Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 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 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Michael Chu | Business at the Base of the Pyramid | Finance (also listed under General Management and Marketing) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Doug Chung | Personal Selling and Sales Force Management | Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Katherine Coffman | Negotiation |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Randolph Cohen | Field Course: Field X Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Application Only |
Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Shawn Cole | Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Sam Clemens | Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Martha Crawford | Twenty-First Century Energy | Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 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 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Srikant Datar | Managing with Data Science Developing Mindsets for Innovative Problem Solving |
Accounting and Management Accounting and Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) |
Fall 2018 Fall 2018 |
Q1 Q1Q2 |
1.5 3.0 |
| John Deighton | Field Course: Digital Marketing Workshop | Marketing | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Rohit Deshpande | Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| John Dionne | Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Application Only | Finance | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Rafael Di Tella | Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2019 | 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 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Anita Elberse | The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| F | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Sara Fleiss | Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only | Finance | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| C. Fritz Foley | Corporate Financial Operations | Finance | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| David Fubini | Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2018 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Joseph Fuller | Becoming a General Manager | General Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| G | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Vikram Gandhi | Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Shikhar Ghosh | Founders' Journey | Entrepreneurial Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Lena Goldberg | Law, Management and Entrepreneurship Field Course: Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry |
Entrepreneurial
Management (also listed under General
Management) General Management |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Paul Gompers | Immersive Field Course: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital | Finance | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Shane Greenstein | Digital Innovation and Transformation | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Robin Greenwood | Investment Strategies | Finance | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Eva Guinan | Field Course: Lab to Market (formerly Commercializing Science) | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| H | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Janice Hammond | Supply Chain Management | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Samuel Hanson | Investment Strategies | Finance | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Rebecca Henderson | Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management (also listed under Accounting & Management and Strategy) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Regina Herzlinger | Innovating in Health Care Field Course: Innovating in Health Care |
General Management | Spring 2019 Spring 2019 |
Q3Q4 Q3Q4 |
3.0 |
| Chet Huber | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Robert Huckman | Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| I | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Victoria Ivashina | Private Equity Finance | Finance | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| J | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Leslie John | Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Geoffrey Jones | Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| K | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Stephen Kaufman | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| William Kerr | Managing the Future of Work | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Tarun Khanna | Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) | Strategy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| John Jong-Hyun Kim | Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education Field Course: Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education Field Course: Social Innovation Lab |
General Management General Management General Management |
Spring 2019 Spring 2019 Spring 2019 |
Q3 Q3Q4 Q3Q4 |
1.5 3.0 3.0 |
| Elon Kohlberg | Game Theory | Strategy | Fall 2018 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Duke Kominers | Making Markets | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Mark Kramer | Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact Field Course: Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact |
Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2018 Fall 2018 |
Q1 Q1Q2 |
1.5 3.0 |
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| L | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Karim Lakhani | Field Course: Lab to Market (formerly Commercializing Science) | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Rajiv Lal | Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies (IoT/ML/AI/AR/VR/Blockchain) | Marketing | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Herman Leonard | Leading Social Enterprise Field Course: Leading Social Enterprise Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) |
General Management | Fall 2018 Fall 2018 Fall 2018 |
Q1 Q1Q2 Q1Q2 |
1.5 3.0 3.0 |
| Nori Gerardo Lietz | Venture Capital and Private Equity Real Estate Private Equity |
Entrepreneurial Management Finance |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Jay Lorsch | Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors | Organizational Behavior (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Michael Luca | Immersive Field Course: UK; Behavioral Insights From Data to Decisions: The Role of Experiments |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | January 2019 Spring 2019 |
J Q4 |
3.0 1.5 |
| Hong Luo | Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) | Strategy | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| M | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| John Macomber | Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure Doing Business in Africa |
Finance | Spring 2019 Spring 2019 |
Q3Q4 Q3 |
3.0 1.5 |
| David Malan | CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders | General Management | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Deepak Malhotra | Negotiation |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Tony Mayo | Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Timothy McCarthy | The Arts of Communication | General Management | Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1 Q3 |
1.5 1.5 |
| Rory McDonald | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | 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 2019 Spring 2019 |
J Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Kevin Mohan | Negotiation |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| David Moss | Creating the Modern Financial System | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Kristin Williams Mugford | Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring | Finance | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| N | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Ramana Nanda | Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Donald Ngwe | E-Commerce | Marketing | Spring 2019 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Tom Nicholas | The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2019 | 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 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Gary Pisano | Managing Growth | Technology & Operations Management | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Jeffrey Polzer | People Analytics: Leading in a Data-Driven World | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| Q | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Larry Quartana | The Arts of Communication | General Management | Fall 2018 | Q2 | 1.5 |
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| R | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Ryan Raffaelli | Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Lakshmi Ramarajan | Power and Influence | Organizational Behavior | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Jefffey Rayport | Scaling Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sophus Reinert | Globalization and Emerging Markets | Business, Government & the International Economy | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Forest Reinhardt | Food and Agribusiness | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Meg Rithmire | Managing International Trade and Investment | Business, Government & the International Economy | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Mark Roberge | Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Marketing) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Steven Rogers | Field Course: Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | General Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Dante Roscini | Managing International Trade and Investment | Business, Government & the International Economy | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Rick Ruback | Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018
Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2
Q3Q4 |
3.0
3.0 |
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| S | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Raffaella Sadun | Corporate Strategy | Strategy | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Shelle Santana | Creating Brand Value | Marketing | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Tatiana Sandino | Mastering Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| David Scharfstein | Managing and Innovating in Financial Services | Finance | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| James Sebenius | Negotiation Intensive Course | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q2 Q3 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Arthur Segel | Immersive Field Course: Boston; Private Equity Real Estate Investing and Development | Finance | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| George Serafeim | Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management (also listed under Accounting& Management and Strategy) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Willy Shih | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Lou Shipley | Introduction to Technology Sales | General Management | Fall 2018 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Robert Simons | Mastering Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Scott Snook | Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Ariel Stern | Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Guhan Subramanian | Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sandra Sucher | The Moral Leader | General Management | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Adi Sunderam | Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors | Finance | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 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 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Thales Teixeira | E-Commerce | Marketing | Fall 2018 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Brian Trelstad | Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Field Course: Social Innovation Lab |
General Management | Spring 2019 Spring 2019 |
Q3Q4 Q3Q4 |
1.5 3.0 |
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| V | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Boris Vallee | Real Property | Finance | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Derek van Bever | Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Luis Viceira | Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors | Finance | Fall 2018 | 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 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Andrew Wasynczuk | Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Mitchell Weiss | Public Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| John Wells | Strategic IQ Entrepreneurial/Intrapreneurial IQ |
Strategy | Spring 2019 | Q3 Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Ashley Whillans | Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Robert White | Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Charles Wu | Real Property | Finance | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| Y | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| David Yoffie | Strategy and Technology | Strategy | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Royce Yudkoff | Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2018
Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2
Q3Q4 |
3.0
3.0 |
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| Z | Course Title | Area | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Julian Zlatev | Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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