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Finance

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MBA Required Curriculum

(FIRST YEAR)

Finance I

This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value.

Topics covered include:

  • Basic analytical skills and principles of corporate finance.
  • Functions of modern capital markets and financial institutions.
  • Standard techniques of analysis, including capital budgeting, discounted cash flow valuation, and risk analysis.

Finance II

This course builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions:

  • How to evaluate complex investments.
  • How to set and execute financial policies within a firm.
  • How to integrate the many financial decisions faced by firms.

The Finance II course is divided into four blocks of material:

  • Advanced valuation—valuation of levered firms and projects.
  • Advanced valuations—options as a metaphor for flexibility.
  • Financial choices of firms—financing, distributing funds to shareholders, managing risk.
  • Integrated financial decisions, especially in the face of conflicts of interest and different legal/regulatory rules.

MBA Elective Curriculum

(SECOND YEAR)
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Mark L. Egan, C. Fritz Foley Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Kristin Mugford Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Deal Making in Real Estate Dwight Angelini, Matt Kelly Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Shai Bernstein Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Raymond Kluender Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Jim Matheson Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management) Archie L. Jones, Emily R. McComb, Henry McGee, George A. Riedel, Brian Trelstad Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems John Dionne Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only Sara Fleiss Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms Jason Pananos, Jay Davis Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism Joshua Coval, Richard Ruback, Randolph Cohen Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
How to Not Bankrupt Your Family (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Lauren Cohen Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Paul Gompers, Richard Ruback January
2023
J 3.0
Infrastructure Finance and Construction John Macomber Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Investment Management and Capital Markets Luis Viceira Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies William Vrattos Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services David Scharfstein Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Private Equity Finance Victoria Ivashina, Ted Berk Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate Private Equity Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Boris Vallee Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) (also listed under Strategy) Benjamin Esty Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Cities and Climate Adaptation (formerly “Building Sustainable Cities”) John Macomber Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Investing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi Spring
2023
Q3 1.5

Doctoral Programs

Faculty from the Finance unit work with students in the Business Economics doctoral program. Detailed curriculum information for this program can be found on the doctoral programs website:
PhD in Business Economics

Executive Education

Driving Corporate Performance
09–14 JUL 2023
Finance for Senior Executives
15–30 SEP 2023
Real Estate Management Program
15–20 OCT 2023
Private Equity and Venture Capital
06–09 MAR 2024
Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
TBD
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