Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

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Accounting & Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF)
Aiyesha Dey
Jonas Heese
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements
Joseph Pacelli
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Yuan Zou
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management)
Robert Simons
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Generative AI for Business Leaders (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Suraj Srinivasan
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Strategy Execution
Robert Simons
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Tatiana Sandino
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Susanna Gallani
Robert Huckman
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Business, Government & the International Economy
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Business and Geopolitics
Jeremy Friedman
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Business of Ideas
Caroline Elkins
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under General Management)
Debora L. Spar
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Capitalism: Past, Present, Future
Sophus A. Reinert
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating the Modern Financial System
David Moss
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management)
Geoffrey Jones
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Global Climate Change (also listed under Strategy)
Gunnar Trumbull
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Globalization and Emerging Markets
Reshmaan Hussam
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation
Sophus A. Reinert
Dante Roscini
January
2026
J 3.0
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy
Vincent Pons
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment
Meg Rithmire
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
RoGME: Role of Government in Market Economies
Matthew Weinzierl
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics
Matthew Weinzierl
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent (also listed under General Management)
Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
3 Technologies that Will Change the World
Shikhar Ghosh
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Avoiding Startup Failure
DJ DiDonna
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
B2B Sales and Distribution (also listed under Marketing)
Lou Shipley
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management)
Benjamin N. Roth
Natalia Rigol
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under General Management and Marketing)
Kash Rangan
Benjamin N. Roth
Natalia Rigol
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry (also listed under General Management)
Michael S. Kaufman
Andy Pforzheimer
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism
Tom Nicholas
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance)
Sabrina Howell
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) (also listed under Finance)
Raymond Kluender
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling
Mark Roberge
Lou Shipley
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Mark Roberge
Lou Shipley
DJ DiDonna
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team
Lou Shipley
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy)
Geoffrey Jones
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences (also listed under General Management)
Satish Tadikonda
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Business of the Arts (also listed under General Management)
Rohit Deshpande
Henry McGee
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance)
Randolph Cohen
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Finance)
Randolph Cohen
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study
Lou Shipley
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation
Thomas Eisenmann
Shai Bernstein
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Investing for Impact (also listed under General Management)
Archie L. Jones
Emily R. McComb
Brian Trelstad
Gerald Chertavian
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation
Satish Tadikonda
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Finance and General Management)
John Dionne
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations
Christina Wallace
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Venture Capital Journey
Jeffrey Bussgang
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Finance)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Founder Launch
Reza Satchu
Shai Bernstein
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
The Founder Mindset
Reza Satchu
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Global Entrepreneurship (also listed under Finance)
Paul Gompers
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero (also listed under General Management)
Vikram Gandhi
January
2026
J 3.0
IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI
Mark Roberge
January
2026
J 3.0
Launch Lab/Capstone 1
Alan MacCormack
Russell J Wilcox
January
2026
J 3.0
Launch Lab/Capstone 2
Alan MacCormack
Russell J Wilcox
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Launching Global Ventures
DJ DiDonna
Ebehi Iyoha
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Launching Tech Ventures (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Jeffrey Bussgang
Allison Mnookin
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)
John Batter
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Navigating Your Worth:  AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise
Zoe Cullen
Shikhar Ghosh
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Product Management
Sara McKinley Torti
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)
Mitchell Weiss
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate Private Equity (also listed under Finance)
Nori Gerardo Lietz
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Scaling Technology Ventures
Jeffrey Rayport
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs (also listed under Strategy)
Rembrand Koning
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) (also listed under Accounting & Management)
Tatiana Sandino
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Tough Tech Ventures
Joshua Lev Krieger
Jim Matheson
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Turnarounds and Transformation (also listed under Organizational Behavior)
Ranjay Gulati
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Jo Tango
Archie L. Jones
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Finance
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO)
C. Fritz Foley
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring
Stuart C. Gilson
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Sabrina Howell
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Raymond Kluender
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Randolph Cohen
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Randolph Cohen
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management)
John Dionne
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar
Sara Fleiss
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms
Jason Pananos
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Richard Ruback
Royce Yudkoff
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Global Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Paul Gompers
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital
Paul Gompers
Richard Ruback
January
2026
J 3.0
Investment Management and Capital Markets
Luis Viceira
Emil Siriwardane
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies
William Vrattos
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services
David Scharfstein
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Market Perspectives
Robin Greenwood
Richard Ruback
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Private Equity Finance
Ted Berk
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate Investing
Dwight Angelini
W. Matt Kelly
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Real Estate Private Equity (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Nori Gerardo Lietz
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property
John Macomber
Camille Douglas
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) (also listed under Strategy)
Scott Mayfield
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Sustainable Investing
Vikram Gandhi
Shawn Cole
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
General Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Willy Shih
Derek van Bever
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Willy Shih
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Willy Shih
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Building Trusted Organizations
Sandra Sucher
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Benjamin N. Roth
Natalia Rigol
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing)
Anita Elberse
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management)
Kash Rangan
Benjamin N. Roth
Natalia Rigol
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)
Debora L. Spar
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Michael S. Kaufman
Andy Pforzheimer
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management)
Robert Simons
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under Organizational Behavior)
Lynn Paine
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar)
Andy Zelleke
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Crucibles of Crisis Leadership
Nancy Koehn
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty
William Kirby
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Energy
Dustin Tingley
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management)
Geoffrey Jones
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Satish Tadikonda
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Business of the Arts (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Rohit Deshpande
Henry McGee
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Ben Creo
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Ben Creo
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Field Course: Investing for Impact (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Archie L. Jones
Emily R. McComb
Brian Trelstad
Gerald Chertavian
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Finance and Entrepreneurial Management)
John Dionne
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising
Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie
January
2026
J 3.0
IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Vikram Gandhi
January
2026
J 3.0
IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub
Amy Schulman
Nitin Nohria
January
2026
J 3.0
Innovating in Health Care (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Ben Creo
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
John Batter
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness
Arthur Brooks
Spring
2025
Q3 1.5
The Moral Leader
Joseph Badaracco
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Mitchell Weiss
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC)
Gerald Chertavian
Brian Trelstad
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders
Nien-hê Hsieh
Derek van Bever
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship
John Jong-Hyun Kim
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under Strategy)
Leemore S. Dafny
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)
Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Marketing
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
B2B Sales and Distribution (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Lou Shipley
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under General Management)
Anita Elberse
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management)
Kash Rangan
Benjamin N. Roth
Natalia Rigol
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Brand Value
Julian de Freitas
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Digital Marketing & AI Workshop
Jacob Cook
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem (also listed under Strategy)
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Tomomichi Amano
January
2026
J 3.0
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture
Tomomichi Amano
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Managing Customers for Growth
Eva Ascarza
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals
James Sebenius
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Deals
Guhan Subramanian
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Deals Q2
Guhan Subramanian
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others
Ashley Whillans
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Negotiation
Katherine Coffman
Kevin Mohan
Julian J. Zlatev
Max H. Bazerman
Michael Norton
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Livia Alfonsi
Alex Chan
Jillian Jordan
Amit Goldenberg
Kadeem Noray
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation and Diplomacy
James Sebenius
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
TALK
Alison Wood Brooks
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity
Deepak Malhotra
Kevin Mohan
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Organizational Behavior
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Authentic Leader Development
Robin Ely
Monique Burns Thompson
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under General Management)
Lynn Paine
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA
Leslie Perlow
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP)
Ryan Raffaelli
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (also listed under Strategy)
David G. Fubini
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Power and Influence for Positive Impact
Julie Battilana
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Turnarounds and Transformation (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Ranjay Gulati
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Eric J. Van den Steen
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Driving Profitable Growth (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Juan Alcacer
Raffaella Sadun
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Global Climate Change (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy)
Gunnar Trumbull
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem (also listed under Marketing)
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Tomomichi Amano
January
2026
J 3.0
IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification
Tarun Khanna
Andy Zelleke
January
2026
J 3.0
Innovating at Scale
Maria Roche
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Leading a Family Business
Josh Baron
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) (also listed under Technology & Operations Management)
Amy Edmondson
Tiona Zuzul
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (also listed under Organizational Behavior)
David G. Fubini
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation
Jorge Tamayo
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Jorge Tamayo
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
OWN: The Power of Company Ownership
Josh Baron
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) (also listed under Finance)
Scott Mayfield
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Strategy and Technology
David Yoffie
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Andy Wu
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Rembrand Koning
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under General Management)
Leemore S. Dafny
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Technology & Operations Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management)
Willy Shih
Derek van Bever
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive (also listed under General Management)
Willy Shih
Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Willy Shih
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Demystifying the Family Enterprise
Christina Wing
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Designing Tech Ventures
Robert Howe
Tom Clay
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Digital Operations
Antonio Moreno
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Driving Profitable Growth (also listed under Strategy)
Juan Alcacer
Raffaella Sadun
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care (also listed under General Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Ben Creo
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 (also listed under General Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Ben Creo
Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Generative AI for Business Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management)
Suraj Srinivasan
Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Innovating in Health Care (also listed under General Management)
Regina Herzlinger
Ben Creo
Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Launching Tech Ventures (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management)
Jeffrey Bussgang
Allison Mnookin
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) (also listed under Strategy)
Amy Edmondson
Tiona Zuzul
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Service Operations
Ryan Buell
Robert Markey
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Supply Chain Management
Kris Ferreira
Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Ananth Raman
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery (also listed under Accounting & Management)
Susanna Gallani
Robert Huckman
Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
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