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Business Studies - Chairs and Directors

Chair of the Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Business Studies: David Scharfstein

Faculty of the Committee on Higher Degrees in Business Studies

Pol Antras, Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics
Julie Battilana, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology
John Campbell, Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology
Benjamin Edelman, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School)
Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Robin Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School)
Robin Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics
Joshua Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking (Business School)
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics
Raffaella Sadun, Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School)
Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology (on leave Spring term)

The Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Business Studies is a joint committee consisting of members from both the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The Committee, chaired by Professor David Scharfstein (Business School), is composed of the following subcommittees:

Sub Committee Members


Subcommittee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics

David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School) (Chair)
Pol Antras, Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics
John Campbell, Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
Benjamin Edelman, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Robin Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School)
Robin Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics
Joshua Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking (Business School)
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics
Raffaella Sadun, Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)


Subcommittee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Behavior

Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology (Chair)
Julie Battilana, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology
Amy Claire Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School)
Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School) (ex officio)
Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology

Additional Information

PhD programs in Business Economics and Organizational Behavior are administered by the Standing Committee on Higher degrees in Business Studies. These programs are intended for students who wish to enter careers in scholarship and advanced research. For the latest Doctoral Program course offerings from the Harvard Business School, please visit http://www.hbs.edu/doctoral/registrar/course.html
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