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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

David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking and Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs (Business School)

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 Administration

David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking and Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs (Business School) (Chair)


Subcommittee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics

Leemore M Dafny, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration (Business School) (Co-Chair)
Robin M Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School) (Co-Chair)
John L Beshears, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
John Y Campbell, Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
Scott D. Kominers, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Robin S. Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics (fall term only)
Raffaella Sadun, Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor (Business School)
David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking and Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs (Business School) (ex officio)
Aditya V. Sunderam, Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)


Subcommittee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Behavior

Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School) (Chair)
Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology
Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Laura Huang, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Peter Marsden, Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology
Jeffrey Polzer, UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management (Business School)
Lakshmi Ramarajan, Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking and Banking and Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs (Business School) (ex officio)
Ashley Whillans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)

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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