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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
John L. Beshears, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Leemore S. Dafny, MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology
Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School)
Francesca Gino, Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Robin M. Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School)
Robin S. Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics (on leave Fall term)
Peter V. Marsden, Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics
Jeffrey T. Polzer, UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management (Business School)
Lakshmi Ramarajan, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Raffaella Sadun, Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor (Business School)
David S. Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School)
Jeremy C. Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics
Aditya V. Sunderam, Assistant Professor of Business Administration) (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 Economics

David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School) (Chair)
Pol Antras, Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics
John Leonard Beshears, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Leemore Sharon Dafny, MBA Class of 1960 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)
Jeremy C. Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics
Aditya Sunderam, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)


Subcommittee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Behavior

Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology (Chair)
Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School)
Francesca Gino, Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Peter V. Marsden, Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology
Jeffrey Polzer, UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management (Business School)
Lakshmi Ramarajan, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David Scharfstein, Chair of the Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Business Studies (ex officio)

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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