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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 Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Business Studies

Juan Alcacer, James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
John Y. Campbell, Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
Leemore S. Dafny, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School)
Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
John T. Gourville, Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr., Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Shane M. Greenstein, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Robin M. Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking (Business School)
Samuel G. Hanson, Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Laura Huang, Associate Professor, MBA Class of 1954 Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Scott D. Kominers, MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David I. Laibson, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics
Robin S. Lee, Professor of Economics
Hong Luo, James G. Dinan and Elizabeth R. Miller Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Peter V. Marsden, Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology
Michael I. Norton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics
Jeffrey T. 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)
Raffaella Sadun, Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking and Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs (Business School)
Mario L. Small, Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology
Suraj Srinivasan, Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Aditya V. Sunderam, Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Charles C. Y. Wang, Glenn and Mary Jane Creamer Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Ashley V. Whillans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Feng Zhu, Piramal Associate 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 and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Committee, chaired by Professor David Scharfstein, 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)
Juan Alcacer, James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School)
John Gourville, Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr., Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Shane M Greenstein, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
David I. Laibson, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics
Hong Luo, James G. Dinan and Elizabeth R. Miller Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Michael Norton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Suraj Srinivasan, Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Charles C. Y. Wang, Glenn and Mary Jane Creamer Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Feng Zhu, Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)


Subcommittee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics

Leemore S. 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 Y. Campbell, Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
Samuel Hanson, Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Scott D. Kominers, MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Robin S. Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics
Raffaella Sadun, Professor of Business Administration (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 C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management (Business School) (Chair)
Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Laura Huang, MBA Class of 1954 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)
Mario Small, Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology
Ashley Whillans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Business School)

Additional Information

The Ph.D. programs in Business Administration, 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 additional information, please visit https://www.hbs.edu/doctoral
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