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Accounting & Management
Curriculum & coursework.
Our programs are full-time degree programs which officially begin in August. Students are expected to complete their program in five years. Typically, the first two years are spent on coursework, at the end of which students take a field exam, and then another three years on dissertation research and writing.
Students in the Accounting and Management program must complete a minimum of 13 semester-long doctoral courses in the areas of business management theory, economic theory, quantitative research methods, academic field seminars, and two MBA elective curriculum courses. In addition to HBS courses, students may take courses at other Harvard Schools and MIT.
Research & Dissertation
Students in accounting and management begin research in their first year typically by working with a faculty member. By their third and fourth years, most students are launched on a solid research and publication stream. In Accounting and Management, the dissertation may take the form of three publishable papers or one longer dissertation.
Recent questions students have explored include: the ways in which managers use retail-level marketing actions to influence the timing of consumer purchases in relation to their firms’ fiscal calendars and financial performance as well as those of their competitors; the role of accounting information in strategic human resource decisions; the evolution, consequences and institutional determinants of unregulated financial reporting practices; the effects of adopting rolling forecasts on forecast quality.
Elliot Tobin
“ I’m constantly inspired to look into new research angles by the brilliant people I run into on campus every day. ”
Current HBS Faculty
- Brian K. Baik
- Dennis Campbell
- Srikant M. Datar
- Aiyesha Dey
- Susanna Gallani
- Gunther Glenk
- Brian J. Hall
- Jonas Heese
- Robert S. Kaplan
- V.G. Narayanan
- Trung Nguyen
- Joseph Pacelli
- Lynn S. Paine
- Krishna G. Palepu
- Ananth Raman
- Edward J. Riedl
- Clayton S. Rose
- Ethan C. Rouen
- Tatiana Sandino
- David S. Scharfstein
- George Serafeim
- Anywhere Sikochi
- Robert Simons
- Eugene F. Soltes
- Suraj Srinivasan
- Adi Sunderam
- Charles C.Y. Wang
- Emily Williams
Current Accounting & Management Students
- Yaxuan Chen
- Ji Ho Kim
- Botir Kobilov
- Yiwei Li
- Trang Nguyen
- Konstantin Pavlenkov
- Ria Sen
- Terrence Shi
- Albert Shin
- Elliot Tobin
- Wenxin Wang
- Yina Yang
- Siyu Zhang
Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest
Recent placement, wilbur chen, 2022, alexandra scherf, 2021, jody grewal, 2019, andrew jing liu, 2018, hashim zaman, 2022, wei cai, 2020, matthew shaffer, 2019, jee eun shin, 2018, patrick ferguson, 2021, jihwon park, 2020, carolyn deller, 2018, aaron yoon, 2018.
- Harvard Business School →
- Doctoral Programs →
- PhD Programs
Accounting & Management
- Business Economics
- Health Policy (Management)
- Organizational Behavior
- Technology & Operations Management
- Program Requirements
Accounting & Management
Curriculum & coursework.
Our programs are full-time degree programs which officially begin in August. Students are expected to complete their program in five years. Typically, the first two years are spent on coursework, at the end of which students take a field exam, and then another three years on dissertation research and writing.
Students in the Accounting and Management program must complete a minimum of 13 semester-long doctoral courses in the areas of business management theory, economic theory, quantitative research methods, academic field seminars, and two MBA elective curriculum courses. In addition to HBS courses, students may take courses at other Harvard Schools and MIT.
Research & Dissertation
Students in accounting and management begin research in their first year typically by working with a faculty member. By their third and fourth years, most students are launched on a solid research and publication stream. In Accounting and Management, the dissertation may take the form of three publishable papers or one longer dissertation.
Recent questions students have explored include: the ways in which managers use retail-level marketing actions to influence the timing of consumer purchases in relation to their firms’ fiscal calendars and financial performance as well as those of their competitors; the role of accounting information in strategic human resource decisions; the evolution, consequences and institutional determinants of unregulated financial reporting practices; the effects of adopting rolling forecasts on forecast quality.
Elliot Tobin
“ I’m constantly inspired to look into new research angles by the brilliant people I run into on campus every day. ”
Current HBS Faculty
- Brian K. Baik
- Dennis Campbell
- Srikant M. Datar
- Aiyesha Dey
- Susanna Gallani
- Gunther Glenk
- Brian J. Hall
- Jonas Heese
- Robert S. Kaplan
- V.G. Narayanan
- Trung Nguyen
- Joseph Pacelli
- Lynn S. Paine
- Krishna G. Palepu
- Ananth Raman
- Edward J. Riedl
- Clayton S. Rose
- Ethan C. Rouen
- Tatiana Sandino
- David S. Scharfstein
- George Serafeim
- Anywhere Sikochi
- Robert Simons
- Eugene F. Soltes
- Suraj Srinivasan
- Adi Sunderam
- Charles C.Y. Wang
- Emily Williams
Current Accounting & Management Students
- Yaxuan Chen
- Ji Ho Kim
- Botir Kobilov
- Yiwei Li
- Trang Nguyen
- Konstantin Pavlenkov
- Ria Sen
- Terrence Shi
- Albert Shin
- Elliot Tobin
- Wenxin Wang
- Yina Yang
- Siyu Zhang
Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest
Recent placement, wilbur chen, 2022, alexandra scherf, 2021, jody grewal, 2019, andrew jing liu, 2018, hashim zaman, 2022, wei cai, 2020, matthew shaffer, 2019, jee eun shin, 2018, patrick ferguson, 2021, jihwon park, 2020, carolyn deller, 2018, aaron yoon, 2018.
Business Administration
Harvard Business School offers a two-year, full-time MBA program with a general management curriculum focused on real-world practice. Becoming a student at HBS means joining a global community that propels lifelong learning and career support alongside peers, faculty, and staff who will both challenge you and cheer you on as you find and accelerate your path. Learn about joint degree programs.
Jointly administered by HBS and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Ph.D. in business administration grounds students in disciplinary theories and methods and trains them to apply these theories and methods in academic research on important business problems. The program has four areas of study: accounting and management, marketing, strategy, and technology and operations management. The program prepares students for a career in academia at top business schools and research institutions around the world.
Program Type
- Combined Degree (4)
- Degree Granting (72)
- Summer Programs (1)
- Visiting Students (4)
Academic Areas
- Arts & Architecture (4)
- Biological Sciences (4)
- Engineering & Applied Sciences (10)
- Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (14)
- History (14)
- Humanities (22)
- Languages (9)
- Mathematics (2)
- Medical Sciences (7)
- Physical Sciences (6)
- Social Sciences (21)
Degrees Offered
- AB/AM, AB/SM (1)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (68)
- Master of Arts (AM) (8)
- Master of Engineering (ME) (2)
- Master of Science (SM) (4)
GRE Requirement
- Not Accepted (28)
- Optional (28)
- Required (14)
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Students in the Accounting and Management program must complete a minimum of 13 semester-long doctoral courses in the areas of business management theory, economic theory, quantitative research methods, academic field seminars, and two MBA elective curriculum courses. In addition to HBS courses, students may take courses at other Harvard ...
The doctoral program in Accounting and Management, which falls under the PhD in Business Administration, focuses on understanding the role of information and measurement systems for: allocating resources among firms in the economy and between departments or divisions of individual firms; rewarding and monitoring the performance of managers; formulating, executing and evaluating strategy by ...
Harvard Griffin GSAS has offered PhD programs in collaboration with HBS since 1916. In addition to business administration, Harvard Griffin GSAS and HBS collaborate on programs in business economics , organizational behavior, and health policy (management track). Additional information on the graduate program is available from the Department of ...
The PhD degree in Business Administration is a jointly offered program between the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. The program consists of five fields: Accounting and Management, Marketing (Quantitative and Consumer Behavior), Strategy, and Technology and Operations Management.
Harvard Business School. Harvard Business School offers a two-year, full-time MBA program with a general management curriculum focused on real-world practice. Becoming a student at HBS means joining a global community that propels lifelong learning and career support alongside peers, faculty, and staff who will both challenge you and cheer you ...
Degrees Offered. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Deadline. Dec 01, 2023 | 05:00 pm. Next. The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is a leading institution of graduate study, offering PhD and select master’s degrees as well as opportunities to study without pursuing a degree as a visiting student.
Essays in Financial Accounting Standard Setting A dissertation presented by Abigail McIntosh Allen to The Accounting & Management Department In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Business Administration in the subject of Accounting & Management Harvard Business School Boston, Massachusetts May 2013
Discover finance & accounting cases featuring protagonists of color that have been recommended by Harvard Business School faculty. Give your students hands-on experience making accounting decisions. Explore a collection of accounting cases featuring female protagonists curated by the HBS Gender Initiative.