Here is the agenda that I try to keep when meeting with PhD students. It is a bit formulaic, but experience suggests that it works. My own research also improves if I keep asking myself these questions.
I'm working to develop on some rules-of-thumb for good etiquette in empirical research. I find it very useful in PhD teaching, where students are often looking for a checklist of things to do once they have chosen a particular method. This list is a work in progress, so feel free to send me your suggestions.
MBA-level class on innovation and technology management.
PhD-level methods class focused on applying methods for causal inference from observational data with applications to strategy, business and industrial economics.
Boston University introductory class in business strategy and innovation for undergraduates.
MBA-level core class in business strategy.
This is a list of some classic readings in strategy that might interest anyone whose curiosity was piqued in their introductory strategy class or electives.
This is a list to some readings that should interest an incoming first-year Strategy PhD student (developed with help of the BU S&I department).
This is a link to the AnnualSales.xls worksheet that will be used in the Boston University EMBA pre-program Data Analysis module. Here are the class slides in Powerpoint and pdf formats.
This is a link to data on selling price and appraised values for single family homes in Brookline, MA in 2011. These data are available in both Stata and Excel file formats. Here are the slides to accompany the video (in pptx and pdf format) and a map of Brookline (with neighborhood codes) for those who are interested.
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