Haas Ph.D. Program
Overview
Business and Public Policy (BPP) is an interdisciplinary program of rigorous study for students interested in conducting research on these and other questions involving the interaction of institutional design and analysis, economic incentives, firm strategy, public policy and political economy, and technology management. Students and faculty in this program employ the tools and insights of economics, political science, strategic management, and law to analyze a range of issues. Major areas of research include:
- Comparing the performance of firms, alliances, and markets in the coordination of economic activity, and developing the tools for choice among these mechanisms.
- Modeling the influence of political, legal, and social institutions on the behavior of private and public organizations.
- Analyzing the strategies of firms and governments in technology development and commercialization.
Students in the BPP program work under the guidance of faculty from the business school and across campus while retaining considerable flexibility to tailor their training to their individual research interests. The program combines a structured core curriculum with student-selected discipline training in economics, political science, or sociology.
