Gregory La Blanc

Lecturer (continuing) at Haas School of Business

Schools

Haas School of Business
Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Biography

Gregory LaBlanc, JD Lecturer Haas School of Business, Boalt Hall School of Law, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley

At Haas, Greg teaches primarily in the areas of finance and strategy in the MBA and MFE programs and in Executive Education. Greg has also worked in competitive intelligence and litigation consulting and has advised consulting teams in finance, marketing, and strategy. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, finance, and psychology, in the area of business strategy and risk management. Greg is the recipient of teaching awards including the Earl F. Cheit Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2009; and the Haas EWMBA Graduate Instructor of the year, 2004-2005.

Greg received a B.A. (History, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics) and a B.S. Economics (Business Administration) from the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued his education as a University Scholar and graduate fellow, studying in the schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Law. He later pursued a J.D. at the George Mason University and an L.L.M at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall. Greg has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in all areas of business. Prior to arriving at the Haas School in 2005, Greg taught at Wharton, Duke, and the University of Virginia.

Haas School of Business

Education
LLM Program, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
JD, George Mason University
ABD, Financial History, University of Pennsylvania
BS, Political Science, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
BA, History/Economics/Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Positions Held
At Haas since 2005
2005 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business and Boalt Hall School of Law
1999 – 2005, Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
1995 – 1999, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Duke University
1994, Lecturer, Departments of Finance and Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Current Research and Interests
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Data and analytics strategy

Business model innovation
Alternative investment strategies
Evolutionary decision theory
Behavioral law and economics
Behavioral corporate finance
Complex adaptive systems
Information in organizations

Selected Papers and Publications
- “In Praise of Irrational Investors,” with Jeffrey Rachlinski, in The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior, edited by Vernon Smith. 2005.

Teaching
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Data science and data strategy MBA 236

Data and decisions MBA 200s
Analytics of workplace, workforce, and wellness MBA 296
Strategic leadership MBA 299
Microeconomics for decision making MBA 201
Financial Institutions and Markets, MBA 232
Behavioral Finance, MBA 237
Introduction to Finance, UGBA 103
Corporate Financial Management, EWMBA 231
Competitive Strategy, EWMBA 299E
Financial Strategy, UGBA 137
Corporations I, LAW 250A

Honors and Awards
- UC Berkeley Presidential Teaching Fellow, 2009 - Earl F. Cheit Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2009 - Haas EWMBA Core Graduate Instructor of the year, 2004-2005 - John Olin Fellow, Boalt Hall, U of California, Berkeley, 2004-2005 - Robert Levy Fellow in Law and Economics, George Mason University School of Law, 1996-1999 - Mellon Fellow, University of Pennsylvania - University Scholar, University of Pennsylvania

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