Bharat N. Anand

Confidence 0.70 · 1 source · last confirmed 2026-04-28

Bharat N. Anand is the Richard R. West Dean and a professor of business administration at New York University’s Stern School of Business (NYU Stern). Strategy scholar and longtime HBR contributor.

Co-author with Andy Wu of “The Gen AI Playbook for Organizations” in Harvard Business Review Nov–Dec 2025 — introducing the 2×2 framework for choosing where and how to deploy gen AI (cost of errors × type of knowledge), and the paradox of access argument about why AI may not produce sustained competitive advantage. See organizational-frameworks-for-ai-adoption.

Open questions

• Anand’s longer-form work — books, prior HBR articles. The “Internet 1.0 → AI” pattern in the GenAI Playbook hints at deeper digital-strategy work worth tracing.
• His role at NYU Stern as Dean — when he started, what strategic priorities define his tenure.