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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
discover what's behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income statements. 8 weeks, 6–8 hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate Leading with Finance Professor Mihir Desai... View Details
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
industry-leading experts from companies like Heineken, Biogen, and Sanford C. Bernstein. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Mihir View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
healthier alternative candy bar snack. Business Track, 2025 Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Business Track Winner Accelerating AI model development for physical AI. HydroHaul Eli Litchman (MBA 2025) Fenil View Details
- September 2004 (Revised February 2007)
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Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS
By: Mihir A. Desai, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
The American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) organizes study abroad programs and cultural exchanges for American students. The firm's revenues are mainly in U.S. dollars, but most of its costs are in eurodollars and British pounds. The company's controllers review... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Revenue; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Education Industry; North and Central America
Desai, Mihir A., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS." Harvard Business School Case 205-026, September 2004. (Revised February 2007.)
- September 2013
- Case
The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013
By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Accounting Statements; Ratio Analysis; Financial Statements; Finance
Desai, Mihir A., William E. Fruhan Jr., and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013." Harvard Business School Case 214-028, September 2013.
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
The Tulsa Massacre, which took place from May 31 to June 1, 1921, remains one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. Ashley McCray (MBA 2022) was a little nervous as she prepared to join 700 of her first-year classmates in February for a virtual... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
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Thinking Smart About Numbers
Clubs News Clubs News Clubs Welcome Professor Desai The HBS Club of Toronto was one of several alumni clubs to host HBS and HLS Professor Mihir Desai during his 2019 tour for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2017
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Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
going to have to use our strength in numbers to change the national la-la-land conversation on retirement-income security.” —Elizabeth White (MBA 1988), on navigating the financial challenges she faced, from Fifty-Five, Unemployed, and Faking Normal First Look... View Details
- May 1996 (Revised July 1998)
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Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)
A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector. The process of incorporating the project is captured in this case. The American company will own and operate the plant in... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Private Sector; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Agreements and Arrangements; Private Ownership; Projects; Energy Industry; India; United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Krishna G. Palepu, Ahu Bhasin, Mihir A. Desai, and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 596-099, May 1996. (Revised July 1998.)
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator V.G. Narayanan Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School View Details
- September 2013
- Teaching Note
The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013
By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14... View Details
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Tulsa Massacre | Information Technology
A. Desai ; Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance Previous Previous Next Previous Next More Featured Cases The Reinvention of Kodak Professor Ryan Raffaelli, Dave Habeeb, Ruth Page Success Academy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
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Bottom-Line Discrepancies
On the one hand, your company did extremely well last year. You reported large profits to your shareholders. On the other hand, last year was very difficult for your company. Your tax returns showed losses. Such a scenario is more and more common, according to HBS... View Details
- November 2005 (Revised July 2006)
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Understanding Economic Value Added
By: Mihir A. Desai, Fabrizio Ferri and Steve Treadwell
Explores the concept of economic value added (EVA) and its practical applications as a management control system for performance measurement and incentive compensation. Explains how EVA is measured and explores some of the adjustments to financial statements that are... View Details
Keywords: Value
Desai, Mihir A., Fabrizio Ferri, and Steve Treadwell. "Understanding Economic Value Added." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-016, November 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
- 01 Jun 2017
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Powered by the HBS Fund
productivity. Professor Emeritus Robert S. Kaplan explain how he uses action research to lower the cost of health care. Professor Mihir Desai talk about his research and his testimony before Congress on... View Details
- December 2018
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The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018
By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan, Jr., Leanne Fan and Adil Bhatia
Desai, Mihir A., William E. Fruhan, Jr., Leanne Fan, and Adil Bhatia. "The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018." Harvard Business School Case 219-046, December 2018.
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Research in Action - Alumni
worldwide. Four faculty members talk about how they identify and explore the ideas that fuel their teaching and influence business practice. Taxation in a Global Context Professor Mihir Desai explains the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Undergrads Tackle Business Research
the seeds for the next generation of HBS faculty,” says HBS professor Mihir Desai, the program’s chair. PRIMO is one of HBS’s new initiatives to expand the School’s collaborative efforts with the University, a key goal of Dean Nitin... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001
the Required Curriculum category were Michael E. Porter (Competition and Strategy) and Mihir A. Desai (Finance), who were joined by André F. Perold (Finance) and Benjamin C.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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What’s in a Name
Late last fall, Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994) made a guest appearance on After Hours, the podcast where HBS professors discuss current events. (The podcast is part of the TED Audio Collective.) Chugh was joined by professors Mihir View Details