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  • May 1996 (Revised July 1998)
  • Case

Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Krishna G. Palepu, Ahu Bhasin, Mihir A. Desai and Sarayu Srinivasan
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
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  • March 2006
  • Course Overview Note

International Finance: A Course Overview Note

By: Mihir A. Desai
Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Ventures; Integration; Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Risk Management; Competitive Advantage; Motivation and Incentives; International Finance; Capital Markets
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  • 30 May 2013
  • News

Tax Only the Income Earned in the U.S.

  • Web

Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Research Shai Benjamin Bernstein MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Business Administration Mihir A. Desai Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking... View Details
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

and benefits and that bundled legislation is valued more than the sum of its parts. Study 2 shows this finding stems from a diminished focus on losses and heightened focus on gains. Study 3 extends our findings to policies involving costs and benefits of the same type... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms

By: Mihir A. Desai
Tax policy toward American multinational firms would appear to be approaching a crossroads. The presumed linkages between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Taxation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; United States
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  • Web

Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

statements, such as balance sheets and income statements. 8 weeks, 6–8 hrs/week Enroll by April 17 $1,850 Certificate Leading with Finance Professor Mihir Desai Build an... View Details
  • 14 Apr 2015
  • News

How crowdsourcing could help simplify America’s tax code

  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Mihir Desai (MBA 1993) This modified case discussion did not require pre-reading. + More Info – Less Info How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their... View Details
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Faculty - U.S. Competitiveness

Faculty Project Co-chair Michael E. Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Emeritus Project Co-chair Jan W. Rivkin C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration Mihir A. Desai... View Details
  • Article

Czech Mate: Expropriation and Investor Protection in a Converging World

By: Mihir A. Desai and Alberto Moel
This paper examines the expropriation of a foreign investor by a local partner and the subsequent resolution of that case through international arbitration in favor of the investor. Despite the investor's 99% interest in joint venture, the local partner managed to... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Capital Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Geographic Location; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Courts and Trials; Rights; Czech Republic; United States
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  • June 2009
  • Journal Article

Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities

By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment (FPI) or foreign direct investment (FDI). The worldwide tax regime employed by the U.S. potentially distorts this choice by penalizing FDI, relative to FPI, in... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Portfolio; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Diversification; United States
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  • Web

Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Professor Mihir Desai Build an intuitive understanding of financial principles to better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business performance, and grow your career. 6 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Enroll... View Details
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the steps needed by business and government to restore economic growth and shared prosperity (2016, Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided, with Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, and Manjari Raman). In 2016,... View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Finance , October 2009). Mihir A. Desai : Winner of the Second Place 2007 Jensen Prize presented by Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate Finance and... View Details
  • Web

Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

final exam. 10-17 weeks, 8-15 hrs/week Apply by May 12 $2,650 Credential Leading with Finance Professor Mihir Desai Build an intuitive understanding of financial principles to... View Details
  • July 1994 (Revised October 1995)
  • Case

Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants

By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai
Underscores the arbitrage implicit in the pricing of a complex unit of debt and warrants issued by the Coca-Cola Co. View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Price; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 29 May 2008
  • News

America the Difficult

  • 2017
  • Book

The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return

By: Mihir Desai
The Wisdom of Finance takes well-known financial concepts and applies them to our most pressing life issues. The book is philosophical in its approach, but Desai's thesis is peppered with real-life examples of how financial types can and should see the world... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Financial Institutions; Ethics; Values and Beliefs
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  • July–August 2012
  • Article

A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses

By: Mihir Desai
The article argues that U.S. taxation reform should reduce corporate taxes, incorporate an awareness of the global marketplace, and generate revenue-neutral incentives for innovation. According to the article, a reduction in corporate tax rates would be offset by a tax... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Taxation; Globalization; Labor; Innovation and Invention; United States
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