by Mihir A. Desai - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

citizens for centuries of slavery and discrimination. View Video “We’re all in favor of rectifying injustice and addressing damages,” Desai says, “and yet the question of reparations is one of the thorniest questions we face. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

Corporations have traditionally considered taxes a painful but necessary cost of doing business. But this view has changed, says Harvard Business School professor Mihir A. Desai. With the advent of... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

thing, but like all avocations, you need a firm foundation to really enjoy it, and you never stop learning. Book Excerpt How Finance Works: The Three Mistakes Made in Valuation By Mihir View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Jul 2017
Book

What Jane Austen and Mel Brooks Can Teach Us About Finance

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration. Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Youngme Moon, and Mihir Desai. For HBS, which perhaps is seen by some as fastidious, high-brow, and inside... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

tax system can help us get there" On a recent and unexpectedly warm day for a New England fall, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge sat down to discuss tax policy in general and reform in particular with Professor Matthew C. Weinzierl and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

October 2003
Case

Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund

By: Mihir A. Desai and Julia Stevens

The Global Conservation Fund is an international nonprofit organization with a $100 million endowment and an exclusive focus on land preservation. The fund and its director must decide which projects to fund over the next year and what financing mechanism to use.... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Protection; Project Evaluation; Environmental Sustainability; Projects; Finance; Decision Making; Financial Instruments; Nonprofit Organizations

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Michael Brennan Best Paper Prize

By: Mihir A. Desai

Runner up for the 2009 Review of Financial Studies-Michael Brennan Best Paper Prize for his paper with C. Fritz Foley and Kristen Forbes, "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises" (November 2008). View Details

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Mihir View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Jul 2012
Article

A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses

an end to foreign-income tax would encourage U.S. multinationals to keep more money at home. Any revenue lost could be offset by a small tax on noncorporate business income, which is now exempted. Closing the chasm between how income is... View Details

02 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

not just in (what is now) the Czech Republic, but also in any country that lacks strong institutions and investor protections. As HBS professor Mihir A. Desai and the Monitor... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation