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- June 2014
- Case
Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
By the end of 2013, Apple had $137 billion dollars in cash and marketable securities. This case explores how companies can generate such large amounts of cash and how and if they should distribute it to shareholders, especially in the face of shareholder pressure. In...
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Keywords:
Apple;
Steve Jobs;
Forecast;
Forecasting;
Forecasting And Prediction;
Shareholder Activism;
Share Repurchase;
Dividends;
Financial Ratios;
Preferred Shares;
Cash Distribution;
Corporate Finance;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
Republic of Ireland
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Faculty - Faculty & Research
Administration Emanuele Colonnelli Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration Zoe B. Cullen Assistant Professor of Business Administration Mihir A. Desai Mizuho...
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Research - U.S. Competitiveness
Superintendents find new, deeper ways to work with business beyond a financial gift. Mar 2015 U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Tax Complexity and the Importance of Simplification By: Mihir A. View Details
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Advancing Racial Equity
Re: Summer Jackson 23 JAN 2024 | Stanford Social Innovation Review Action Plan We’ve developed a plan that makes clear where we stand and where we aim to go, including specific and measurable actions we’re committed to taking. See The Plan The Tulsa Massacre Case New...
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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...
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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. View Details
- May 1996 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
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...
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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.)
- 30 May 2013
- News
Tax Only the Income Earned in the U.S.
- 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...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Policy;
Taxation;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
United States
Desai, Mihir A. "Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-107, March 2009.
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
environment of collaboration and innovation between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences by supporting students enrolled in the MS/MBA joint degree program. E Sharyn...
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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...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Capital Markets;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Geographic Location;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Governance Controls;
Courts and Trials;
Rights;
Czech Republic;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., and Alberto Moel. "Czech Mate: Expropriation and Investor Protection in a Converging World." Review of Finance 12, no. 1 (2008): 221–251. (This paper is a revised version of ECGI Working Paper No. 62/2004.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards
The US corporate tax code is impeding the nation’s ability to compete in the worldwide economy, according to Mihir A. Desai (MBA 1993, PhD 1998), the Mizuho Financial Group...
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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,...
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Outstanding Faculty Service in recognition of the work done to create the General Management Program (GMP) as well as teaching and scholarship. C. Fritz Foley: Won with Mihir A. View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
families across the globe. Dean's Welcome AddressDean Srikant Datar + More Info – Less Info Hear an update on the Dean’s key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. Video Recording CASE STUDY The Tulsa Massacre and the Call...
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- 14 Apr 2015
- News
How crowdsourcing could help simplify America’s tax code
- 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.
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Mason, Scott P., and Mihir A. Desai. "Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants." Harvard Business School Case 295-007, July 1994. (Revised October 1995.)
- 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...
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Keywords:
International Finance;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Taxation;
Diversification;
United States
Desai, Mihir, and Dhammika Dharmapala. "Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities." Journal of Public Economics 93, nos. 5-6 (June 2009): 703–714.
- June 2015
- Case
The Valuation and Financing of Lady M Confections
By: Mihir A. Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This case explores the decision-making process that small, private businesses must undertake when considering an expansion and when selling equity to outside investors. In the process, students are asked to complete two exercises: a break-even analysis and a valuation...
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Keywords:
Lady M;
Bakery;
Foodservice Industry;
Breakeven Analysis;
Restaurant Industry;
Forecasting;
Forecast;
Financial Analysis;
Borrowing and Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Equity;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Finance;
Food;
Valuation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Desai, Mihir A., and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "The Valuation and Financing of Lady M Confections." Harvard Business School Case 215-047, June 2015.
- 2007
- Working Paper
Taxes and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from JGTRRA's Treatment of International Dividends
By: Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how taxes influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to 15% for American equities...
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