Mihir A. Desai
Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance,
Harvard Business School
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Publications
Harvard Business School Cases & Teaching Notes
“Foreign Exchange Markets and Transactions” (w/ K. Luchs and C. Pham) HBS Case 205-016.
“Exchange Rate Policy at the Monetary Authority of Singapore” (w/ M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-037.
“Innocents Abroad: Currencies and Stock Returns” (w/ K. Luchs and M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-141.
“Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS” (w/ K. Luchs) HBS Case 205-026.
“Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures” (w/ M. Veblen) HBS Case 205-095.
“The Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A&B)” (w/ M. Veblen) HBS Cases 204-031 & 204-025.
“Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens” (w/ J. R. Hines Jr. and M. Veblen) HBS Case 203-008.
“Valuing a Cross-Border LBO: Bidding on the Yell Group” (w/ P. Notarnicola and M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-033.
“Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES” (w/ D. Schillinger) HBS Case 204-109.
“Dow Chemical’s Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina” (w/ A. de Royere, M. Veblen and K. Luchs) HBS Case 204-021.
“Drilling South: Petrobras Evaluates Pecom” (w/ R. Reisen de Pinho, M. Veblen and K. Luchs) HBS Case 204-043.
“Nestlé and Alcon: The Value of A Listing” (w/ A. Sjöman and V. Dessain) HBS Case 205-056.
“The Continuing Transformation of Asahi Glass: Implementing EVA” (w/ M. Egawa) HBS Case 205-030.
“Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios” (w/ G. Loeb and M. Veblen) HBS Case 203-005.
“Growing Up In China: The Financing of BabyCare” (w/ M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-029.
“Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (A, B1, B2, B3, C, D, &E)” (w/ A. Moel and K. Luchs) HBS Cases 204-118, 204-119, 204-120, 204-121, 204-122, 204-129 & 205-069.
“Antitrust Regulations in a Global Setting: The EU Investigation of the GE/Honeywell Merger” (w/ B. Villalonga and M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-081.
“Redesigning Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms” (w/ K. Luchs, C. Pham and J. Stevens) HBS Case 204-110.
“Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund” (w/ J. Stevens) HBS Case 204-019.
“Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere” (w/ F. Williamson and M. Veblen) HBS Case 202-044.
“Valuing Project Achieve” (w/ K. Luchs) HBS Case 201-080.
“Laura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry” (w/ P. Tufano) HBS Case 201-004.
“The Financing of Project Achieve (A&B)” HBS Cases 200-042 & 200-053.
“Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India” (w/ K. Palepu and V. Rangan) HBS Case 596-099.
“Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants” (w/ S. Mason) HBS Case 295-007.
“COUGARs” (w/ S. Mason) HBS Case 295-006.
Harvard Business School Course & Module Notes
“International Finance: A Course Overview Note" Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 206-107
“Exchange Rates and Global Markets: A Module Note" Harvard Business School Module Note 206-122.
“Exchange Rates and Firms: A Module Note” Harvard Business School Module Note 206-123.
“Financing Decisions within the Firm: A Module Note” Harvard Business School Module Note 206-124.
“Valuing Cross-Border Investments: A Module Note” Harvard Business School Module Note 206-125.
“Cross-Border Financial Opportunities: A Module Note” Harvard Business School Module Note 206-126.
“Finance in Weak Institutional Environments: A Module Note” Harvard Business School Module Note 206-127.
“International Regulatory Regimes: A Module Note” Harvard Business School Module Note 206-128.
Harvard Business School Notes
“Note on International Tax Regimes” (w/ M. Veblen) Harvard Business School Background Note 206-014.
“Cross-Border Listings and Depositary Receipts” (w/ A. Dave, K. Luchs, M. Raga-Frances and M. Veblen) Harvard Business School Background Note 204-022.
“The Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance” (w/ G. Loeb and M. Veblen) Harvard Business School Background Note 203-007.
“Subscriber Models” (w/ R. Greenwood and L. White) Harvard Business School Background Note 205-061.
“Understanding Economic Value Added” (w/ F. Ferri and S. Treadwell) Harvard Business School Background Note 206-016.