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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
Desai, Mihir A.; Antoniou, Suzanne; Fan, LeanneCase HBS-221039-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHow should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to pushStarting at €8.20
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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations, Teaching Note
Desai, Mihir A.; Antoniou, SuzanneTeaching Note HBS-221044-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHow should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government of Tulsa to pay reparations for the massacre. In 2020, after no direct reparations and largely symbolic governmental efforts, Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, the descendant of massacre survivors, wondered if that call would...Starting at €0.00
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The Incentive Bubble
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R1203M-ELeadership and People ManagementThe past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive contracts for investors, and the rise of alternative assets have dramatically altered the nature and level of incentives and rewards in our society, on both sides of the capital market. These cha...Starting at €8.20
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A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R1207N-EEconomicsThe U.S. corporate tax code is broken. High rates and perverse incentives drive capital away from the corporate sector and toward other uses and countries. This is bad news for U.S. workers, because corporations aren't making investments that would increase productivity and real wages. And while one might think higher rates lead to higher revenues, the U.S. actually collects less in taxes (as a percentage of GDP) than most other developed nations...Starting at €8.20
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Transactional and Translational Exposures (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-208S06Financea significant exposure to the Canadian dollar with adverse accounting consequences and GM's exposure to the Argentinean currency when devaluation is widely anticipated. Students must evaluate the risks General Motors faces in each situation and consider which hedging strategy--if any--might be appropriate. Additionally, asks students to analyze the financial costs and accounting treatment of alternative derivative transactions for hedging purpos...Starting at €8.20
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The Finance Function in a Global Corporation
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R0807K-EFinanceAs corporations go global, capital markets open up within them, giving companies a powerful mechanism for arbitrage across national financial markets. But in managing their internal markets to build an advantage, CFOs must balance the opportunities with the challenges of operating in multiple environments. By exploiting their internal capital markets, CFOs can create value in three functions: Financing. A CFO can reduce a group's tax bill by, for...Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; De Royere, AlexandraCase HBS-209S06FinanceWhat price should Dow Chemical bid for PBB, a petrochemical complex that is being privatized by the Argentine government? To answer this question, students are forced to consider the role of country risk, the underlying currency exposure of the business, and how to value an investment opportunity that has several stages. Given that it is a privatization, students are also forced to consider the political dynamics involved, the incentives of local...Starting at €8.20
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Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures (Portuguese version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-223P09FinanceHow should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions. Although the overall corporate hedging policy provides a consistent approach to the fore...Starting at €8.20
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Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-205095-EFinanceHow should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions. Although the overall corporate hedging policy provides a consistent approach to the fore...Starting at €8.20