Mihir Desai on Apple's Powerful Financial Model | The Parlor Room: Season 1, Ep. 1

In this debut episode of The Parlor Room, host and Harvard Business School Online Creative Director Chris Linnane sits down with HBS Professor Mihir Desai to discuss how Apple's financial model contributes to its success and illustrates a critical lesson about risk management.
GUEST
Mihir Desai, Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School
RESOURCES
Leading with Finance, Professor Desai's HBS Online course (hbs.me/mud74b2p)
Professor Desai's books:
- The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return (hbs.me/5y7cbtz2)
- How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers (hbs.me/3ut4p3zw)
- International Finance: A Casebook (hbs.me/4jjzrkdr)
Related HBS Online blog posts:
- What Jane Austen and Mel Brooks Can Teach Us About Finance (hbs.me/3d86jkmp)
- 3 Financial Principles Every Professional Should Know (hbs.me/3r483n78)
- The Importance of Financial Literacy in Business (hbs.me/5x3sxd56)
- How to Learn Finance without a Finance Background (hbs.me/4ysncnzs)
- Which HBS Online Finance & Accounting Course Is Right for You? (hbs.me/599xbekr)
Listen to this episode on your favorite podcast platform: hbs.me/yckr2t6k
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[@ramirofernando5025]

Amazing podcast, Professor Mihir is one of the best teachers I have ever had, I am enjoying the course Leading with Finance, and look forward for the specialization with finance & accounting.

[@jamesdubela4605]

Whether it’s baseball or a new podcast series, having a strong lead off hitter is crucial to success. Home run! Learned much from Prof Desai’s class & books; never stop learning.

[@jkrasney1]

Optionality - at its finest, where most, if not all of us - have experienced. In other words, the situation - asking a girl to the prom. Yet, alternatively, another girl is going to ask you to the prom. And you are trying (deliberately) not to interact with that girl (the different girl), who wants to ask you and interact with us. What do you do? So you possess the courage to pose the question: "Do you want to go to the prom" - will the girl accept your invitation (or will there be a long silence, where she debates in her mind, "Well there may be someone - out there - better"). Maybe there is a better offer available - if I just would wait. Risk Management - illustrating a critical lesson. Tremendous insight & vivid example.

[@jai_jpg]

What a brilliant episode!!

[@leonhardbauer8624]

Thank you for this episode.