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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2020 (Revised November 2020)

  The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

  Mihir Desai, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan

  How 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 finally be answered. The upcoming centennial of the massacre, the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement, and discussions within the U.S. about reparations broadly have made the issue more salient. The case guides students to consider the specific issue of reparations for the Tulsa Massacre, the idea of reparations generally, and the use of reparations to respond to the effects of slavery and racist governmental policies in the U.S. The student also considers the role of business in responding to racial justice issues.

  Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States;

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  Desai, Mihir, Suzanne Antoniou, and Leanne Fan. "The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 221-039, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)  View Details

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• Report | 2019

  A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019

  Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr and Manjari Raman

  In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2019 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, this report—built on the survey findings and eight years of prior research on the competitiveness of the United States—highlights a disturbing pattern: despite a decade of steady economic growth since the Great Recession, America has done remarkably little to address underlying structural weaknesses in the country’s economy and society. The nation has squandered the recovery.

  Keywords: U.S. competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States;

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  Porter, Michael E., Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr, and Manjari Raman. "A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, December 2019.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | December 2018

  The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018

  Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan and Leanne Fan

  Teaching Note for HBS No. 219-046.

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  Desai, Mihir A., William E. Fruhan, and Leanne Fan. "The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 219-047, December 2018.  View Details

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