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- September 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Equity-Linked Consideration, Part 1: All-Stock Deals
What the acquiring company pays for a target in a merger or acquisition is called "consideration." Consideration can be in the form of cash, shares, or a combination of cash and shares. During the 1990s, equity-linked consideration became the dominant method of payment... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Equity-Linked Consideration, Part 2: Announcement Effects
The announcement of merger or acquisition conveys new information to the capital markets. Shareholders and portfolio managers assess the news and trade on the basis of their new appraisals of value. Thus, from the actual Pstks of the two companies one can infer from... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Equity-Linked Consideration, Part 3: Cash-and-Stock Deals
The consideration paid by an acquiring company to a target can be a combination of cash and stock. During the 1980s and 1990s, for example, approximately 12% to 13% of all deals between public companies involved both cash and stock. This case series describes the basic... View Details
- 2002
- Chapter
Managing in the Age of Modularity
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark
Keywords: Management
- 2002
- Working Paper
Where Do Transactions Come From? A Perspective from Engineering Design
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim Clark
- August 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
New Wachovia (A), The
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Jeremy Swinson
In April 2001, First Union Corp. announced an agreement to merge with Wachovia Corp., a fellow North Carolina-based commercial bank. While the banks were preparing to consummate the merger, SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta, made a hostile offer for Wachovia, setting in... View Details
- August 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
New Wachovia (B), The
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Jeremy Swinson
On August 3, 2001, after a hotly contested proxy fight, Wachovia Corp.'s shareholders voted to merge with First Union Corp. The managers of the two banks then turned to face the challenges of integrating the two organizations. Their task was to implement a "merger of... View Details
- 2002
- Working Paper
Institutional Forms, Part 1: The Technology of Design and Its Problems
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim Clark
- September 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Consideration: Floors, Caps, and Collars
As equity-linked consideration has become more popular in acquisition and alliances, so has the use of the "price-protection" mechanisms, known variously as floors, caps, and collars. In general, these are contractual agreements that provide insurance to the... View Details
- August 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Expectations
Reviews the mathematics of expectations embedded in a company's current stock price and the related (whole) enterprise value. Begins by showing how the current stock price can be compounded forward to arrive at an expectation one or more years in the future. Describes... View Details
- August 2001
- Case
Finnigan Corporation
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Barbara Feinberg
Finnigan Corp., headquartered in San Jose, CA, was the world's leading producer of mass spectrometers, holding a 45% market share of instruments used for chemical analysis in pharmaceutical product development, environmental testing, genetic testing, and other... View Details
- July 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on LBO Valuation (A): LBO Structure and the Target IRR Method of Valuation
Explains the equity cash flow method of valuation as it applies to leveraged buyouts. Also explains: 1) earnings and cash flow forecasts, 2) debt structure and the cash sweep, 3) the cashing out horizon and terminal valuation, and 4) the target IRR method of valuation. View Details
- July 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on LBO Valuation (B): The Equity Cash Flow Method of Valuation using CAPM
Explains the equity cash flow method of valuation as it applies to leveraged buyouts. Also explains how to implement the changing cost of equity method using the CAPM. View Details
- June 2001 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Leonid P Sudakov
Throughout 1999, PepsiCo closely tracked several potential strategic acquisitions. In the fall of 2000, it appeared that the right moment for an equity-financed acquisition had arrived. At this time, PepsiCo management decided to initiate confidential discussions with... View Details
- June 2001
- Case
ESL Golf (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christopher R Gordon
Todd Peterson and his colleagues have spent five weeks analyzing CMP Capital Partners' potential leveraged buyout of ESL Golf. They are about to present their analysis and bid proposal to the investment committee, consisting of all CMP partners, which must approve any... View Details
- June 2001
- Case
ESL Golf (B)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christopher R Gordon
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- June 2001
- Supplement
ESL Golf Model Overview and Navigation Instructions
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christopher R Gordon
Supplements the (A) case. View Details