Publications

Educators

1 Feb 2009
Conference Presentation

Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions and the Boundaries of Firms

Keywords: Business Ventures

11 Nov 2008
Conference Presentation

A Design-Centric View of the Economy (and the Financial Crisis)

Keywords: Design; Economics; Financial Crisis

31 Oct 2008
Conference Presentation

A Design-Centric View of the Economy (and the Financial Crisis)

Keywords: Design; Economics; Financial Crisis

October 2008 (Revised September 2011)
Supplement

PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Leonid Soudakov

Second in a series on PepsiCo's bid for Quaker Oats. Describes the negotiations between PepsiCo and Quaker including due-diligence process, first bid, and counteroffer. Quaker's counteroffer included a collar on equity consideration, and thus the case offers an... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Equity; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Preparation; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry

October 2008 (Revised September 2011)
Supplement

PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (C)

Third in a series of PepsiCo's bid for Quaker Oats. Describes the auction for Quaker Oats including terms of the bids. After winning the auction, Coke's stock price fell dramatically. Coke's Board then refused to approve the deal and withdrew. Quaker then approached... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Stocks; Governing and Advisory Boards; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Tactics; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry

October 2008 (Revised September 2011)
Supplement

PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (D)

Describes the final deal struck between PepsiCo and Quaker Oats, including the terms of collared consideration. Summarizes stock price announcement effects. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Announcements; Stocks; Price; Risk Management; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry

12 Oct 2008 - 15 Oct 2008
Conference Presentation

A Design-Centric View of the Economy (and the Financial Crisis)

Keywords: Design; Economics; Financial Crisis

2008
Working Paper

The Sciences of Design: Observations on an Emerging Field

By: Sandeep Purao, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan Hevner, Veda C. Storey, Jan Pries-Heje, Brian Smith and Ying Zhu

The boundaries and contours of design sciences continue to undergo definition and refinement. In many ways, the sciences of design defy disciplinary characterization. They demand multiple epistemologies, theoretical orientations (e.g. construction, analysis or... View Details

Keywords: Design; Engineering; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Research; Science; Boundaries; Value

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2008
Working Paper

The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard

The central role of "platform" products and services in mediating the activities of disaggregated "clusters" or "ecosystems" of firms has been widely recognized. But platforms and the systems in which they are embedded are very diverse. In particular, platforms may... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms