Publications

Keywords: Asset Pricing; Cost of Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Funds; Investment Return; Mathematical Methods; Performance Evaluation

September 2006 (Revised November 2007)
Exercise

Market Making Exercise

Students make a market in a new security, posting bid and offer prices and quantities for a new derivative security. View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Financial Markets; Price

1997
Chapter

Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott

By: George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts

1992
Chapter

Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott

By: George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts

March 1990 (Revised November 2004)
Case

O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout

By: George P. Baker III and Karen Wruck

Documents the organizational changes that took place at O.M. Scott & Sons Co. in response to their leveraged buyout. Provides the opportunity for students to discuss the effects of high leverage on management decision making, and the differences between operating as a... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management; Business Conglomerates; Cost of Capital; Financial Services Industry

Educators

Article

CEO Incentives and Firm Size

By: George P. Baker and Brian J. Hall

Keywords: Management; Motivation and Incentives; Size; Business Ventures

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1999
Working Paper

Survivorship and the Economic Grim Reaper

By: George P. Baker and Robert E. Kennedy

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1993
Chapter

Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott

By: George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts

1992
Chapter

Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company

By: George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation

2002
Other Unpublished Work

Make versus Buy in Trucking: Asset Ownership, Job Design and Information

By: George P. Baker and Thomas N. Hubbard

Keywords: Truck Transportation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ownership; Transportation Industry

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Teaching Interest

Executive Education: Finance for Senior Executives

Finance for Senior Executives provides the frameworks to strategically use financial resources and position your company for future success. By examining corporate finance from both internal and external perspectives, this HBS Executive Education View Details

January 2007
Exercise

Multifactor Models

Students evaluate the performance of four mutual funds and compute the cost of capital for two companies using fixed benchmarks, the CAPM, and a multifactor model of returns. View Details

Keywords: Cost of Capital; Performance Evaluation; Business Model; Investment Funds; Investment Return; Motivation and Incentives; Markets