Publications

Teaching Note to (9-204-066). View Details

Keywords: Semiconductor Industry

June 1995
Teaching Note

San Francisco Bay Consulting TN

By: George P. Baker III and Karin B Monsler

Teaching Note for (9-195-096). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry; Computer Industry

June 1991
Teaching Note

O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout, Teaching Note

By: George P. Baker III and Karen Wruck

Teaching Note for (9-190-148). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

2009
Working Paper

Conglomerates and LBO Associations: A Comparison of Organizational Forms

By: George P. Baker and Cynthia A. Montgomery

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March 1998
Case

Value Creation: Abridged

By: George P. Baker III, Michael C. Jensen, Karen Wruck and Perry Fagan

Asks students to value a strategic plan while considering the capital investment required to complete the plan. Cummins Engine is used as an example. View Details

Keywords: Investment; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Value Creation

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July 1995 (Revised April 1996)
Supplement

Cambridge Technology Partners (B)

By: George P. Baker III, Teresa M. Amabile and Michael Beer

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Technology Industry

July 1995 (Revised April 1996)
Case

Cambridge Technology Partners (A)

By: Teresa M. Amabile, George P. Baker III and Michael Beer

Cambridge Technology Partners uses a highly innovative product strategy, supported by a human resources strategy, that has been very successful. However, high growth rates jeopardize product quality while tension about relative compensation levels between sales and... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Compensation and Benefits; Organizational Culture; Quality; Human Resources; Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts

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Teaching Interest

Overview

I currently teach Finance 1 in the required curriculum. In the past, I have taught Finance 2, I have taught in the elective curriculum - Investment Strategies and Behavioral Finance - and I have taught in executive courses, including Finance for Senior Executives and... View Details

February 2007 (Revised January 2008)
Supplement

Multifactor Models (CW)

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

November 1994 (Revised May 2002)
Case

K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up

By: George P. Baker III, Nicola Bamford and Nicolas Greenspan

Explores the strategy, financing, and governance of a new type of organizational form, dubbed the Leveraged Build-Up by its inventor, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. The company makes leveraged acquisitions of small publishing companies, managing them in a very... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Financial Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Cash Flow; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Publishing Industry

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December 2005 (Revised November 2006)
Case

Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. The protagonist is... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Condition; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Capital; Public Equity; Stock Shares; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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March 1999
Article

Informal Authority in Organizations

By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy

Keywords: Organizations

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2022
Working Paper

Responding Strategically to Competitors' Failures: Evidence from Medical Device Recalls & New Product Submissions

By: George P. Ball, Jeffrey T. Macher and Ariel Dora Stern

Medical device firms operate at the frontiers of innovation. When functioning properly, innovative medical devices can prolong and improve lives; when malfunctioning, the same devices may harm patients and lead to product recalls. Product recalls create significant... View Details

Keywords: New Product Development; Recalls; Product Failures; Medical Devices; FDA; Health Care; Product Development; Product; Failure; Competition; Opportunities; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry