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Brian K. Baik

Brian K. Baik

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

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Brian Baik is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Baik studies how information, financial reporting, and corporate taxes matter for PE/VC investors or startup firms. Some of his works have focused on the role of financial statement disclosure for PE/VC investments, and whether and how private equity fund managers inflate their interim fund valuations (net asset values) during fundraising periods.

Professor Baik earned a PhD in management (accounting) and a Master of Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he worked for the Singaporean private equity firm Houghton Street Partners.

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Publications

Working Papers
Working Papers

  • Baik, Brian K. "Private Equity Fund Valuation Management during Fundraising." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-013, August 2022. View Details
  • Baik, Brian K., Natalie Berfeld, and Rodrigo S. Verdi. "Do Public Financial Statements Influence Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing?" SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3867958, June 2021. View Details
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Brian Baik is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Baik studies how information, financial reporting, and corporate taxes matter for PE/VC investors or startup firms. Some of his works have focused on the role of financial statement disclosure for PE/VC investments, and whether and how private equity fund managers inflate their interim fund valuations (net asset values) during fundraising periods.

Professor Baik earned a PhD in management (accounting) and a Master of Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he worked for the Singaporean private equity firm Houghton Street Partners.

Working Papers
  • Baik, Brian K. "Private Equity Fund Valuation Management during Fundraising." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-013, August 2022. View Details
  • Baik, Brian K., Natalie Berfeld, and Rodrigo S. Verdi. "Do Public Financial Statements Influence Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing?" SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3867958, June 2021. View Details
Additional Information
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Areas of Interest
  • accounting
  • entrepreneurship
  • financial reporting
  • private equity
  • venture capital
  • Additional Topics
  • disclosure
  • Industries
  • private equity (LBO funds)
  • venture capital industry
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Areas of Interest

accounting
entrepreneurship
financial reporting
private equity
venture capital
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Additional Topics

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Industries

private equity (LBO funds)
venture capital industry
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