What Are Your Financial Data Needs In Your

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What Are Your Financial Data Needs In Your Business School? Permission to reprint or distribute any content from this presentation requires the prior written approval of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Not for distribution to the public. Copyright © 2016 by S&P Global Market Intelligence. All rights reserved. Howard Bernheim, CFA, CPA Director, Client Development, Academic Division S&P Global Market Intelligence August 2016 Most Research Oriented Academic Institutions Have Two Types Of Business School Users/Constituencies On Campus Faculty/PhD candidate researchers Often need the longest time series and largest sample of current and historical firms closely linked to content from various data providers for new seamless research possibilities Students Vast array of content, often with latest data needed 2 “What Are The Financial Data Needs/Priorities Of Your Business School?” Where is your business school now on these priorities? Catalysts such as… Are you working on attaining/retaining AACSB accreditation? Recruiting new faculty members? Enhancing research resources/capabilities? New Business School programs/courses? 3 What Are Your Faculty Research Needs? Do your business faculty need resources both for research and for teaching? Are your faculty striving to have research published in highly regarded peer reviewed industry journals? 4 What Are Your Student Needs? Could more real world data/resources be helpful in your teaching efforts, in student projects/team competitions, job interview preparation and career searches? 5 What Factors Does Your University Consider Before Making Financial Data Purchase Decisions? What factors are most important? Price? Product content/quality? Access? Software user friendliness, is it easy to learn and retain? Is your university providing the best of breed resources? 6 Compustat Database – For Faculty Research Needs One of the widely used research databases along with CRSP, from the University of Chicago Compustat has the longest time series of STANDARDIZED Fundamental Financial Data History for both Current & Historical firms. Including Historical firms that have come and gone is crucial for peer-reviewed academic research, to avoid survivorship bias 7 Google Scholar/SSRN A search for Compustat on Google Scholar shows over 41,000 results, with similar results on SSRN. To create/replicate prior studies that used Compustat, Compustat is often essential to get a researchers’ works published in a peer reviewed journal 8 41,000 Results On Google Scholar 9 Compustat Data Delivery To Academic Institutions North America Research Insight/DVD- now with over 34,000 current and historical firms, with data history back to 1979 annually, quarterly and monthly, seven years of Segment data on