Careers in Investment Banking-- Identifying & Researching Specific Companies

Company Web Site

Virtually all public and most private companies now have their own web sites.
There is certain information that you can except to find on public company sites and which you can be relatively certain you will not find on the private company site (such as detailed financial data).
Private company sites will often contain information that you not find anywhere else.
In an effort to maintain a visible web-presence, companies often disclose unexpected, often critical competitive information about themselves.
SCOUR the web site from front to back; don't assume what you will find or that you already have the information.
Look for:
- Career information - what kinds of positions are currently open; what qualifications and qualities do they seek in employees
- Mission/Value Statement
- Investor Relations - company financials, SEC filings, Annual Report, press releases
- Officers and Directors - biographical information/compensation
- Customer - who are their clients
- Products and Services
- Organizational chart/description of functional areas

Displays well-rounded profiles of public and some larger private companies.
Information includes: key competitors, news, press releases, industry magazine articles, and special reports, such as financial profiles and recent financial analyst reports.

Conduct targeted free-text searching to locate articles that profile a company's:
- Strategy, management, outlook, significant events, and more
- Search Strategy tips:
  - hlp=strateg$ or (outlook or future or growth or predict$ or interview or profile) and hlp=goldman sachs

From LexisNexis Universe Home Page: click on Business>Company Financial>company company name with nelson!
Descriptions of over 750 investment banks, brokerage firms, and independent research firms worldwide
Information includes contact information, key executives and analysts, and research service offered

Comprehensive directory of North American securities dealers, the information includes principal and branch locations, partners, department managers, addresses, phone numbers, and more
Use Advanced Search option to generate list of companies

Standard & Poor’s Register: Executives
- Access from the Goizueta Business Library Databases page ()
- Biographical information on U.S. public and private company executives and board directors
- Includes education, age, past employment history