Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College Leveraging Baker Resources GMP Strategy Statement Winter 2012 Linda Rosen, Information Research Specialist

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Take the guesswork out of how to begin finding information to support your strategy statement. Areas covered: Overview of Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Web Site Research Strategy Specific Resources of Interest Key Tips Overview of Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Building Getting Help Purpose of These Slides

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Company, Industry, & Career Research Guide

What are some of the major companies in this market? What general industry sector and sectors encompass this market? Who are the target customers in this market? What are their needs and expectations? What products and services do they buy today to meet those needs and what price are they willing to pay? What is the size of the market today? How will it change in the future? What are the key channels to market and how do you expect these channels to change in the future? Research Strategy – Questions to Consider

Research Strategy – Dive Deeper Need to find…Found in…Best databases to start with…Other places to look... Analyst coverageanalyst reports  Thomson ONE Thomson ONE  Databases for Analyst & Research Reports Databases for Analyst & Research Reports Business strategiesarticles  Factiva (trade publications, newswires, and transcripts; original language content) Factiva  ABI/ProQuest (academic, some trade) ABI/ProQuest  Business Source Complete (academic, some trade) Business Source Complete Company description, strategy, financials company profile, annual report, SEC filings  OneSource Global Business Browser (international with North American focus) OneSource Global Business Browser  Hoover’s Online (deep profiles) Hoover’s Online  Thomson ONE Thomson ONE  Orbis (international with wide breadth) Orbis Competitors/new entrants top participants list, screening tools, special lists, articles, IPOs  Hoover’s Online Hoover’s Online  OneSource Global Business Browser OneSource Global Business Browser  Thomson ONE (10K includes competitors) Thomson ONE  Factiva Factiva  Orbis Orbis Industry overview, industry trends industry reports, analyst reports, ratios, articles, books  Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage (Industry Surveys) Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage  Thomson ONE Thomson ONE  IBISWorld IBISWorld  Baker Library Research Guides Baker Library Research Guides  HOLLIS Catalog HOLLIS Catalog Market share/market size articles, reports, statistical sources  OneSource Global Business Browser OneSource Global Business Browser  Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage (Industry Surveys) Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage  TableBase (articles with tabular data) TableBase  Factiva Factiva

1.Industry Surveys provide detailed overviews of over 50 industries worldwide. 2.Reviews industry trends, how industry operates, key statistics, how to analyze company in industry, top players, and industry references. 3.Once in the database, use the drop-down for U.S. Industry Surveys or choose Industries from the menu bar to choose Global Industry Surveys. –Tip: Use PDF format. –Tip: Download Company Data to Excel. Industry Overviews Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

Industry Overviews – U.S.

Industry Overviews – Global

Industry Overviews – U.S. Example

1.Overviews of companies and industries worldwide. 2.Reviews industry trends, key statistics, top players, and industry references. 3.Build list of market participants. OneSource Global Business Browser Company and Industry Details

Market Participants – Build a List

Market Participants – Italy – Biotech

Market Participants – Results Biotechnology companies in Italy

Company Profile – Leads to Industry Details

Industry Details – Biotechnology in Italy Link to reports from OneSource company profile.

Orbis 1.Overviews of companies and industries worldwide. 2.Reviews industry trends, key statistics, top players, and industry references. 3.Build list of market participants. Similar to OneSource, but unique in its breadth of geographies and extent of companies covered. Allows comparison of a company to its competitors along multiple dimensions. Company and Industry Details – Orbis

22 Market Participants – Choose Country

23 Market Participants – Choose Industry

24 Market Participants – Choose Pharmaceuticals Use industry code based on your own company or a competitor’s entry, or browse.

25 Market Participants – Results – Orbis Pharmaceutical Companies In Italy

26 Market Participant Analysis – Aggregation – New

27 Market Participant Analysis – Choose Ratios

28 Market Participant Analysis – Choose Years

29 Market Participant Analysis – Choose Table

30 Market Participant Analysis – Ratios Aggregate ratios for industry and geography. Export to Excel, , or print.

Factiva 1.Strong in financial publications. Articles from thousands of publications in 22 languages. –Powerful search features allow sophisticated searching. –See Article Database Command Comparison Chart at for search tips. 2.News Page Browse news by sector. E.g., Investing/Securities. i.Click on the “News Pages” tab. ii.From “Factiva Pages” pull-down menu in the upper left, select “Investing/Securities.” News and Trends

Factiva News Page: Investing/Securities News Page News and Trends

Factiva Search

News and Trends Articles from Factiva on Alternative Fuels and Plans/Strategy with “strategy” in headline or lead paragraph

Sources for market research reports on various industries: Global Market Information Database* (reports from Euromonitor) OneSource – click on “Industry” (reports from Datamonitor)OneSource Forrester Research Frost & Sullivan MarketResearch.com Academic ISI Emerging Markets* Where are these and more databases listed? In Baker Library List Databases for GMPDatabases for GMP Market Research * Database can be accessed at workstations in Stamps Reading Room.

Databases for GMP tells which resources can be used from Anywhere. Some databases must be used inside Baker Library.Databases for GMP NOTE: Copyright and Licensing – resources not for commercial use. Sometimes not all content shown in databases is available. Click through as far as you can at no charge. Use database’s indexing and “Advanced Search” features. Numerous download formats often are available (e.g., Excel, PDF). Be smart about searching the Web (authorship, credibility, etc.) Start research with Company, Industry &Career Research Guide and other topic and industry guides, Some of these same tools will be useful throughout other assignments (e.g., Your Case Study). Key Tips

And Don’t Forget Books Might Be Helpful! HOLLIS Catalog You can borrow books from Baker Library. Identify yourself as a GMP participant.

Baker Library | Bloomberg Center 38 de Gasṕe Beaubien Reading Room The Exchange Stamps Reading Room Stacks (open access)

de Gasṕe Beaubien Reading Room 39 Books, manuscripts, official HBS records & publications, visual materials, artifacts 15 th Century to present Exhibits Level 1

The Exchange 40 Large screen financial content financial television coverage Daily business/financial US and International newspapers A place to connect with colleagues Research workstations Level 1

Stamps Reading Room 41 Baker Library Services Desk Photocopiers, scanner, print stations Crimson Cash VTS for copies/printouts Workstations, wireless network, power at every seat Microforms/Media Entrance to the stacks – Contemporary Collections, open access Level 3

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