Intrafirm knowledge sharing in the investment research industry

• Main Authors: HUGON, Artur, LIN, An-ping, MARKOV, Stanimir
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: knowledge sharing; equity analysts; debt analysts; cash flow forecasts; credit ratings; Accounting; Corporate Finance; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/2011; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/3038/viewcontent/IntrafirmKnow_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We study interdepartment knowledge sharing in an investment research setting where the benefits are potentially significant for the brokerage and the capital market, but so are the frictions impeding it. Using hand-collected data on equity analyst access to in-house debt research expertise, we find...