The acquisition and use of information to make investment decisions: a study of financial analysts in China

Wang, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-1200-2209 and Ahammad, M., 2012. The acquisition and use of information to make investment decisions: a study of financial analysts in China. International Journal of Management, 29. ISSN 2278-5353

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Abstract

This study draws upon semi-structured interviews with 23 Chinese financial analysts (Beijing, Shanghai) to examine how they improve their information comprehension through private information search and use such information to evaluate company value. Despite working in state-owned institutions, Chinese financial analysts claim that their analytical framework is similar to their counterparty in the Western setting. However, our results indicate that Chinese analyst's analytical practice is considerably influenced by the specific characteristics of the Chinese listed company both in information acquisition and usage. Private meetings are regarded as a 'value added' information source providing price-sensitive information including product cost structure and possible assets injection from the listed company principle shareholders.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Management
Creators:	Wang, J. and Ahammad, M.
Publisher:	International Journal of Management
Date:	7 March 2012
Volume:	29
ISSN:	2278-5353
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	19 Jan 2017 16:53
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2017 13:28
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29883

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