Databases

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Stock photos, sounds, vectors and videos

Access

A login and password are required, please contact: learning-center@hec.fr

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Access to ebooks on finance and management including:

• Strategor
• Performance Management and Control
• (Ré)inventez votre Business Model – Avec l’approche Odyssée 3.14

Technical infos

To read these ebooks, Adobe Digital Edition and an Adobe account are needed. More info here.

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• Real-time data and historic data on global financial markets
• Financial analysis and company news
• Segment analysis and risk management

Access

• On-site only: 9 terminals available in the Bloomberg Finance Lab of the Learning Center.
• New users need to create an account when logging for the first time.

NB : The amount of data that can be downloaded on each terminal with the Bloomberg API (Excel) is limited. A daily and a monthly limit also applies.

Guides :  Bloomberg_Getting Started

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Ten page records including syntheses of reference books and interviews with leaders at a national and international level.

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• News, reviews and analysis on the fashion industry
• Career and jobs offers
• Online courses

Access

Accessible only from a Learning Center computer. For more information contact: learning-center@hec.fr

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• Articles from academic journals in full text, including French journals (based on “Sales and Management”)
• Country Studies : Direct access
• Studies of industries: Direct access
• Company profiles : Direct access
• SWOT analysis of companies : Direct access

Subject areas

Management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, international business

Tutorials and video support

Content

• Over 1,400 press titles from 450 publishers in France and internationally, like Time, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Challenges and many more.
• It allows users to download magazines for offline reading, search for articles using keywords, and create reading lists.

Access

• To use the mobile app, please download the Cafeyn app from the Apple store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android).
• Then log in to the Learning Center website from your phone (not directly from the app): click on the Cafeyn link and enter the login and password that you use to authenticate on the portal.
• On your first connection your phone will offer you to open Cafeyn directly in the app or to continue on a browser.
• If the app does not open, the problem you are encountering is probably due to your browser settings. The browser must allow the Cafeyn app to open. We invite you to be vigilant about this, especially for Samsung Internet and Firefox.

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French journals in the humanities, social and political with full text articles

Online Help

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• Financial data on private and public companies including ownership, ratios, income statement, capital structure, M&A and key developments
• Operationnal data and analyses on multiple industrials sectors : ratios, M&A, public offer
• Fixed Income data: maturity, credit default swap, issuer, ratings
• Information on boards members and executive : compensation, biographic data, alma matter
• Macroeconomic data : GDP, CIP, employment

Access

You must create your personal account to access Capital IQ:

• First connection: Click on the “New user ?” button and type your HEC e-mail address. You will then receive an email from Capital IQ to set your password.
• Exel Add-In to download here

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• Structure of debt for over 60,000 global listed and unlisted companies.
• Information on debt instruments that make up the category, priority level, amount outstanding, interest rates, convertibility, currency and maturity.

Also provides these data in aggregate form for each company:

• Structure of equity for more than 80,000 active and inactive companies worldwide.
• Provides in particular for each title, category, face value, convertibility, the amount outstanding, the allowed amount and the rights attached.

Coverage

• Debt: from 2001
• Equity: from 1994

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, specialized masters and M2 students at HEC Paris

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The Centre for Economic Policy Research provides access to a full text database including discussion papers, publications, meeting reports and CEPR researcher names and addresses.

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– Data on companies and capital markets, including the historical daily and monthly prices, dividends and securities transactions.

– Company details :

• Covers 74,000 active and inactive companies located in 112 countries outside of North America (1200 French companies and German companies in 1300)
• Commercial / industrial companies and banks
• Full history, including: income statements, balance sheets, and market data

– Share data : capital market prices (monthly data) , dividends, share prices, issued capital, earnings per share:

• 88,000 securities transactions
• Price History for 90 local markets

– Information exchange with equivalence tables for 110 currencies
– 90% of the Asian market (95 % of the Taiwanese market )
– 94% of the European market

Coverage

• Accounts: annual data from 1950 (1987 on WRDS); quarterly data from 1962 (1987 on WRDS)
• Share data : daily and monthly data from 1962 (1970 on WRDS)

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students , specialized masters and M2 (major ) students at HEC Paris

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Data on companies and capital markets , including the historical daily and monthly prices, dividends and securities transactions.

Business data :

• Covers the active or inactive companies listed on the North American market (USA and Canada)
• Specific indicators on the  air traffic , housing , gaming , construction , health , energy , mining or semiconductors areas.
• Commercial / industrial companies and banks
• Data on pension plans, data by department

Market data :

• Share price , dividends and profits for about 70,000 companies listed on the NYSE , AMEX , TSE and other exchanges in North America .
• Securities transactions

Index data , and composition coursesRatings :

• The Ratings module for data access to ratings from S & P S & P Domestic Long Term Issuer Credit Rating, S & P Subordinated Debt Rating, S & P Domestic Short Term Issuer Credit Ratings (ratings available to more than 20,000 institutions and more than 207,000 financial instruments in 2006)

Coverage

• Accounts: annual data from 1950; quarterly data from 1961
• Industry Data and pensions : from 1973
• Data by department: annual data from 1976
• Share data : daily data from 1983; monthly from 1962

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students , specialized masters and M2 (major) students at HEC Paris

Content

• Full-text since 1990, current edition included
• A selection of the best of the foreign press, translated into French
• The content of the newspaper comes from more than 1,500 sources from all over the world: from the American monthly Wired to the Chinese daily Huanqiu Shibao and the Lebanese pure player Raseef22
• Topics covered: political, economic, societal but also cultural, keeping an eye on new trends

Access

A login and password are required, please contact: learning-center@hec.fr

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• Allows you to link CRSP stock data with Compustat business data
• Data from Compustat (Standard & Poor’s) reformatted in the CRSPAccess proprietary format.
• The file does not contain data from CRSP: they must be linked at another time.

Coverage

• CRSP: market data on four U.S. exchanges from 1925.
• Compustat: accounting data from companies listed in North America from 1950.

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, specialized masters and M2 (major) students at HEC Paris

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– Information on the performance of open-ended mutual funds using survivor-bias-free data
– 39 000 funds (26 000 active, 13000 inactive)

• Daily / monthly liquidation figures
• Investment styles and objectives
• Asset Allocation
• Portfolio Composition
• Fee Structure
• Profitability

Coverage

From 1962

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, specialized masters and M2 (major) students at HEC Paris

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• Data on financial securities listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ Arca
• History of daily and monthly prices, trading volume, outstanding shares, return (dividends included or excluded) outputs scholarship, historical distributions (including dividends and splits)
• More than 27,000 titles

Coverage

• NYSE: from December 31, 1925
• NYSE Amex: from July 2, 1962
• NASDAQ: from December 14, 1972
• Arca from March 8, 2006

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, specialized masters and M2 (major) studentd at HEC Paris

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-Data on companies and financial markets around the world

-Macroeconomic indicators and time series

-Business data ( Worldscope):

• 75,000 listed companies, active and inactive, in 119 countries. Information available from 1980
• Commercial / industrial companies and banks

-Market Data:

• Stocks, bonds, derivatives, commodities
• Securities transactions

-Bond rating:

• Historical and current ratings from S & P
• Current ratings by Fitch , Moody’s and DBRS

-Data on socially responsible investment ( ASSET4 ESG):

• Covers over 4,000 international companies

-Macroeconomic indicators and forecasts by international institutions

-Equity indices , bond indices and index composition:

• 280000 Indices
• Global indices of MSCI, FTSE , S & P , DOW JONES STOXX and HSBC

-Financial forecasts (I / B / E / S):

• 22,000 companies in 80 countries

-Data on investment funds:

• Mutual funds, closed-end funds, ETFs ( Exchange Traded Funds) , Hedge funds, pension funds ( pension funds)

Coverage

Details on a base by base basis

Access

• On site: from the 1st computer on the left of the “Box 1” space in the Learning Center. To access it, open Excel, click on the “Refinitiv” tab and then on the “Sign in” button
• Remotely: an account is required, please contact learning-center@hec.fr

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460000 abstracts of economic, sectoral and professional French press from 500 journals and magazines

Subject areas

• Markets (production, consumption, distribution, leading companies…)
• Corporate life (strategy, investment, international development…)
• The management of the economic environment (development of methods and examples of applications)

Coverage

From 1995

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Over 600 e-books selected by HEC Paris Learning Center

Areas

Management science, economics

Contents

A selection of about 90 studies in the following areas:

• Food
• Automobile
• Banking – Finance – Insurance
• Beauty
• Construction
• Defense – Aeronautics
• Digital – Numerical
• Distribution – Consumer goods
• Sustainable and responsible economy
• Energy – Environment
• Logistics – Transportation
• Luxury – Fashion
• Health pharmacy
• Health and medico-social services

Technical Info

Studies can not be downloaded or printed

Privacy policy

LES ECHOS collects data and keeps statistics on its visitors and their navigation on its website. If you want to access, modify and delete this data, please contact etudes@leseschos.fr. If you have any concern, please contact dpo@hec.fr

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Research Papers in Economics from research institutions worldwide. Integration of research papers from HEC Paris.

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Access over 200 academic journals published by Emerald Group among the following areas:

• Business & Management
• Finance
• Mathematics & Physics
• Education
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Economics

Alphabetical list of Emerald Group journals

Coverage 

From 1955

Contents

• Full text articles from 8,000 titles French and foreign press.
• For example: Le Monde, Les Echos, the New York Times, The Economist.

Technical Info

Warning: only 4 simultaneous connections are permitted. (Other press/news resources are available, for example Factiva)

User guide (in french)

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• Remuneration of executive salaries, bonuses, stock options, bonuses, pensions and other remuneration.
• Data of annual procurement of companies
• 2,872 active and inactive U.S. companies

Coverage

From 1992

Access

• Requires prior registration to the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• The database is available in the Compustat Capital IQ dataset
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, specialized masters and M2 (major) students at HEC Paris

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• Full text articles from 16,000 titles of French and foreign press, from 200 countries and 28 languages​​.
• For examples: Les Echos, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal

Technical Info :

Warning : Only 10 simultaneous connections allowed at one time. (You can also try another press and news resource, such as Europresse)

Research Assistance :

• Use the word AND between each search term
• For example: “outsourcing AND logistics”

User guide

Contents

• Full text : from 2004, edition of the day included
• Bonus content : specialized blogs , market data , videos and podcasts
• Ranking of business schools

Services

• mobile access ( app iPad, iPhone or Android)
• service creating custom alerts
• a ” ePaper ” ( digital replica of the printed editions of the newspaper 5 : UK, Europe , USA, Asia , Middle East )
• the ” FT Newslines ” , an integrated annotation tool , created exclusively for the academic community allowing teachers to integrate sections of FT in their teaching , comment and share their annotations with their students or other community
• Clipping service for ” pinning ” an article to save in their personal and / or space to share
• FT Lexicon, a specialized glossary referencing thousands of terms and phrases
• Case Studies of actual case studies of companies on the reasons for their success or their failure
• Special Reports, an important source of archives of regional and sectoral analysis

Access

Fill the form. Please use your HEC mail address.

To access this service, FT asks you to enter data whose use is explained in their privacy policy.
When you no longer have access to this service, in order for the FT data to be deleted, you must contact help@ft.com by requesting the deletion of your data or go to “Contact Us” on their website .

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• Search Engine for e-books bought by the HEC Paris Learning Center,
• Search by title, author, ISBN, or provider,
• Direct access to e-books.

Focus is a search engine that indexes:

• books, scientific journals, eJournals and ebooks
• millions of scientifico pen access eJournals (HaL, ArXiv, licences nationales, Persee…)

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• 4000 Studies: strategy and marketing of new technologies and e-commerce
• The Forecasts are not included in our subscription

You must create your own personal account to access these studies:

• First connection: contact learning-center@hec.fr
• Once your account is created:
  • Click on “Log In”
  • Enter your email address and password

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Market research on these several sectors :

• health
• aerospace and defence
• automotive transportation
• business and financial services
• career research
• chemicals, materials, foods
• consumer products
• education
• electronics and security
• energy and power systems
• environment and building technologies
• industrial automation
• information and communication technologies
• measurement and instrumentation
• metals and minerals

Please note : “TechVision” reports are not included in our subscription

Coverage

From 2011

Access

On your first login, Frost & Sullivan will send a one-time login code to your mailbox.

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• 9000 full-text articles on environmental issues
• 600,000 article references

Coverage

From 1970

Subject areas

Environment and Energy

Tutorials

Tutorials and video support 

Contents (open access)

Ranking of journals in Economics and Management

Contents

Selection of research papers written or co-written by HEC researchers.

Content

I/B/E/S (Institutional Brokers’ Estimate System) gathers and compiles the different estimates made by stock analysts on the future earnings for publicly traded companies:

• Estimate data is displayed at company level, screened with rigorous quality control methods across 23,000 active companies in 90+ countries, and sourced from over 23,000 analysts.
• Over 980 firms contribute data to I/B/E/S, from the largest global houses to regional and local brokers.

Coverage

U.S. data back to 1976 and international data back to 1987.

Access

• On site: from the 1st computer on the left of the “Box 1” space in the Learning Center. To access it, click on the “Refinitiv” icon available on the desktop.
• Remotely: an account is required, please contact learning-center@hec.fr

Content

I/B/E/S (Institutional Brokers’ Estimate System) gathers and compiles the different estimates made by stock analysts on the future earnings for publicly traded companies:

• Estimate data is displayed at company level, screened with rigorous quality control methods across 23,000 active companies in 90+ countries, and sourced from over 23,000 analysts.
• Over 980 firms contribute data to I/B/E/S, from the largest global houses to regional and local brokers.

Coverage

U.S. data back to 1976 and international data back to 1987.

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, MBA, specialized masters and M2 students at HEC Paris

Contents (open access)

• All statistical information produced by public statistics
• Portal powered by official statistics websites (INSEE, ministerial statistical services and contracted public organisations and agencies)

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• Archives of full text articles of more than 200 American and British academic journals, specializing in economic and social sciences
• Subscripions held for the following collections: Arts & Sciences I, II and IV

Coverage

• From the first issue of each journal
• A period embargo 2 to 7 years

Online Help

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Access to a valuable online collection of arbitration related material:

• Information for 200 jurisdictions
• Access to over 230+ books and eleven journals (including the full ICCA Yearbook and Congress Book Series)
• Commentary from 4800+ authors and expert practitioners
• Over 2,250 arbitral awards
• Rules for more than 200 major institutions
• 10,000 court decisions
• The text of almost 500 arbitration laws and over 2,250 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)

Contents

• Official Journal – Collective Agreements
• Decisions of the Courts and Tribunals
• Decisions of the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL)
• Standards issued by the European institutions – International Treaties and Agreements
• French Constitution – Current version and earlier legislative and regulatory text
• Information regarding the update of content

Common Use Cases (in French) / Quick Start Guide (in French)

Contents (open access)

Database network of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry regarding aid to firms

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Jurisprudence and legislation of French law. Legal information.

• 86 official codes , 42000 laws and consolidated regulations, European regulations and 600 consolidated directives
• 2,000,000 judicial decisions (judgments made ​​available by the Supreme Court , courts of appeal , the State Council , the Court of Justice of the European Union, the General Court , the European Court of law of the man etc )
• Constitutional Council judgements since 1958
• The Official Gazette, Acts and Decrees
• European Source of Treaties , Law ( Official Journal of the European Union ) , Law
• Encyclopedias : More than 60 collections , nearly 360 volumes JurisClasseur
• 28 journals, 5 editions of The Legal Week ( JCPG , JCPE , JCPA , JCPS  )
• Official Bulletins
• 330 Collective Agreements
• 180 references

Coverage
40 years of cases

Official Journal
From 1 January 1990: order , laws, decrees , orders, circulars , personal actions , decisions and deliberations from institutions or courtsFrom 1 January 2002, notices and communications

Video tutorials / Online Help

Technical infos

An account is required to access Lexis 360 Intelligence.

• First connection: click on “Se connecter” > “Créer votre compte” then fill in the form with your HEC email address
• If you already create an account: click on “Se connecter” and enter your HEC mail address and your password

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8-page summaries on a key management issue, based on a selection of international publications and written by experts from the business world. These summaries, accompanied by examples, checklists and graphics, focus on the following themes:

• Leadership
• People Management
• Executive Skills
• Strategy
• Organization and Change
• Human Resources
• Marketing
• Finance and Measurement
• Information Technology
• Operational Performance
• Corporate Citizenship

Access

A login and password are required, please contact: learning-center@hec.fr

Contents

• 6702 Market Studies
• 103,395 company profiles and SWOT analysis
• 110 country profiles
• 72 city profiles
• 465 case studies
• 411,306 financial transactions

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• Nearly 5,000 programs (55% Cinema 30% Documentaries and magazines, 10% Kids 5% shows) of the ARTE and Univers Ciné catalogs
• Videos in original versions, subtitled
• Access each month up to 3 contents on your laptop, smartphone or tablet
• Watch your content online or download it for 48h

Access

Subscribe with the “Inscription button“. Your request will be validated by the Learning Center

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Papers published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, USA).

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• “All the News That’s Fit to Print ”
• Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate.

Access

You must create your personal account to access the NY Times : 

• First time login: click on “Create Account” and enter your HEC email address and a password
• Once the account is created: click on “Already have an account? Log in here” and enter your HEC email address and password
• The journal is also available on the mobile application: Android / iOS
• Access expire after 364 days. To reactivate, log in to this site and enter your credentials.
  
  

   

   

   

   

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Professors can explore Times content by area of study, including:

• Leadership: Connects leadership concepts to real-world examples
• International Relations: Detailed coverage of world events
• Business: Enriches learning through the use of case studies and current events
• Instructional Strategies: Faculty-driven strategies to promote student achievement across disciplines
• Co-Curricular Activities: Promote learning outside the classroom

Access

Create your personal account by filling in the form. Use your HEC email address.

Contents (open access)

More than 2,000 eBooks from France, Germany, UK, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands

Subject Areas

Social Sciences, Economics, Finance, Art, Law, Literature, Mathematics, History / Geography

Contents

OECD publications: books, journals, statistics and analysis for all OECD countries.

Subject areas

Agriculture, Development, Commerce, Economics, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Finance, Taxation, Governance Industry & Services, Social Issues, Science & Technology, Transportation

Coverage

Since 1999

Online Help

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Accounts of more than 386 million international companies with over 90,000 listed.

• Detailed financial statements in a standardized format to facilitate comparisons, but also as filed by companies in the national register
• Financial Soundness Indicators
• Directors and their contact
• Digitized reports
• Market information for listed companies
• Detailed ownership
• News and articles

Coverage

10 years

Access 

• A login and password are required, please contact: learning-center@hec.fr
• Access is limited to 6 simultaneous users

Contents

Access over 40 academic journals published by Oxford University Press, among the following areas:

• Finance
• Social Sciences
• Communication
• Mathematics & Physical Sciences
• Law
• Economics

Alphabetical list of Oxford University Press journals

Contents

Access 2 academic journals published by Palgrave MacMillan:

• Journal of Brand Management
• Journal of International Business Studies

Content

• Financial statement
• Financial data
• Minutes and status abstracts
• Board members

Data sources: INSEE, INPI and BODACC.

Passport search guide.pdf

Contents

• 4.5 million professionals and more than 2.4 million people, including executives, members of boards of directors, investors worldwide.
• Profiles for each professional, containing : contact information, biography, its functions, pay, boards on which he serves.
• More than 40 different types of remuneration: salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock options, etc.

Coverage 

• Details of remuneration: from 2002
• Summaries of remuneration: from 1998
• Profiles: from 1998

Access 

• Requires prior registration to the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, specialized masters and M2 students (major) at HEC Paris

Contents (open access)

• 200 retrospective collections in the humanities and social sciences
• Full text, usually available from the first published issue. For the most recent editions, see the Cairn database

Content

• Preqin provides information on institutional investors, funds, fund managers, portfolio companies, deals and assets.
• Includes performance metrics like capital calls, distributions, investment multiples, and IRRs, among others.

Private Capital Performance Guide / Preqin Glossary

Content

• Preqin provides information on institutional investors, funds, fund managers, portfolio companies, anddeals.
• Includes performance metrics like capital calls, distributions, investment multiples, and IRRs, among others.

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, MBA, specialized masters and M2 students at HEC Paris

Private Capital Performance Guide / Preqin Glossary

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• Abstracts of academic papers published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
• 178,000 full-text articles.
  

Coverage

From 1894

Tutorials

Tutorials and video support

Contents

Full text articles from 540 journals

Subject areas

Psychology, behavioral and emotional characteristics, psychiatry, mental processes, anthropology, experimental methods and observation.

Coverage

From 1960

Tutorials

Tutorials and video support

Contents

3.6 million bibliographic records of articles, books and theses, published by the American Psychological Association (APA)

Subject areas

Psychology, Social Sciences

Coverage

From 1806

Tutorials

Tutorials and video support

Contents (free access)

Compilation of 10 rankings (FT AERES, etc.) listing 950 journals.

Technical Info

PDF format Lists are available by journal title, by subject and by ISSN.

Contents

-Business data (Worldscope):

• Covers more than 75,000 listed companies, active and inactive , in 119 countries . Information available from 1980.

-Economic and market data:

• Deals
• Stocks, bonds , derivatives, commodities, currencies
• Securities transactions

-Ratings:

Broker reports, Country reports , country indicators , ratings and news
Equity indices , bond indices and index composition

• 280000 Indexes
• Global indices of MSCI, FTSE , S & P , DOW JONES STOXX and HSBC

-Forecasts (I/B/E/S):

• 22,000 companies in 80 countries

-Investment funds (Lipper):

• Includes mutual funds , closed-end funds, ETFs, hedge funds , pension funds

-Islamic Finance

Coverage

Some data are available from 1980.

Access 

• On site: from the 1st computer on the left of the “Box 1” space in the Learning Center. To access it, click on the “Refinitiv” icon available on the desktop.
• Remotely: an account is required, please contact learning-center@hec.fr

Contents (free access)

• Information and sectoral data for the Ile de France region
• Regional and departmental situation

Areas
Industry, Trade, Service

Contents (open access)

• Full text of journals in the humanities and social sciences.
• eBooks (viewed via online streaming) and research notebooks.

Content

• News, analyses, surveys and interviews with executives
• CSR-ESG watch for professionals in corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, social governance, socially responsible investment and green and sustainable finance.
• Please note: reports are not included in our subscription

Contents

Access over 800 academic journals published by SAGE Publishing, among the following areas:

• Business & Management
• Communication & Media Studies and Language & Linguistics
• Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Education
• Geography, Urban Studies & Planning
• Politics, Public Administration & International Relations
• Psychology & Counseling
• Religion
• Research Methods & Evaluation
• Social Work & Social Policy
• Sociology, Gender Studies & Cultural Studies

Alphabetical list of SAGE Publishing journals

Contents 

• 3,000 full-text journals, including 233 management titles.
• 111 digital books in economics, management and humanities.

Subject areas

• Biology
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Chemistry
• Life Sciences
• Energy Economics
• Management
• Finance Engineering
• Engineering Mathematics
• Computer Science Decision Physics
• Astronomy Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Environmental Sciences

Coverage

From 1968 for journals in economics and from 1995 for other subject areas

Contents (open access)

• Information on the legal formalities to associations and individual professionals.
• Includes access to the Service-Public SME portal, that provides information on business development and administrative procedures.

Content (open access)

• SSE bibliography
• Encyclopedia (glossary, wiki, case studies)
• Directory of SSE websites and SSE training
• Thesis on the diverse thematic linked to research on SSE
• Maps

Contents

More than 1,000 full-text journals, including academic journals in marketing, accounting, economics, law and mathematics.

Alphabetical list of SpringerLink journals

Coverage

Archives available from 1996.

Contents (open access)

450,000 research papers and articles published in economics, social sciences, humanities and law.

Collection of research papers from HEC Paris

Statista introduction

Contents (open access)

• 10 million references (including those from the Learning Center).
• Types of documents: books, theses, journals, electronic resources, audiovisual materials, microforms, maps, sheet music, manuscripts and old books …

For a document, make an Interlibrary Loan request.

Online Help

Contents

Access 140 academic journals published by Taylor & Francis Group among the following areas:

• Business & Management
• Finance
• Economics
• Mathematics
• Education
• Communication

Alphabetical list of Taylor & Francis Group journals

Contents

References to articles from 260 journals and books in education

Subject areas

Education Science : assessment, training, education, program, engineering training, language sciences taught.

Tutorials

Tutorials and video support

Contents

• Venture- capital reports Information on private companies, leaders, companies financed by venture capital , limited partnerships, commitments and disbursements.
• 1.2 million private companies worldwide
• 38,000 projects venture capital, mezzanine funds , redemptions
• 100,000 equity transactions
• Contact details and CVs of cadres
• Performance data for 4,000 funds

Coverage

20 years of history

Access

• On site: from the 1st computer on the left of the “Box 1” space in the Learning Center. To access it, click on the “Refinitiv” icon available on the desktop.
• Remotely: an account is required, please contact learning-center@hec.fr

Contents

Access to ebooks on the following subjects:

• Business and management
• Computing
• Finance
• Law
• Psychology

Technical infos

To read the ebooks offline, Adobe Digital Editions must be installed on your computer. More info here.

Contents

• Full text since 1984, including today’s edition.
• Bonus: US, China and Japan editions, WSJ magazine in PDF format, podcasts, videos.
• WSJ pro is not included in our subscription.

Access

You must create your personal account to access The Wall Street Journal: 

• First time login: fill out the form with your HEC email address. You will then receive an email from The Wall Street Journal confirming your registration.
• Once the account is created:
  • Click on the title “The Wall Street Journal” at the top of the page (to access the newspaper directly without taking the survey).
  • Click on “Sign in” and enter your HEC email address and password.
• The journal is also available on the mobile application via your account login: Android / iOS

Contents

• Citations database of academic articles providing access to abstracts or full-text articles from 10,000 journals cited.
• Used to calculate the h-index of authors.

Coverage

• Access to the Social Sciences Citation Index
• Collection from 1990.

Guides 

• User Guide
• YouTube channel Web of Science Training

Contents

• Features over 1000 international bar journals and law reviews from across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America such as The Journal of Business Law, Columbia Law
• Review, Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal and European Law Review.
• The database contains articles, notes, symposium contribution and other materials from the available periodicals.
• Coverage varies by publication.
• Full coverage for some law review does not begin until 1994 (Prior to this date, coverage was limited to selected works).

Content

Online trend-analysis and a research service that provides creative and business intelligence for the apparel, style, design, and retail industries. Includes a 12-year archive with more than 5 million images and over 600,000 pages of information.

Coverage

From 1998

Access

You must create your personal account to access WGSN:

• First connexion : click on “Create a New Account” and type your HEC email address.You will receive a personal username and password that will allow you to access WGSN.
• Your account will expire after 90 days of not being used; log in again to reactivate.

Contents

Access over 1,400 academic journals published by Wiley among the following areas:

• Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Science
• Architecture & Planning
• Art & Applied
• Business, Economics, Finance & Accounting
• Chemistry
• Computer Science & Information Technology
• Earth, Space & Environmental Science
• Humanities
• Law & Criminology
• Life & Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Medecine
• Nursing, Dentistry & Healthcare
• Physical Science & Engineering
• Psychology
• Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Veterinary Medecine

Alphabetical list of Wiley journals

Contents 

• List of companies that recruit MBAs internationally
• Links to a careers space, job / internship offers and specific programs: leadership, internship…

Access

A login and password are required, please contact: learning-center@hec.fr

Research guide

Contents (open site access)

• World Development Indicators (WDI): A set of development indicators from officially recognized international sources. Provides the most current and reliable data on development and includes national, regional and global estimates.

• International Debt Statistics: financial flows, external debt trends and other major financial indicators for developing countries. Includes more than 200 indicators between 1970 and 2008 for most countries.

• Global Economic Monitor: economic trend indicators , financial data and growth forecasts for goods.

• Access to all the platforms

Contents

• Through a common search interface, WRDS provides access to the following databases:
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Audit analytics data
• Bank Regulatory
• blockholders
• Capital IQ
• Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)
• CENTRIS-Monthly Insights Reports
• CBOE indexes
• Compustat North America
• CUSIP Master File
• DMEF
• Dow Jones
• Execucomp
• Fama
• French (research) Portfolio and Liquidity Factors
• FDIC
• I / B / E / S
• IRI Marketing Factbook: Point of Sale
• Penn World Tables
• People Intelligence
• Philadelphia Stock Exchange United Currency Options
• SEC Disclosure of Order Execution
• TRACE

Coverage

Variable, depending on the database

Access

• Requires prior registration from the WRDS website, which must then be validated by the Learning Center
• Access to this platform is reserved for professors, PhD students, MBA, specialized masters and M2 students at HEC Paris

Contents

More than 500 studies redacted in French on business sectors in France or abroad:

• Bank
• Business services
• Construction
• Consumer goods
• Distribution
• Employment
• Energy
• Finance
• Food industry
• Health
• Hobbies
• Household services
• Immovable
• Innovations
• Insurance
• Luxury
• Media
• Social relations
• Technologies
• Transportation

Technical Info

Studies can not be printed

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