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Silicon Valley Bank Data Project (view source)
Revision as of 21:40, 1 March 2011
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At present there are approximately 450 'valuations' in the database, where each valuation was converted from a spreadsheet into a series of entries in database tables. There are approximately another 1500 valuations in the pipeline waiting to be extracted from spreadsheets into the database. It is anticipated that this set will be complete in about 3 months [EJE]. The current valuations are mainly from late 2009 and early 2010. The pipeline contains all valuations performed since 2008. Again, the data input/conversion process relies on outsourcing to India. It is unclear what format the final database will be in, but a SQL compliance DB seems almost a certainty.
===A Relationship with SVB===
SVB accumulated this data for three reasons:
#Helping their clients make better decisions (though they are careful not to breach confidentiality requirements with the data) is a service business to them
#To enhance internal decision making, particularly with regard to business risk lending, but also to establish best practises within the bank
#To use it as a component of a brand building strategy
SVB believe [EJE] that Haas could contribute the brand building strategy by producing (practitioner relevant) research that would be published in (trade) journals and/or presented at (trade) conferences. It seems possible that we could also contribute to the first two reasons directly. Specifically, PhD students, in the course of accessing and processing data for research, could provide recommendations for commercial applications of the the data that are current unrecognized or unexploited.
A request was made for examples of journals and conferences that SVB would find useful/relevant. It seems likely [EJE] that suitable journals/publications include:
*Business Valuation Review
*The Journal of Business Valuation
*The Valuation Law Review
*The Journal of Private Equity
*Inc Magazine
*The Wall Street Journal
SVB currently envisage the following access protocol:
#Haas researchers pitch research projects to SVB personnel
#Projects are examined on a case by case basis
#Researchers are given on-site data access under an employee style contract to conduct approved research.
Going forward, we should contact Dan with questions regarding data points (I am happy to do this if further information is needed), and probably Michael for faculty-to-bank relationship questions.
