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  1. Weighing Internal vs. External Hires

    University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Matthew Bidwell's research on hiring decisions in the investment banking industry shows that external hires earn 18 percent to 20 percent more ...

  2. Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring versus Internal

    Analyses of personnel data from the U.S. investment banking arm of a financial services company from 2003 to 2009 confirm strong effects on pay, performance, and mobility of how workers enter jobs. I find that workers promoted into jobs have significantly better performance for the first two years than workers hired into similar jobs and lower ...

  3. PDF Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring Versus Internal

    Drawing on theories of specific skills and incomplete information, I propose that external hires will initially perform worse than workers entering the job from inside the firm and have ... Analyses of personnel data from the U.S. investment banking arm of a financial services company from 2003 to 2009 confirm strong effects on pay, performance ...

  4. Within or Without? How Firms Combine Internal and External ...

    services industry, which is particularly human-capital intensive. We use seven years of personnel data from an investment bank, covering all employ-ees in more than 200 different jobs, to explore the characteristics that make jobs more likely to be filled by hiring, promotion, or lateral transfers. This study contributes to the literatures on in-

  5. Five big shifts shaping a new world for corporate and investment banks

    The performance outlook for the corporate and investment banking (CIB) sector has been positive on aggregate. In 2022, CIB organizations generated $2.9 trillion of revenue and achieved an RoE of about 12 percent at a 54 percent cost-to-income ratio. ... This variation also reflects the underlying complexity of the industry. The unique nature of ...

  6. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HIRING

    3 The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA). Arkadiankatu 23 B 00100; Helsinki, Finland. +358 9 6099 ... data from 2003 to 2009 in the U.S. investment banking arm of a financial services company, Bidwell (2011) ... he shows that being an external hire, as opposed to an internally-promoted worker, increases the promotion probability ...

  7. Internal and External Hiring

    investment banking arm of a financial services company. Bidwell found that, compared to internally promoted workers, external hires have higher levels of education and experience and are promoted more quickly. Baker et al. (1994) also documented that external hires have higher levels of education and experience than do internally promoted workers.

  8. (PDF) Paying More to Get Less: Specific Skills ...

    External hires' worse expected fit with the job and organization should make the job less ... In investment banking jobs, for example, industry experts report that ... Results also show strong ...

  9. Bank of 2030: The Future of Investment Banking

    The changing investment banking landscape. The unprecedented public health, economic, and societal impacts of the global COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic have intensified the forces that are creating challenges and accelerating disruption in the investment banking industry: falling equity prices, liquidity stress, evolving financial regulations, market democratization, pricing pressure ...

  10. Paying more to get less: The effects of external hiring versus internal

    Nonetheless, the external hires are initially paid around 18 percent more than the promoted workers and have higher levels of experience and education. The hires are also promoted faster. ... Analyses of personnel data from the U.S. investment banking arm of a financial services company from 2003 to 2009 confirm strong effects on pay ...

  11. IZA World of Labor

    External hiring occurs at all job levels but becomes less likely in top positions. The evidence generally shows that external and internal hiring occur at all levels of a job hierarchy but that the prevalence of internal hiring increases at higher levels, culminating with the CEO's job, as noted earlier. In the Finnish data, internal hires ...

  12. Within or Without? How Firms Combine Internal and External Labor

    covering all employees in over 200 different jobs, to explore the characteristics that make jobs. more likely to be filled by hiring, promotion or lateral transfers. This study contributes to the ...

  13. Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring ...

    For instance research shows that employees promoted to jobs (a common type of internal mobility) perform better for the first two years, but are paid 18% less than external hires (Bidwell, 2011 ...

  14. Corporate & Investment Banking

    Ten systemic productivity levers to fuel corporate and investment banking growth June 1, 2023 - Corporate and investment banks that are successfully meeting the challenges of a slow-growth environment do so by deploying ten...

  15. Investment banking

    The main functions of investment banks are providing advisory services for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and underwriting companies entering an initial public offering (IPO). Investment banks may ...

  16. Business models innovation in investment banks: a resilience

    Firms frequently change their business models in order to respond to internal and external challenges. This study aims to explore how investments banks adjust their business models in response to internal and external challenges. Based on a qualitative data from ten major investment banks operating in the largest financial market in the Middle East, we show that investment banks can achieve ...

  17. Why External Hires Get Paid More, and Perform Worse, than Internal

    For his research, Bidwell analyzed personnel data from a U.S. investment banking division from 2003 to 2009. In that study, he documented twice as many internal promotions as external hires.

  18. Investment Banking Labor Shortage: Not Enough Analysts, Associates to Hire

    Investment banking's labor crunch: A junior banker shortage is forcing rainmakers to do grunt work and firms are lowering the bar for new hires. Reed Alexander. Jun 20, 2021, 6:01 AM PDT. Banks ...

  19. Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring Versus Internal

    Individuals often enter similar jobs via two different routes: internal mobility and external hiring. I examine how the differences between these routes affect subsequent outcomes in those jobs. Drawing on theories of specific skills and incomplete information, I propose that external hires will initially perform worse than workers entering the job from inside the firm and have higher exit ...

  20. Module 2 Quiz

    Research on the investment banking industry shows that external hires earn how much more than existing employees promoted into similar positions? 5-10 percent more no more or less; their pay was comparable

  21. PDF Within or Without? How Firms Combine Internal and External Labor

    We test these arguments within the professional services industry, which is particularly human capital intensive. We use seven years of personnel data from an investment bank, covering all employees in over 200 different jobs, to explore the characteristics that make jobs more likely to be filled by hiring, promotion or lateral transfers.

  22. Module 2 Quiz Flashcards

    Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Harvard Business School professor Boris Groysberg says that companies in the twenty-first century have to choose between hiring internally or externally. a) True b) False, Research on the investment banking industry shows that external hires earn how much more than existing employees promoted into similar positions? a) 5-10 ...

  23. How to Conduct Effective Industry Research in Investment Banking

    Effective industry research is an essential component of informed decision-making in the investment banking industry. By identifying the right data sources, developing a comprehensive research plan, leveraging advanced technologies, and adhering to best practices, investment bankers can conduct effective industry research that informs robust ...

  24. Solved Please read the article below and provide a summary

    It is usually faster and less expensive to promote from within. University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Matthew Bidwell's research on hiring decisions in the investment banking industry shows that external hires earn 18 percent to 20 percent more than existing employees promoted to similar positions.