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INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENTFALL 2013
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Industry Company Profile (ICP)
What will you do?• Identify one or two companies in same primary line of
business/industry.
• Collect info about each company and the industry.
• Record information for each company in an ICP form provided by your professor.
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Don’t delay. This is a big project.
Good News …• Gives you a lot of exposure to library business resources.
• Not intended to be a scavenger hunt.
• You’ll have guidance about the company and industry resources that you can use.
• You’ll see some new terminology.
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Ticker or Stock Symbols• Group of letters and/or numbers.
• Identifies share of publicly traded company on specific stock exchange.
• Frequently offered as a search option on a business database
• Example – Coca Cola Co (The)• Ticker is KO.• Stock is traded on New York Stock Exchange.
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Public vs. Private Companies
Coca-Cola Co (The)• Publicly held.• Sells stock on NYS exchange with Ticker KO.• A lot of information disclosed to public.• Easier for you to research.
Adirondack Beverage Company, Inc.• Privately held.• Very little information disclosed to public.• Much harder for you to research.
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SIC & NAICS - Soft Drink Manufacturing Example
Two numeric systems:
SIC: 2086 (Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks)
(older/broader/fewer categories)
NAICS: 312111 (Soft Drink Manufacturing)
(newer/more categories/more drill down)
Primary SIC or NAICS = Primary line of business.
312111 is NAICS for Coca Cola Co. (The)
• Assigned to companies and/or industries.
• Groups together companies in same primary industry.
• NAICS more detailed/more current than SIC
• See your professor on selection of company/industry NAICS/SIC
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articles-journals tab
Go to http://library.rpi.edu/ (Library homepage)
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Alphabetized Database List
Click M for
Mergent.
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Mergent Online
Red r means
licensed.
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Mergent’s Basic Search Templates
PrimarySIC or NAICS
CompanySearch
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Primary NAICS Search – U.S. Companies
4. Click Search.
2. Enter Primary NAICS.
1. NAICS radio button.
3. Limit to U.S. Companies.
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NAICS Brief Search Results
Limit to Public Companies.
Displays SIC in brief results.
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Only Public Companies
ViewCoca-Cola Co. (The)
SIC, Exchange, Ticker, Active/Inactive.
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Coca-Cola Bottling Co (The)