AFM241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Zotero, North American Industry Classification System, Information Technology Management

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Accounting & Financial Management
• Course: AFM241
• Professor: Theophanis Stratopoulos

Document Summary

Agenda: industry classification scheme & compustat, new technology adoption - zotero, it payoffs - i, it payoffs - ii. Use compustat to find the gic, sic, and naics of whirlpool. Using the feedback from compustat proceed to identify the different classification schemes in each of the classification systems. Using the same approach complete the assignment on page 41 of the teaching notes for the insurance industry. Replicate with the four digit sic, four digit naics, and eight digit gic. In text citations and reference with zotero. Variables, underlying assumptions, and statistical analysis used. It capability defined - opening the black box. Hard it= it infrastructure - h/w needed for implementation of erp at whr. Soft it=human it resources - resources dedicated by whr technical it skills. Complementary resources - invest in new set up of warehouse at whr. Users (training) - how much is the firm spending on training. Alignment of it investment with firm"s strategy.