Product diversity and costing system design choice: Field study evidence

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-279

  Abernethy, Margaret A ^a   Lillis, Anne M ^a   Brownell, Peter ^a   Carter, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABC; Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT); Costing systems; Product diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347769337     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2001.0168     Document Type: Article

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