A procedure for smooth implementation of activity-based costing in small companies

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 19-27

  Roztocki, Narcyz ^a   Porter, J David ^b   Thomas, Robin M ^c   Needy, Kim LaScola ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PPG INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Analytic hierarchical process; Small industries

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ACTIVITY BASED COSTING; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; SMALL INDUSTRIES;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 15044358176     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2004.11415262     Document Type: Article

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