An empirical investigation of the importance of cost-plus pricing

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-137

  Guilding, Chris ^a   Drury, Colin ^b   Tayles, Mike ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Cost plus pricing; Costs; Manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644392563     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900510574548     Document Type: Article

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