The cost effects of component commonality: A literature review through a management-accounting lens

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 358-367

  Labro, Eva ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Component commonality; New product development; Unique versus common components

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS;

ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING; COMPONENT COMMONALITY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 25144508888     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1040.0047     Document Type: Review

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