Menu engineering and activity-based costing - Can they work together in a restaurant?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Raab, Carola ^a   Mayer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Cost accounting; Hong Kong; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846602236     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110710724152     Document Type: Article

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