Activity-based costing menu engineering: A new and more accurate way to maximize profits from your restaurant menu

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-96

  Raab, Carola ^a   Hertzman, Jean ^a   Mayer, Karl ^a   Bell, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Cost accounting; Engineering; Menu; Profitability; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947726805     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J369v09n01_06     Document Type: Article

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