Activity-based costing: A more accurate way to estimate the costs for a restaurant menu

International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Raab, Carola ^a   Shoemaker, Stowe ^b   Mayer, Karl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548478344     PISSN: 15256480     EISSN: 15286499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J149v08n03_01     Document Type: Article

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