Activity-based costing in the hospitality industry: Evidence from Greece

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-527

  Pavlatos, Odysseas ^a   Paggios, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Cost accounting; Greece; Hotels; Management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350536324     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348009344221     Document Type: Article

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