Menu engineering using activity-based costing: An exploratory study using a profit factor comparison approach

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-224

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Cost accounting; Menu engineering; Profit factors; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951664061     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348009349823     Document Type: Article

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