Value management and activity based costing model in the Tunisian restaurant

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-288

  Salem Mhamdia, Amel Ben Hadj ^a   Ghadhab, Bahia Bejar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Activity based costs; Hospitality services; Profit; Restaurants; Tunisia; Value management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859187136     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111211206178     Document Type: Article

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