The adaptation of product cost estimation techniques to estimate the cost of service

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 417-431

  Huang, Xiao Xi ^a   Newnes, Linda B ^a   Parry, Glenn C ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

product; product cost estimation; service; service cost estimation

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST ESTIMATIONS; PRODUCT; PRODUCT COST ESTIMATIONS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SERVICE; SERVICE COST ESTIMATIONS; SERVICE INDUSTRIES;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84859709781     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2011.596281     Document Type: Review

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