Activity-based cost management in financial services industry

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-226

  Hussain, Mostaque ^a   Gunasekaran, A ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Management accounting; Performance measurement; Service industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986136014     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604520110391324     Document Type: Review

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