The design and implementation of activity-based costing: A case study of a Taiwanese textile company

International Journal of Accounting & Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-52

  Duh, Rong Ruey ^a   Lin, Thomas W ^c   Wang, Wen Ying ^b   Huang, Chao Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Cost drivers; Taiwan; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077291     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347640910967726     Document Type: Article

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