Management Accounting (3rd Edition)

Author: (USA) Robert S. Kaplan
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is led by Robert S. Kaplan, a renowned scholar in the field of management accounting and a professor at the Harvard Business School. In today's environment of global competition and technological challenges, organizations worldwide face demanding new conditions. The book focuses on competitive advantage and value creation as its main themes, introducing the design of management accounting systems and the execution and interpretation of management accounting information generated by these systems. It emphasizes the opportunities to improve organizational performance through the effective design and use of management accounting systems. The costs incurred and the value created by the operational activities and production processes of an organization are central issues in management accounting information. This book is suitable for teaching in university business administration programs and is particularly applicable for practicing managers seeking to acquire and gain new knowledge.