Labro, Eva (2006) Analytics of costing system design. In: Bhimani, Alnoor, (ed.) Contemporary Issues in Management Accounting. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 217-243. ISBN 9780199283361
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Costing is an estimation or approximation exercise: within a relevant range, management accountants seek to derive a linear function that approximates underlying true cost behaviour. This chapter discusses the research literature in this area, identifying where there is sufficient knowledge to guide practitioners and where further advances are needed in both costing research and practice. The focus is mainly on analytical and empirical work based on theoretical constructs. Section 10.2 briefly discusses what costing systems should seek to approximate, while Section 10.3 looks at how system objectives are pursued. The next section provides an overview of where approximations can go wrong. Section 10.5 discusses how to choose among alternative costing system approximations. Section 10.6 concludes with some avenues to advance costing system design research and practice.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://www.oup.co.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 Eva Labro |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2008 09:52 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2024 02:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/21760 |
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