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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter One The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting in a Dynamic Business Environment
- Chapter Two Basic Cost Management Concepts and Accounting for Mass Customization Operations
- Chapter Three Product Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production Environment
- Chapter Four Process Costing and Hybrid Product-Costing Systems
- Chapter Five Activity-Based Costing
- Chapter Six Activity-Based Management and Cost Management Tools
- Chapter Seven Activity Analysis, Cost Behavior, and Cost Estimation
- Chapter Eight Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
- Chapter Nine Profit Planning, Activity-Based Budgeting, and e-Budgeting
- Chapter Ten Standard Costing, Operational Performance Measures, and the Balanced Scorecard
- Chapter Eleven Flexible Budgeting and the Management of Overhead and Support Activity Costs
- Chapter Twelve Responsibility Accounting, Quality Control, and Environmental Cost Management
- Chapter Thirteen Investment Centers and Transfer Pricing
- Chapter Fourteen Decision Making: Relevant Costs and Benefits
- Chapter Fifteen Target Costing and Cost Analysis for Pricing Decisions
- Chapter Sixteen Capital Expenditure Decisions
- Chapter Seventeen Absorption, Variable, and Throughput Costing
- Chapter Eighteen Allocation of Support Activity Costs and Joint Costs
- Appendix I The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls, and Management Accounting
- Appendix II Compound Interest and the Concept of Present Value
- Appendix III Inventory Management
- References for “In Their Own Words”
- Glossary
- Photo Credits
- Websites for Major Companies and Organizations Cited in the Text
- Focus Company and Contrast Company Used in Each Chapter
