(Ebook) Cost Management: Strategies for Business Decisions (International Edition) by Marc Wouters, Frank Selto, Ronald Hilton, Michael Maher ISBN 9780077132392, 0077132394

(Ebook) Cost Management: Strategies for Business Decisions (International Edition) by Marc Wouters, Frank Selto, Ronald Hilton, Michael Maher ISBN 9780077132392, 0077132394

This book is an adaptation of the successful US text Cost Management by Hilton, Maher and Selto, written specifically for an international audience.Major improvements include: Diverse and truly international examples of organizations - Examples used throughout the book are from all over the world and represent manufacturing, retail, not-for-profit, and service firms in many different countries. Completely restructured and rewritten text - The book has been rewritten, restructured and also shortened significantly to align content closer with international courses. Integral use of spreadsheets - Spreadsheet software is used for explaining techniques and making applications more realistic.In depth research - Summaries of international research studies that address important cost management issues have been updated and more references to recent research findings have been added.Intuitive explanation of accounting - The authors show directly how events impact the balance sheet and profit and loss account.