Activity-based costing for competition against generic products: the case of an herbicide product company / Foong Soon-Yau and Ho Ben-Seng

Activity-based costing (ABC) enables management to use activity cost information to formulate more effective strategy against competitors. Based on the case of herbicide product company, this paper examines how DCPM, a subsidiary of a multinational company, uses activity cost information to revise i...

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Main Authors: Foong, Soon-Yau (Author), Ho, Ben-Seng (Author)
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Published: Accounting Research Institute, Faculty of Accountancy & UiTM Press, 2009-07.
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