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Managerial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses » (10th Edition)

Book cover image of Managerial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses by Michael W. Maher

Authors: Michael W. Maher, Clyde P. Stickney, Roman L. Weil
ISBN-13: 9780324639766, ISBN-10: 0324639767
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: March 2007
Edition: 10th Edition

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Author Biography: Michael W. Maher

Michael W. Maher, Ph.D., is Professor of Management and Accounting at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Gonzaga University and his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Washington (Seattle). He has experience in public accounting, has co-managed his own business, and consulted with numerous companies and governmental bodies. Dr. Maher is active in the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, including service as president. He has co-authored numerous books and published articles in numerous journals.

Clyde P. Stickney is the Signal Companies' Professor of Management, Emeritus at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College. He received his DBA from Florida State University and taught at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the Tuck School in 1977. He has also taught at business schools in Japan, Australia, Finland, and Germany. Prof. Stickney has authored and coauthored books on financial accounting, managerial accounting, and financial statement analysis.

Roman L. Weil, Ph.D., CMA, CPA, is the V. Duane Rath Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the University of Chicago as well as Visiting Professor at the Haas School of the University of California, Berkeley and the Harvard Law School. He has designed and implemented continuing education programs for partners at two of the large accounting firms and for employees at several operating corporations. Dr. Weil has co-authored dozens of books. His lay articles have appeared in Barron's and The Wall Street Journal. He has published more than 80 articles in academic and professional journals, most recently on financial literacy for corporate governance.

Book Synopsis

Intended for MBA programs, this textbook discusses the strategic management of costs and quality, methods of estimating cost driver rates, financial modeling, differential cost and revenue analysis, capital budgeting, profit variance, cost center performance evaluation, and incentive systems. The ninth edition adds managerial applications and critical thinking exercises. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

Preface
Pt. 1Overview and Basic Concepts1
Ch. 1Fundamental Concepts2
Ch. 2Measuring Product Costs36
Ch. 3Activity-Based Management84
Pt. 2Managerial Decision Making127
Ch. 4Strategic Management of Costs, Quality, and Time128
Ch. 5Cost Drivers and Cost Behavior156
Ch. 6Financial Modeling for Short-Term Decision Making206
Ch. 7Differential Cost Analysis for Marketing Decisions250
Ch. 8Differential Cost Analysis for Production Decisions276
Ch. 9Capital Expenditure Decisions316
Pt. 3Motivating Managers to Make Good Decisions351
Ch. 10Profit Planning and Budgeting352
Ch. 11Profit Center Performance Evaluation404
Ch. 12Cost Center Performance Evaluation438
Ch. 13Investment Center Performance Evaluation482
Ch. 14Incentive Issues524
Ch. 15Allocating Costs to Responsibility Centers560
AppCompound Interest Examples and Applications590
Compound Interest and Annuity Tables609
Glossary615
Index705

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