TY - BOOK AU - Blocher, Edward AU - Chen, Kung H AU - Lin, W. Thomas TI - Cases & readings in strategic cost management : for use with Cost management : a strategic emphasis SN - 0073662526 9780073662527 AV - HD38.5.B62 PY - 1999/// CY - Boston PB - Irwin/McGraw-Hill, KW - Cost accounting -- Case studies. KW - Managerial accounting -- Case studies. KW - Cost accounting. N1 - Includes index; Contents: Cost management: An Overview -- Strategic Analysis and strategic cost management -- Cost drivers and basic cost concepts -- Activity- based costing and management -- Target costing, theory of constraints and life cycle costing -- Total quality management -- Cost estimation -- Cost- volume- porfit analysis -- Strategy and the master budget -- Decision making with a strategic emphasis -- Capital Budgeting -- Job costing -- Process costing -- Cost Allocation: Service department and joint product costs: The Flexible Budget and standard costing: Direct materials and direct labor -- Standard costing factory overhead -- Marketing effectiveness and managing productivity -- Management control and strategic performance measurement -- Strategic investment units and transfer pricing -- Management compensation and the evaluation of the firm ER -