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Cost accounting

a managerial emphasis

by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar · first published 1962

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  • bdelmas · May 12, 2025 · Recommends

    Marketing Management by Philip Kotler is the reference. For the rest it depends on what you need since they are very focused on one domain but for instance for accounting/finance: Cost Accounting by Charles Horngren, or Managerial Accounting for Managers by Eric Noreen is a must. Strategor - English version by João Albino-Pimentel is amazing. A lot of tools to get started are there with very…

    on “Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools” ↗
  • williamcotton · Feb 12, 2024 · Recommends

    …cost of analytics, especially when it comes to these MDS systems? I encourage anyone in a position to make purchases or who has a say in what engineer labor focuses on is to get a copy of Horngren's Cost Accounting. It should make my position very clear! FWIW, there is indeed capitalization occurring when an organization incorporates analytics, even the "measure all the things" approach, but the question is, once…

    on “Is the "modern data stack" still a useful idea?” ↗

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