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Introduction 9

Chapter 1. Origin and development of activity-based costing 19

1.1. Precursors of activity-based costing 19
1.2. Development of activity-based costing in 1984–1989 22
1.3. Development of activity-based costing in 1989–1992 34
1.4. Development of activity-based costing after 1992 38
1.5. Activity-based management 42
1.6. Summary and conclusions 45

Chapter 2. Modified versions of activity-based costing 49

2.1. Time-driven activity-based costing 49
2.2. Resource consumption accounting 55
2.3. TD ABC and RCA compared 63
2.4. Summary and conclusions 67

Chapter 3. The development of activity-based costing/management journal literature in Poland 1994–2011 69

3.1. Introduction 69
3.2. Characteristics of the research method 71
3.3. The analysis of the research findings 77
3.3.1. Quantitative characteristics of the publications 77
3.3.2. Characteristics of the authors of the publications 78
3.3.3. Research method used in the publication 82
3.3.4. Subject area of the publications 84
3.4. Summary and conclusions 86

Chapter 4. Diffusion and use of activity-based costing in Poland in the light of questionnaire research 89

4.1. Introduction 89
4.2. Research method 98
4.3. Diffusion of ABC in Poland 102
4.3.1. General description of the companies covered by the survey 102
4.3.2. Characteristics of cost accounting systems used in the companies 103
4.3.3. Analysis of attitudes towards ABC 104
4.3.4. Contextual factors influencing the implementation of ABC 112
4.4. Functioning and use of ABC in Poland 116
4.4.1. General description of the companies covered by the survey 116
4.4.2. General description of ABC systems 118
4.4.3. Analysis of ABC systems structure 122
4.4.4. Analysis of utilisation of information generated by ABC systems 126
4.5. Summary and conclusions 133

Chapter 5. Functioning of activity-based costing in Poland in the light of case studies and action research 139

5.1. Introduction 139
5.2. Research methodology 140
5.3. Case studies of activity-based costing implementation 146
5.3.1. Activity-based costing implementation in production company ALFA SA 146
5.3.2. Activity-based costing implementation in telecommunication company BETA SA 150
5.3.3. Activity-based costing implementation in insurance company GAMMA SA 155
5.3.4. Activity-based costing implementation in manufacturing and trading company OMEGA SA – action research 158
5.4. Factors influencing activity-based costing implementation and changes in management accounting systems following the implementation 162
5.5. Summary and conclusions 170

Chapter 6. Satisfaction and benefits of ativity-based costing implementation in Polish companies 173

6.1. Introduction 173
6.2. Research method 177
6.3. Analysis of the research results 182
6.3.1. General satisfaction ensuing from ABC implementation 182
6.3.2. Quality of ABC information with respect to traditional system 183
6.3.3. Usefulness of ABC information 184
6.3.4. Influence of ABC on company 185
6.3.5. Differences in ABC evaluation by preparers and users 187
6.4. Summary and conclusions 189

Conclusions 193

Bibliography 199
List of tables 213
List of figures 215

Szczegóły ebooka Management accounting innovations the case of ABC in Poland

Wydawca:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

Rok wydania:

2013

Typ publikacji:

Ebook

Format:

pdf

ISBN:

978-83-7525-819-6

ISBN wersji papierowej:

978-83-7969-159-3

Wydanie:

1

Autorzy:

Tomasz Wnuk-Pel

Miejsce wydania:

Łódź

Liczba Stron:

216

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