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外文原文 TheRESEARCHOFIntegratedActivity-BasedCostingandEconomicValueAddedSystemasaStrategicManagementTool NarcyzRoztocki StateUniversityofNewYork ABSTRACT ThispaperdescribesafieldstudywhichexaminestheimplementationofanintegratedActivity-BasedCostingandEconomicValueAddedSystemintwosmallmanufacturingfirms.TheresultsofthisstudysuggestthatthisintegratedapproachoutperformsbothtraditionalcostaccountingandstandardActivity-BasedCostingmethods.Furthermore,thefindingsfromtwosmallcompaniesshowthatthereliabilityofcostinformationobtainedbythisintegratedsystemincreasessubstantiallywhendifferencesincapitalusageexist.Factorsthatcouldcreatethesedifferencesincapitalusageandleadtodistortedcostinformationarediscussed.Usingactualdatafromthefieldstudy,possibledistortionstoproductcostasaresultofahomogenouscapitalcostallocationarealsoexamined.Finally,theimpactofthisintegratedapproachonthedecision-making、strategicplanningandlong-termbusinessperformanceofthetwoparticipatingcompaniesisdiscussed. KEYWORDSActivity-BasedCosting;EconomicValueAdded;strategicmanagement Introduction Intoday’sbusinessenvironment,manymanufacturingcompaniesarefacingafiercecompetitionindomesticandglobalmarketsimplementingstrategicmanagementtools,inordertoincreasetheircompetitiveness.Activity-BasedCosting(ABC)andEconomicValueAdded(EVA)aretwosuchexamplesofthesestrategicmanagementtools. Traditionally,ABCandEconomicValueAddedmethodshavebeenusedseparately.ABChasbeenusedasacostingsystem,mainlytoimproveoperatingefficiency;whileEconomicValueAddedhasbeenusedasafinancialperformancemeasure,mainlytoimprovefinancialefficiency.Inrecentyears,someresearchershaveproposedthatABCshouldbecombinedwithEconomicValueAddedtocreateanintegratedcostingandperformancesystem(Hubbell,1996a;Hubbell,1996b;Cooper&Slagmulder,1999;Roztocki&Needy,1999c).TheABCcomponentofthisintegratedsystemwouldfocusonoperatingexpenseswhiletheEconomicValueAddedcomponentwouldfocusoncapitalcosts,however,thisintegratedstrategicmanagementsystemwouldbeabletoaccountforallcosts