外文翻译-作为战略管理工具的作业成本法和经济-增加值的整合研究.doc

15外文文献翻译2010届译文一：作为战略管理工具的作业成本法和经济增加值的整合研究译文二：运用作业成本法和经济增加值的具体应用：小制造企业学生姓名缪金钗学号06111123院系经济与管理学院专业会计指导教师赵秀芳完成日期2009年11月30日TheRESEARCHOFIntegratedActivity-BasedCostingandEconomicValueAddedSystemasaStrategicManagementToolNarcyzRoztockiStateUniversityofNewYorkABSTRACTThispaperdescribesafieldstudywhichexaminestheimplementationofanintegratedActivity-BasedCostingandEconomicValueAddedSystemintwosmallmanufacturingfirms.TheresultsofthisstudysuggestthatthisintegratedapproachoutperformsbothtraditionalcostaccountingandstandardActivity-BasedCostingmethods.Furthermore,thefindingsfromtwosmallcompaniesshowthatthereliabilityofcostinformationobtainedbythisintegratedsystemincreasessubstantiallywhendifferencesincapitalusageexist.Factorsthatcouldcreatethesedifferencesincapitalusageandleadtodistortedcostinformationarediscussed.Usingactualdatafromthefieldstudy,possibledistortionstoproductcostasaresultofahomogenouscapitalcostallocationarealsoexamined.Finally,theimpactofthisintegratedapproachonthedecision-making、strategicplanningandlong-termbusinessperformanceofthetwoparticipatingcompaniesisdiscussed.KEYWORDSActivity-BasedCosting;EconomicValueAdded;strategicmanagementIntroductionIntoday’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).TheABCcomponentofthisintegratedsystemwouldfocusonoperatingexpenseswhiletheEconomicValueAddedcomponent