Vijay Govindarajan

Stephen L. Mangum

Sven B. Lundstedt

Joel E. Thompson

Janet P. Near

Marcia P. Miceli

Cynthia Fraser

Tony McAdams

John K. Shank

Michael W. Spicer

James L. Perry

Martha C. Cooper

Richard J. Murdock

Orlando Behling

Clark Leavitt

Leslie J. Berkes

Marcus H. Sandver

David Greenberger

Barry M. Mitnick

Elaine T. Chen

Herbert G. Heneman (III)

John D. Blackburn

Lisa M. Lynch

Robert A. Hansen

Stephen A. Buser

Tetsunori Koizumi

Bonnie Lee Roach

Kathryn S. Miller

Randall L. Rose

Robert C. Miljus

Debra Jo Cohen

Working Paper Series

Designed to augment managerial and cost accounting study, Cases in Cost Management develops the ability to apply cost analysis to decision-making situations. Thoroughly tested and proven highly effective, the cases provide challenging and fun problems that help build skills with managerial and cost accounting techniques. Based on real-life scenarios, the cases give the opportunity to analyze the situation, decide which accounting concept is most appropriate, and apply the concept as the manager of a firm.

A Strategic Emphasis

Cases in Cost Management

In this book, Shank and Govindarajan demonstrate how strategic cost management - an analytical framework which relates meaningful accounting information to a firm's business strategy - is changing accounting practices in leading companies. Using case studies, including Ciba-Geigy, Ford, Motorola and Texas Instruments, they show how the tools of strategic cost management - value chain analysis, strategic positioning analysis and cost driver analysis - provide a sustainable competitive advantage over companies whose cost systems are in disarray.

The New Tool for Competitive Advantage

Strategic Cost Management

John K. Shank

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