Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/49032 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Applied Finance & Banking [ISSN:] 1792-6599 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] International Scientific Press [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 83-106
Publisher: 
International Scientific Press
Abstract: 
This study compares activity-based costing (ABC) model and traditional costing method in Malaysia. Activity based costing (ABC) which was developed into the manufacturing/service sectors in Malaysia. It calculates the cost and performance of activities, resources and cost objects. It can be considered as an alternative model to Traditional Cost-based accounting systems. In this study the results indicated that most operations managers believed that their present cost systems were adequate for decision making. In certain circumstances, operations managers evaluated their cost systems as more effective than those using other cost systems. Activity-based costing systems were evaluated as somewhat more useful, but no relevant literature was found to indicate that either the external or internal environment of the firm was correlated with the choice of cost system.
Subjects: 
activity-based costing
cost drivers
overheads
traditional costing
JEL: 
D24
D61
Document Type: 
Article

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