Chapter 1 Basic Cost Concepts Learning Objectives • To understand the meaning of different costing terms to understand different costing methods • To have a basic idea of different costing techniques • To understand the meaning of cost sheet In order to determine and take a dispassionate view about what lies beneath the surface of accounting figures‚ a financial analyst has to make use of different management accounting techniques. Cost techniques have a precedence over the other
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Cost Concepts for Managerial Decision Making Prepared for instructional use in Economics For Managers ECG 507 College of Management North Carolina State Universiy © Stephen E. Margolis 2000 Soon we will be using the concepts of cost that are presented in Landsburg’s chapters five and six to analyze market behavior of firms. With a bit of interpretation‚ however‚ these concepts have immediate application to ordinary decisions that
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We already know that following are the important cost concepts related to the production process of a firm: • Fixed Cost • Varibale Cost • Average Cost • Marginal Cost please refer to following page Introduction to Cost Concepts to understand various cost concepts in detail. Here we will briefly state again the meaning of above stated cost concepts for better understanding of the module on short run cost analysis. Fixed Cost is that cost which does not change (that is either goes up or
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COST ANALYSIS OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION MEANING DEFINITIONS TYPES OF COSTS MONETARY COSTS REAL COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS ECONOMIC COSTS ACCOUNTING COSTS INCREMENTAL COSTS SUNK COSTS FUTURE COSTS PRIVATE‚ EXTERNAL AND SOCIAL COSTS FIXED / SUPPLEMENTARY / OVERHEAD COSTS VARIABLE / PRIME COSTS REPLACEMENT COSTS PRODUCTION COSTS SELLING COSTS CONTROLLABLE COSTS DIRECT COSTS INDIRECT COSTS SHORT RUN COSTS CURVES LONG RUN COSTS CURVES OBJECTIVES To understand the meaning of cost. To discuss different types
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selecting strategies that yield a long-term competitive advantage. 2. Depreciation is an allocation of a sunk cost. This cost is a past cost and will never differ across alternatives. 3. The salary of the supervisor of an assembly line with excess capacity is an example of an irrelevant future cost for an accept-or-reject decision. 4. Past costs can be used to help predict future costs. 5. Yes. Suppose‚ for example‚ that sufficient materials are on hand for producing a part for two years.
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country as an example. Can economic risk in this country be anticipated? How? How does economic instability affect other nations? 9. Discuss the effects of various forms of technology on international business.What role does the Internet play? Where is all this leading? Explain the meaning of the “appropriability of technology.” What role does this play in internationalcompetitiveness? How can managers protect the proprietary technology of their firms? Chapter 2 2. Discuss the criticisms that have
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goods‚ service and capital etc. have begun to span the geological border of each country and been widely circulated in the world under the promotion of the globalization. Especially the capital internationalization whose main form is international direct investment is the most frequent. The capital internationalization includes two dimensional contents: on one hand‚ it’s an international of investor structure; on the other hand‚ it’s also an international of enterprise organization structure‚ including
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CHAPTER 7 THE TWO-VARIABLE REGRESSION MODEL: HYPOTHESIS TESTING QUESTIONS 7.1. (a) In the regression context‚ the method of least squares estimates the regression parameters in such a way that the sum of the squared difference between the actual Y values (i.e.‚ the values of the dependent variable) and the estimated Y values is as small as possible. (b) The estimators of the regression parameters obtained by the method of least squares. (c) An estimator
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University Krannert School of Management MGMT 201 – Managerial Accounting I Summer 2014 Practice Final Exam--SOLUTION This exam consists of 30 multiple choice questions on 10 pages (including this cover page) for a total of 120 points. Answer all questions. No partial credit is available for multiple choice questions. Be sure to put your answers to the multiple choice questions on your Scantron form. The exam is closed book. A calculator is permitted. GOOD LUCK. Please circle the best
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Direct marketing in India For those who are considering tapping into the Indian marketplace‚ the author offers an update on the country’s diverse population‚ its technological advances and its overall potential for marketers. India is a country which has a rich heritage. In the rich tapestry that is India‚ there is diversification among its individuals‚ languages‚ cultures‚ religions and castes. The population in India’s five major metros consists of a middle and upper class. The lifestyles and
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