Managerial Accounting - Hardcover
Designed for courses in managerial accounting, this text provides balanced coverage of topics in manufacturing, retail, non-profit and service industries, so students realize that managerial accounting is used by managers of all types of organization, not just manufacturers. It also features real-world business examples and includes "running cases" in each chapter to provide an integrated discussion of specific topics. Topics covered include "just-in-time" inventory systems, flexible manufacturing and computer-integrated manufacturing, which are changing the manufacturing environment and managerial accounting systems. There is frequent reference to companies such as American Express, Wal-Mart, General Electric and McDonald's.
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About the Author:
A Professor of Accounting at Cornell University, Professor Hilton teaches in the areas of managerial accounting and cost management systems. With bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University, he received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. A Cornell faculty member since 1977, Professor Hilton also has taught accounting at Ohio State and the University of Florida, where he held the position of Walter J. Matherly Professor of Accounting. Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, Hilton worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company and served as an officer in the United States Air Force. Professor Hilton is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and has been active in the American Accounting Association. He has served as associate editor of The Accounting Review and as a member of its editorial board. Hilton also has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Management Accounting Research. He has been a member of the resident faculties of both the Doctoral Consortium and the New Faculty Consortium sponsored by the American Accounting Association. With wide-ranging research interests, Hilton has published articles in many -journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, -Management Science, Decision Sciences, The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Mathematical Psychology. Author of Managerial Accounting, he also has published a monograph in the AAA Studies in Accounting Research series, is a co-author of Budgeting: Profit Planning and Control, and is a co-author of Cost Accounting: Concepts and Mana-ge-rial Applications. Professor Hilton's current research interests focus on contemporary cost management systems and international issues in managerial accounting. In recent years, he has toured manufacturing facilities and consulted with practicing managerial accountants in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
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- PublisherMcgraw-Hill (Tx)
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0071120769
- ISBN 13 9780071120760
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number5
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