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Ever since Activity-Based Costing turned out not to be as easy as A-B-C, businesses have longed for a simpler costing model. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing may be the answer.

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Subject(s): Finance, Management

Source(s): Business Finance Magazine

Author(s): Robert S. Kaplan, Steven R. Anderson

Posted: 2007-09-17

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