Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259565403
Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Determine the reason why several firms prefer to use market prices for transfer prices.

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