Cost Accounting (15th Edition)
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Author: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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“Budgeted performance is a better criterion than past performance for judging managers.” Do you agree? Explain.
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