Price and Product-Mix Decisions Under Different Cost Systems
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Plank, PhilippPhilipp Plank analyses the question, what drives the quality of cost-systems and is the quality of cost-systems directly and at best positively related to the firms’ performance. In other words, is it worth investing in complex cost allocation systems or are there environmental and/or production settings in which less enhanced systems perform adequately. Using simulations, a benchmark firm (first-best solution) perfectly allocating cost to products is compared to firms implementing heuristic cost-allocation schemes (second-best solution) to identify the profit gap resulting from decisions based on limited information. Into this discussion, the idea of cost-stickiness is integrated, thereby indicating a new planning approach.
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The AuthorPhilipp Plank received his doctoral degree from the University of Cologne under the supervision of Prof. Dr. C. Homburg. He now works as a project manager und data scientist.
Contents
- About the adequacy of full-costing for decision making
- From cost system design to pricing and portfolio decisions
- About the adequacy of simulations in management accounting research
- A theory review of relevant simulation models in management accounting
- Price and product-mix decisions under different cost systems
- Extended decision model incorporating cost-stickiness
Target Groups
- Academics and students in the fields of planning and accounting
- Practitioners in controlling
The AuthorPhilipp Plank received his doctoral degree from the University of Cologne under the supervision of Prof. Dr. C. Homburg. He now works as a project manager und data scientist.