cost analysis
type: Concept
broader: cost accounting

international accounting
type: Concept
narrower: cost accounting

management accounting
type: Concept
narrower: cost accounting

costing
type: Concept
broader: cost accounting

cost benefit analysis
type: Concept
broader: cost accounting

valuation
type: Concept
broader: cost accounting

breakeven analysis
type: Concept
broader: cost accounting

concepts
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type: ConceptGroup
member: cost accounting

cost accounting
definition: Cost accounting is a process that involves accumulating, measuring, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting cost information for the purpose of internal and external decision making. It determines the cost of something through direct measurement, systematic and rational allocation, or arbitrary assignment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Cost Accounting]
broader: management accounting
broader: international accounting
narrower: cost benefit analysis
narrower: costing
narrower: cost analysis
narrower: valuation
narrower: breakeven analysis
type: Concept