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Resumo O custeio-meta (ou target costing) é uma estratégia eficaz na busca do equilíbrio entre o custo x preço, qualidade e funcionalidade. Desenvolvida na manufatura, a aplicação destes conceitos na construção civil vem aumentando e... more
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      Construction ManagementCost ManagementBuilding ConstructionTarget costing
Construction industry plays an important role for the development in any country. Individual project success depends on how it can achieve project objectives, which is to complete the project within the estimated budget, to the required... more
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Objectives: The goal of this study was to compare cost-effectiveness of sacubitril/valsartan with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for treating chronic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) from the... more
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      CardiologyPatient SafetyPublic HealthCardiovascular disease
Simulation and computational techniques cover a variety of aspects also had proved its feasibility in construction management as whole, so it had adopted by a lot of researches during the last decades with rapid progress. The current... more
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      EngineeringCivil EngineeringConstruction ManagementCost Management
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      SociologyManagement AccountingApplied EconomicsCost Management
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      BusinessCost Management
The objective of this publication is to translate the activities included in road  transport task into the language of tasks and to ascribe appropriate costs and  economic effectiveness indicators to them. Such a representation is new in... more
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      EngineeringTransport LogisticsCost ManagementActivity based costing
This chapter reviews the interorganizational accounting literature. There are two different types of interorganizational settings that have been covered within the literature: dyadic relationships between two collaborating companies and... more
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      Actor Network TheoryAgency TheoryTransaction Cost EconomicsCost Management
ÖZET Günümüzde değişen maliyet yapıları, işletmelerin "hangi maliyetle, ne üretirsem üreteyim satarım" anlayışına dayalı ürünler üreterek satabilmelerini imkansız hale getirmiştir. Bu gelişmelerin sonucunda küresel rekabet ortamının... more
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      Cost ManagementProfitabilityPrivate Sector
Project control tools are commonly used in the construction industry. Unfortunately, many projects run over budget and behind schedule, which suggests that there is something wrong in our project control system. The earned-value method... more
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      Construction IndustryCost ManagementControl system
In recent times much attention has been paid to wetland conservation and management. Relatively little of this attention has been paid to the trade-offs land manager's face when deciding on the use of privately owned wetlands. In this... more
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      Energy EconomicsWetlandsCost ManagementOpportunity Cost
Publishers and printers have to decide regularly in the short-run book production between the alternatives offset printing, digital printing or a combination of both methods. For the assessment and calculation of economic efficiency of... more
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      Print Publishing Layout & DesignCost AccountingCost ManagementTarget costing
As a result of the liberalisation of airline markets; the strong growth of low cost carriers; the high volatility in fuel prices; and the recent global financial crisis, the cost pressure that airlines face is very substantial. In order... more
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      Data AnalysisStrategic ManagementModelingStrategic Planning
The methodology, analysis, and the unfounded conclusions presented in the paper “Underestimating costs in public works projects: error or lie?” by Flyvbjerg, Holm, and Buhl (2002), published in the Journal of the American Planning... more
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      Decision MakingProject ManagementInfrastructure PlanningProject Risk Management
Resumo: O aumento da eficiência tem sido um dos desafios presentes para os hospitais públicos no contexto da descentralização. Para que seja possível maximizar resultados e minimizar o consumo de recursos, destaca-se a importância do... more
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      Cost ManagementData CollectionManagement System
This is a case study of a UK chemical company implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM). In the late 1980's the company encountered serious problems due to the rapid contraction of major customers. It embarked on a programme of... more
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      SociologyOperations ManagementOrganisational ChangeManagement Accounting
This article examines and proposes the implementation of best practice cost reduction strategies capable of enhancing profitability. Multichoice Nigeria limited (MCN) was the organization under focus, and the study population comprises... more
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      Cost ManagementActivity based costingProfitability
Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore in a specific hospital care process the applicability in practice of the theories of quality costing and value chains. Design/methodology/approach -In a retrospective case study an in-depth... more
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      Health CareQuality of Mental Health CareHealthCost Management
Purpose: To develop and apply a framework that examines the effectiveness and efficiency of managing knowledge in organizations for competitive advantage.
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      Knowledge ManagementCost ManagementCompetitive advantageIntellectual Capital
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      Critical TheoryBusinessEntrepreneurshipOrganizational Behavior
Firms are constantly improving their activities in order to become more competitive. With the diffusion of international competition and easier access to global markets, effective logistic and inventory management strategies become es-... more
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      LogisticsCost Management
Cost management methods and processes have been largely used and studied within organizations and their complexity has increased. Consider for instance the increasing amount of methodologies, tools and norms for effective organizational... more
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The development, design, and construction of a lunar base will be an extremely complex technical task. It will be even more challenging to set up the funding scheme and the international cooperative structures that will be required to... more
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      SpaceCost ManagementFirst-Order LogicResearch Needs
Many firms today form alliances with their suppliers and customers that do not fit into the classical dichotomy of hierarchies and markets. The emergence of so-called hybrid relational forms makes the make-or-buy decision more complicated... more
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      Product DesignCost ManagementAccounting Organizations and Society
How do firms choose their cost structure? What is the nature and function of scales of operation? What are sources of functional and dysfunctional scales of operation? These policy questions relate to the optimal overhead of a business... more
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      Financial Risk ManagementRisk ManagementCost ManagementCost Estimation
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      Strategic ManagementCost Management
Managing the cost of purchased goods and services continues to be one of the hottest issues in purchasing today. It has received a great deal of attention by top management, and in the press in periodicals such as Fortune and Harvard... more
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      MarketingSupply Chain ManagementCost ManagementBusiness and Management
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      Computer ScienceOperating SystemsCost ManagementOPERATING SYSTEM
Construction projects are always problematic and difficult to manage in certain stages. Management in construction industry has been characterized as being weak, insufficient, nebulous, backward and slow to react against changing... more
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      Construction Project ManagementChange ManagementRisk ManagementCost Management
This paper considers the very dif ficult managerial challenge of evaluating potential investments in new manufacturing technology . A U . S . based case study is used to demonstrate the limitations of the conventional NPV framework and to... more
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      ManagementFinanceTechnologyAccounting
Purpose – The Iron Triangle, also called the Triple Constraint, is a central concept to project management research and practice, representing the relationship between key performance criteria. However, there is disagreement about which... more
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      Quality ManagementProject ManagementConstruction Project ManagementCost Management
Construction is a sector that has been tagged with poor performance in the UK. Reports on the industry since 1944 have repeatedly described the industry as fragmented and adversarial. Furthermore, poor project information arising from... more
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      Civil EngineeringArchitectureProject ManagementQuantity Surveying
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      Cost ManagementFinancial AnalysisStandard costing and cost accounting
The findings of a survey of budgeting and standard costing practices in New Zealand (NZ) and United Kingdom (UK) manufacturers are reported. The results suggest that Some commentators' predictions of a demise in standard costing and... more
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      Cost ManagementUnited KingdomNew ZealandThe
Is to design a composite arch bridge including the management procedures in determining the cost , time and risk .
Introducing new methods in estimating and paper reviews with reference to the PMI , ACI and AASHTO specifications .
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      Project ManagementConstruction ManagementRisk ManagementBridge Engineering
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      Management Control SystemsInnovation and Creativity (Business)Cost ManagementManagement and Cost Accounting
It is evident that the successful completion of construction project, effective management plays an important role. In the upcoming competitive market place the management of technical projects becoming more challenge to the professional... more
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      Project ManagementConstruction ManagementPerformance ManagementConstruction Project Management
Open-book accounting has been mentioned both as a means of improving the cost efficiency of supply chains and as a tool for building trust into customer–supplier relationships. However, there is little empirical evidence of how to make... more
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      SociologySupply Chain ManagementManagement AccountingSupply Chain
Large construction projects are inherently complex and dynamic. Many projects start with good ideas, huge investments and great efforts. However, most of them do not achieve much success. A major contribution to unsuccessful projects is... more
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      Project ManagementBenchmarkingCost ManagementSystematic review
Nello scenario odierno, i dati hanno acquisito una posizione centrale in diversi ambiti tecnologici e non. La capacità di riuscire a gestire grandi quantità di dati, analizzarli statisticamente per avere conoscenza sulla distribuzione... more
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      Cost ManagementPredictive Analytics
This research work studied the effect of Cost Management on performance of manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The study sought to examine some best practices in the management of cost management and their influence on performance of... more
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      Cost ManagementCorporate Performance
Definition: Cost Control is the process of monitoring and regulating the expenditure of funds is known as cost control.
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      Cost-Benefit AnalysisCost AccountingCost ManagementLean cost management
Kaizen costing is the process of continual cost reduction that occurs after a product design has been completed and is now in production. Cost reduction techniques can include working with suppliers to reduce the costs in their processes,... more
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      Management AccountingABCCost AccountingCost Management
The attendant high cost of construction; using conventional building materials has resulted in inadequate classroom provisions in public schools located in rural areas in Nigeria. This study compares bamboo and... more
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      Structural EngineeringArchitectureCost ManagementCOST ESTIMATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of cost escalation in transportation infrastructure projects. Based on a sample of 258 transportation infrastructure projects worth US$90 billion and... more
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      Critical TheoryBusinessEntrepreneurshipOrganizational Behavior
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The feasibility of economic mass production of the selected strain and the development of a stable product are key factors to a successful microbial pest control product. Two phases are distinguished, the development of the production... more
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      Cost ManagementProfitabilityProduct DevelopmentMass production
In this study, the time management of a four-storey residential building construction project is estimated with the aid of Microsoft Project 2013. The three constraints of project management: time, cost and resource management, are... more
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      Civil EngineeringProject ManagementConstruction ManagementConstruction Project Management