Questions from Cost Accounting

Q: All businesses have to continually engage in capital investment to improve and

All businesses have to continually engage in capital investment to improve and maintain processes, equipment and facilities. Governments also invest in infrastructure projects like roads, rail and uti...

Q: The Africa Research Bulletin reported the results of a prefeasibility study by

The Africa Research Bulletin reported the results of a prefeasibility study by Ironveld plc stating that the grades for pig iron and ferro vanadium were better than expected at its project on the Nort...

Q: Increasingly, householders and small businesses are considering renewable power generation systems

Increasingly, householders and small businesses are considering renewable power generation systems to decrease their costs. Most of the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia are suited to generating energy from...

Q: For many companies their focus on cost reduction has been limited to For many companies their focus on cost reduction has been limited to

For many companies their focus on cost reduction has been limited to the costs of their internal activities. This internal focus has resulted in companies adopting JIT practices and outsourcing in ord...

Q: Writing in The Australian Financial Review Jack Mintz states that for investment

Writing in The Australian Financial Review Jack Mintz states that for investment decisions, taxes matter, and Australia’s company tax rate (30 per cent) is too high in international terms to be compet...

Q: An article published in The Irish Times by Olive Keogh cites the

An article published in The Irish Times by Olive Keogh cites the following comments by Patrick Gibbons, professor of strategic management at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School: The one t...

Q: According to Industrial Info Resources, a leading provider of industrial intelligence

According to Industrial Info Resources, a leading provider of industrial intelligence data, the sustained high prices for oil and natural gas that existed at the time prompted an increasing interest i...

Q: Revisions to China’s budget law, passed on 31 August 2014,

Revisions to China’s budget law, passed on 31 August 2014, represent a significant reform, providing a framework for significantly greater transparency and accountability for local government says Fit...

Q: Big data is a term that describes the large volume of raw

Big data is a term that describes the large volume of raw data, both structured and unstructured, that inundates a business on a daily basis. It includes information such as email messages, social med...

Q: Although the apex of ZBB’s popularity in the late 1970s is long Although the apex of ZBB’s popularity in the late 1970s is long

Although the apex of ZBB’s popularity in the late 1970s is long past, there has been renewed interest in ZBB in today’s environment of fiscal constraint, says Shayne Kavanagh in an article published i...