Pension rate estimates are important because they provide information to the market, and because they are useful in estimating future cash flows or for other analytical purposes. This is especially true now, because the economic environment has deteriorated to a point that many investors...

Manufacturing companies facing significant pricing competition need customer cost informations systems (CCISs) that reliably measure the resource costs of serving individual customers. Prices are often set by the market and competition, particularly from foreign imports, and severely restricts...

This article uses Geert Hofstede’s taxonomy of work‐related cultural values to examine the relationship between international cultural diversity and the practice of management accounting. The discussion is presented in two parts. First, is a discussion of the relationship between...