Philipp 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...

This book examines innovations by companies in the energy and natural resources sector and sheds light on different forms of innovation. The book also argues that R&D resources must be extended across all forms of innovation, citing detailed case studies from energy and natural resources...