Component-based software development is a promising set of technologies designed to move software creation from its current, labor-intensive, craft-like approach to a more modern, reusecentered style. However, a lesson learned from previous radical software process innovations is that a strong technology alone is generally insufficient for successful adoption. In order for gains to be realized ...

Decisionand policy-makers in public administrations currently lack on missing relevant information for sufficient governance. In Germany the introduction of New Public Management and double-entry accounting enable public administrations to get the opportunity to use cost-centered accounting mechanisms to establish new governance mechanisms. Process modelling in this case can be a useful instrum...

Activity-based costing has been identified as an effective system that helps the companies in manufacturing and service industry to reduce their cost. Due high reliability accuracy of activity-based costing, without a doubt, had used implemented widely by replace traditional costing. This is because considered many researchers it no more reliable act this constantly changing market conditions, ...

The present study of 53 CFOs of corporate India captures the development in the cost management practices such as accounting for overheads, applications of budgetary control and standard costing. It addition to traditional cost management techniques it also deals with applications of contemporary management tools such as activity-based costing. The hypotheses in general deal with the difference...