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The cost management edge for financial services
Author(s) -
Garg Ashish
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20101
Subject(s) - key (lock) , business , cost accounting , quality (philosophy) , best practice , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , financial services , accounting , finance , marketing , process management , operations management , industrial organization , economics , computer science , management , computer security , telecommunications , philosophy , epistemology
Holding down costs has long been a corporate objective, yet companies continue to struggle to find ways to generate better‐quality information—either with the help of, or sometimes in spite of, the cost management tools already in place. But as a best‐practices survey shows, cost management—when executed effectively—can be a key contributor to strategic goals. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.