Business Fundamentals As Taught At the Harvard Business School: Understanding Costs

Business Fundamentals are collections of Harvard Business School background materials, reflecting HBS courses and supplemented by self-study aids. This collection introduces managers to the fundamentals of cost accounting and control systems. As part of the Business Fundamentals series, it contains materials used in Harvard Business School's MBA and executive education programs. The collection includes the following items: "Understanding Costs for Management Decisions," "Brief Introduction to Cost Accounting," and "Basic Capital Investment Analysis" by William J. Bruns, Jr.; "Measure Costs Right: Make the Right Decisions" by Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan; and "One Cost System Isn't Enough" by Robert S. Kaplan.