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Lanen  \nUniversity of Michigan  \nShannon W. Anderson  \nRice University  \nMichael W. Maher  \nUniversity of California at Davis  \nFUNDAMENTALS OF COST ACCOUNTING  \nPublished by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright © 2011, 2008, 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.  \nSome ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States.  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 WVR/WVR 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0  \nISBN 978-0-07-352711-6 MHID 0-07-352711-4  \nVice president and editor-in-chief: Brent Gordon  \nEditorial director: Stewart Mattson  \nPublisher: Tim Vertovec  \nDirector of development: Ann Torbert  \nDevelopment editor: Emily A. Hatteberg  \nVice president and director of marketing: Robin J. Zwettler  \nMarketing director: Sankha Basu  \nMarketing manager: Kathleen Klehr  \nVice president of editing, design and production: Sesha Bolisetty  \nSenior project manager: Susanne Riedell  \nSenior production supervisor: Debra R. Sylvester  \nInterior designer: JoAnne Schopler  \nSenior photo research coordinator: Jeremy Cheshareck  \nSenior media project manager: Allison Souter  \nCover design: JoAnne Schopler  \nTypeface: 10.5/12 Times New Roman  \nCompositor: MPS Limited, A Macmillan Company  \nPrinter: World Color Press Inc.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nLanen, William N.  \nFundamentals of cost accounting / William N. Lanen, Shannon W. Anderson,  \nMichael W. Maher.—3rd ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-07-352711-6 (alk. paper)  \nISBN-10: 0-07-352711-4 (alk. paper)  \n1. Cost accounting. I. Anderson, Shannon W. II. Maher, Michael, 1946-III. Title. HF5686 .C8M224 2011  \n657'.42—dc22  \n2009044025  \n[www.mhhe.com](www.mhhe.com)  \nDedication  \nTo my wife, Donna, and my children, Cathy and Tom, for encouragement, support, patience, and general good cheer throughout the years.  \nBill  \nI dedicate this book to my husband Randy, my children Evan and David, and my parents, Max and Nina Weems. Your support and example motivate me to improve. Your love and God’s grace assure me that it isn’t necessary.  \nShannon  \nI dedicate this book to my children, Krista and Andrea, and to my extended family, friends, and colleagues, who have provided their support and wisdom over the years.  \nMichael  \nAbout Ahors  \niv  \nWilliam N. Lanen  \nWilliam Lanen is Professor of Accounting at the University of Michigan Business School. He holds degrees in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and Purdue University and earned a PhD in accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  \nBill teaches management accounting in both the BBA and MBA programs at the University of Michigan. He also teaches management accounting in Global MBA Programs and Executive Education Programs in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Before coming to the University of Michigan, Bill was on the faculty at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught various financial and managerial accounting courses at the undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA levels. He has received teaching awards at both the University of Michigan and the Wharton School.  \nBill is an Associate Editor of Management Science and serves on the Editorial Boards of The Accounting Review and the Journal of Management Accounting Research. He has published in Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting and Economics; Accounting, Organizations and Society;  \nand T","cbCaifFQO5WxUpoT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifFQO5WxUpoT","pdf",22363530,754,"English","# Dedication\n## Author information","[{\"question\":\"Who are the authors of Fundamentals of Cost Accounting?\",\"answer\":\"The book is authored by William N. Lanen, Shannon W. Anderson, and Michael W. Maher.\"},{\"question\":\"What edition is this book?\",\"answer\":\"The provided front matter indicates the book is the 3rd ed.\"},{\"question\":\"What topics related to cost accounting are emphasized in the author backgrounds?\",\"answer\":\"The authors’ backgrounds highlight management accounting, performance measurement and cost control systems, and activity-based costing research.\"}]","Fundamentals of Cost Accounting | PDF",1900]