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  • September–October 1988
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  • Harvard Business Review

Measure Costs Right: Make the Right Decisions

By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
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Keywords

Measurement and Metrics; Cost; Decision Making

Citation

Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Measure Costs Right: Make the Right Decisions." Harvard Business Review 66, no. 5 (September–October 1988): 96–103.
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About The Author

Robert S. Kaplan

Accounting and Management
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