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The text that defined the cost accounting market. Horngren’s Cost Accounting defined the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice and theory into the text. This acclaimed, market-leading text emphasizes the basic theme of “diff...

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Cost Accounting, 14e (Horngren/Datar/Rajan)
Chapter 1 The Accountant's Role in the Organization

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