Ronald Hilton & Michael Maher 
EBOOK: Cost Management: Strategies for Business Decisions, International Edition [PDF ebook] 

This book is an adaptation of the successful US text Cost Management by Hilton, Maher and Selto, written specifically for an international audience.Major improvements include:Diverse and truly international examples of organizations — Examples used throughout the book are from all over the world and represent manufacturing, retail, not-for-profit, and service firms in many different countries. Completely restructured and rewritten text — The book has been rewritten, restructured and also shortened significantly to align content closer with international courses. Integral use of spreadsheets — Spreadsheet software is used for explaining techniques and making applications more realistic. In depth research — Summaries of international research studies that address important cost management issues have been updated and more references to recent research findings have been added. Intuitive explanation of accounting — The authors show directly how events impact the balance sheet and profit and loss account.