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Measurement of New Product . . .
, 2004
"... The essential investments in new product development (NPD) made by industrial companies entail effective management of NPD activities. In this context, performance measurement is one of the means that can be employed in the pursuit of effectiveness. The primary aim of the study is to structure and a ..."
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The essential investments in new product development (NPD) made by industrial companies entail effective management of NPD activities. In this context, performance measurement is one of the means that can be employed in the pursuit of effectiveness. The primary aim of the study is to structure and analyze the concept of product life cycle in the context of new product development. This objective includes answering the question of what elements comprise product life cycle and identifying the different types of life cycles relevant to NPD performance measurement. The secondary objective is to identify and evaluate the present state of performance measurement in Finnish industrial new product development. Interests in this broad issue include the perceived objectives for NPD, the measures employed and the satisfaction associated with the present state of measurement. The study is founded on three main elements. First, an extensive literature study on performance measurement and product life cycle has been made for conducting a conceptual analysis covering and synthesizing these two issues. On the basis of this, a
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"... Abstract—The main aim of this paper is to present the relevance of strategic management accounting for the contemporary projects and project-oriented organizations. Due to the fact that the modern project management is business-oriented and value–driven, it requires new sources of information. There ..."
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Abstract—The main aim of this paper is to present the relevance of strategic management accounting for the contemporary projects and project-oriented organizations. Due to the fact that the modern project management is business-oriented and value–driven, it requires new sources of information. Therefore, the evolution from operational towards strategic project management accounting was demanded. The paper demonstrates the evolution of project management accounting from cost calculation and budgeting towards measuring project value for key stakeholders. On the basis of literature review it is discussed how value measurement is addressed in the most popular methods of project strategic management accounting. Index Terms—About project management, strategic management accounting, value creation, value measurement. I.
INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES IN LIFE-CYCLE FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
"... Public awareness and the nature of highway construction works demand that sustainability measures are first on the development agenda. However, in the current economic climate, individual volition and enthusiasm for such high capital investments do not present as strong cases for decision making as ..."
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Public awareness and the nature of highway construction works demand that sustainability measures are first on the development agenda. However, in the current economic climate, individual volition and enthusiasm for such high capital investments do not present as strong cases for decision making as the financial pictures of pursuing sustainability. Some stakeholders consider sustainability to be extra work that costs additional money. Though, stakeholders realised its importance in infrastructure development. They are keen to identify the available alternatives and financial implications on a life-cycle basis. Highway infrastructure development is a complex process which requires expertise and tools to evaluate investment options, such as environmentally sustainable features for road and highway development. Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a valuable approach for investment decision making for construction works. However, LCCA applications in highway development are still limited. Current models, for example focus on economic issues alone and do not deal with sustainability factors, which are more difficult to quantify and encapsulate in estimation modules. This paper reports the research which identifies sustainability related factors in highway construction
Uncertainty in Through-Life Costing—Review and Perspectives
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Recommended Citation Sperry, Richard Chad, "Multi-Perspective Technology Assessment to Improve Decision Making: A Novel Approach Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping for a Large-Scale Transmission Line Upgrade " (2014). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1822. Mult
, 2014
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The impact of Cloud Computing adoption on IT Service Accounting approaches – A Customer Perspective on IaaS Pricing Models
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I hereby declare that I wrote this thesis on my own and without the use of any other than the cited sources and tools and all explanations that I copied directly or in their sense are marked as such, as well as that the thesis has not yet been handed in neither in this nor in equal form at any other official commission.
Present and Future of Life Cycle Costing: Reflections from Finnish Companies
"... Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is a way of thinking where attention is paid to the total costs that occur during a product’s entire life cycle (see e.g. Jackson and Ostrom 1980; Booth 1994; Woodward 1997; Asiedu and Gu 1998). The total costs can be observed from diverse points of view – for example, from ..."
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Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is a way of thinking where attention is paid to the total costs that occur during a product’s entire life cycle (see e.g. Jackson and Ostrom 1980; Booth 1994; Woodward 1997; Asiedu and Gu 1998). The total costs can be observed from diverse points of view – for example, from the viewpoint of the product’s supplier or of the product’s user or owner, or even more broadly from the point of view of society. Life cycle costing implies that the total costs of a product can be influenced beforehand and that the various cost factors are interrelated. A decrease in costs in the case of one aspect (for example, using cheaper but heavier material when manufacturing a passen-ger car) can lead to an increase in costs in an-other aspect (higher fuel consumption). Thus, to avoid partial optimization, costs must be stud-ied with regard to the whole. Knowing the life cycle costs of a product is one of the basic re-quirements when one is considering, for exam-ple, the outsourcing of functions and owner-ship, or when one wants to offer one’s capacity for use by the other organizations in the supply chain. The essential thing in LCC is to compre-hend the interaction of the cost items that cu-mulate among the relevant stakeholders during the different life cycle stages. Continuing prod-
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, 2010
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Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instruction, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
