Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780077826482
Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Applying Balanced Scorecard to Real World Company
Consider the manager of your local Applebee’s restaurant. Using a balanced scorecard approach, identify three measures for each of the four dimensions of the balanced scorecard.
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