Barriers of Activity-Based Costing Implementation in Polish Companies
The book aims to determine the level of ABC diffusion and identify the barriers to
adopting this system in Polish companies. lt focuses mainly on: (a) the factors which
facilitate ABC implementation, (b) the ways that information from ABC is used, the key
reasons underlying inadequate interest in ABC implementation, and the key difficulties
related to ABC implementation.
“Since the topic of ABC has been around for many decades, same
businesses have received benefits in implementing it while others have not. This issue is
raised in an interesting way in the book and it fills a gap in current knowledge. The book
provides a critical review of the topics on ABC. This book is not only informative, but
the discussion makes the reader well-aware of the advances in ABC. Practical implications
and quality innovative ideas are presented. In summary, the book expresses the case for
ABC excellently”.
Prof. Kanitsorn Terdpaopong, Rangsit University, Bangkok,
Thailand
Introduction 9
Chapter 1. Cost accounting in the management of modern organizations 13
1.1. Management accounting at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries 13
1.2. Problems related to the use of traditional systems of cost accounting 16
1.3. Activity-based costing as an answer to the downsides of traditional systems of cost
accounting 19
Chapter 2. The origin and development of activity-based costing 23
2.1. The development of activity-based costing, 1984–1989 23
2.2. The development of activity-based costing, 1989–1992 32
2.3. The development of activity-based costing after 1992 36
2.4. Time-driven activity-based costing 38
2.5. Resource consumption accounting 42
2.6. ABC, TD ABC, and RCA compared 48
Chapter 3. Previous studies on the functioning of activity-based costing 51
3.1. Studies on the use of activity-based costing 51
3.2. Studies on the factors influencing the implementation of activity-based costing 59
3.3. An evaluation of implementation success of activity-based costing and the influence
of implementation on the company’s performance 63
3.4. Studies on the use and functioning of activity-based costing in Poland 68
Chapter 4. Research methodology of the study on the barriers to adopting
activity-based costing in Polish companies 77
4.1. Research objectives 77
4.2. Research hypotheses 79
4.3. Research techniques and tools 84
4.4. Process of the study 86
4.5. Ensuring reliability of the study 88
Chapter 5. Barriers to adopting activity-based costing in Polish companies
based on the empirical research 91
5.1. Characteristics of the studied companies 92
5.2. Activity-based costing in the studied companies 96
5.3. Barriers related to adopting ABC 103
Conclusions 113
References 117
Tables and Figures 125
Glossary of abbreviations 127
APPENDIX 1. Questionnaire designed for the purpose of the empirical research 129
132 pages, Hardcover