Product Life Cycle Costing-Its Importance,Characteristics,Benefits and Stages

Product life cycle costing has grown in importance as this methodology/approach is able to provide a long term picture of product life in terms of:

profitability;feedback on the effectiveness of life cycle planning and cost data to clarify the economic impact of alternatives chosen in the design,engineering phase,etc.

As such,many cost accountants [...]

Basics Of The SWOT Analysis

The SWOT Analysis is a very common analytical tool frequently used to generate strategic alternatives from a situation analysis. It is particularly useful when we need to concentrate on issues that potentially have the most impact but we have very limited amount of time available to address a complex strategic situation. SWOT analysis has commonly [...]

Malaysia IPO Listing

Statistics from Malaysia Bursa Saham’s website showed a decrease in new listing since 2006. (Table 1) As at 18 th August 2008,Malaysia has 982 listed companies:637 on Main Board;221 on Second Board and balance of 124 on Mesdaq Market

Table 1-Number [...]

2008 IPO:Opening Price Versus Issue Price

Append below summarized some recent IPO listing for 2008. Speculators or those who seek solely capital gains might find it quite disappointing which is quite obvious in view of rising oil prices,etc

Company Name

Issue Price