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ACC 560 Week 3 Assignment 1 Activity-based Costing (ABC) in
Service Industries
Research a U.S. company in the service industry with e-commerce
activities.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the company you researched in one to two (1-2)
paragraphs.
2. Discuss how a time driven ABC cost system can be implemented in
the company you researched and the benefits that the use will yield to
the business performance.
3. Assess how using an ABC system can provide a competitive
advantage to the company in the market space it operates and the
resulting impact to the business performance.
4. Examine the potential impact of time-driven ABC costing on
services provided online with those provided through traditional
channels, considering how this knowledge will impact decisions made
by management about these services.
5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow