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Challenges in Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing : Analysis of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service / Edward G. Keating [and five others].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Keating, Edward G. (Edward Geoffrey), 1965- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Working capital--United States.
Working capital.
United States--Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
United States.
United States--Armed Forces--Accounting.
United States--Armed Forces--Auditing.
United States. Defense Finance and Accounting Service--Evaluation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (62 p.)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An examination of the pricing structure of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), which provides finance and accounting services to customers within the US Department of Defense. It addresses the pricing structure's impact on customer demand, workload, and equity in pricing.
Contents:
Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DFAS BACKGROUND; 3. PRICES MATTER MOST WHEN CUSTOMERS HAVE SOME CHOICE; 4. HOW SIMPLE PRICES LEAD TO CROSS-CUSTOMER SUBSIDIES; 5. WHY DFAS's COST STRUCTURE POINTS TO NONLINEAR PRICING; 6. HAS HOURLY BILLING FOR ACCOUNTING CHANGED DFAS BEHAVIOR; 7. CONCLUSIONS; References
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781598750744
1598750747
OCLC:
171566162

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