Horngren's Cost Accounting, 18th edition

Published by Pearson (May 15, 2025) © 2026

  • Srikant M. Datar Harvard University
  • Madhav V. Rajan Stanford University
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Title overview

Horngren’s Cost Accounting expertly demonstrates how cost accounting can help managers make good decisions. Guided by the theme of “different costs for different purposes,” this acclaimed text positions cost accounting as a tool for business strategy, rather than just a set of procedures. Its balance of modern and traditional coverage blends technical skills with the values and behaviors of effective cost accountants.

The 18th Edition illustrates cost accounting practices through the lens of cutting-edge topics such as generative AI and repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of new real-world examples show how cost accounting can be used to support sustainability, innovation, and shifts in the US and global economies.

Table of contents

  1. The Manager and Management Accounting
  2. An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes
  3. Cost–Volume–Profit Analysis
  4. Job Costing
  5. Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management
  6. Master Budget and Responsibility Accounting
  7. Flexible Budgets, Direct-Cost Variances, and Management Control
  8. Flexible Budgets, Overhead Cost Variances, and Management Control
  9. Inventory Costing and Capacity Analysis
  10. Determining How Costs Behave
  11. Data Analytic Thinking and Prediction
  12. Decision Making and Relevant Information
  13. Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, and Strategic Profitability Analysis
  14. Pricing Decisions and Cost Management
  15. Cost Allocation, Customer-Profitability Analysis, and Sales-Variance Analysis
  16. Allocation of Support-Department Costs, Common Costs, and Revenues
  17. Cost Allocation: Joint Products and Byproducts
  18. Process Costing
  19. Spoilage, Rework, and Scrap
  20. Balanced Scorecard: Quality and Time
  21. Inventory Management, Just-in-Time, and Simplified Costing Methods
  22. Capital Budgeting and Cost Analysis
  23. Management Control Systems, Transfer Pricing, and Multinational Considerations
  24. Performance Measurement, Compensation, and Multinational Considerations

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