Bradley conducts research to validate his hypothesis that increased job satisfaction leads to greater organizational commitment among employees. he collates the existing data from all of the studies that he can locate on the topic. by looking at the data, he establishes that his hypothesis has been consistently proven correct across the studies. in this scenario, the method of study used by bradley is

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?