Publisher's Synopsis
Companies in the service sector need to pay close attention to implementing proper financial controls. This text, written specifically for the service sector, aims to provide practical and up-to-date competitive strategies for controlling companies. It deals in-depth with the specific problems of financial control in a wide range of business services. It identifies key differences of the service sector and summarizes critical financial control issues for service companies. The book considers planning requirements, pricing strategies, cost monitoring and using IT to achieve competitive advantage.;It provides a focused discussion of the financial control issues for the service sector, a practical analysis of the main problems and opportunities facing service business. Case studies demonstrate how these issues work in practice, and the text includes individual chapters on particular service industries and it highlights the alternative strategies that can be employed.;This text is suitable for financial controllers, management accountants and management, as well as auditors, professional accountants and financial advisors with clients in the servcice sector.
