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This paper focuses in cost management practices as competitive tools. Due to recent economic transformations, new cost management practices were developed and traditional ones were improved. Among them, activity-based costing, cost of quality, target cost, life-cycle cost and value chain analysis are referred in literature as the most appropriate to current business environment. Some papers about cost management practices are discussed, and concepts and reasons to use them are analyzed. The research was conducted in 38 big and medium companies during 2005, using an exploratory and descriptive study. Companies are located in West and Northwest Paraná, a Brazilian State. The findings were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results show the companies doesn't use new cost management practices or improved ones. The main reasons are: they don’t know these practices, the cost/benefit relationship isn’t favorable and the preference for conventional cost management practices.
Key-words: Cost management. Market. Competitiveness. Continuity.
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