Table 2

Adoption status of SMA techniques

CountryDeveloped countries*
USAUKAustraliaNew ZealandItalySlovenia
StudyGuilding et al. (2000) Cravens and Guilding (2001) Guilding et al. (2000) Cadez and Guilding (2007) Nuhu et al. (2017) Guilding et al. (2000) Cinquini and Tenucci (2007) Cinquini and Tenucci (2010) Cescon et al. (2019) Cadez and Guilding (2007) 
Sample size1271206326127124929255134
Scale used1–71–71–71–71–71–71–7**1–7**1–71–7
MeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRankMeanRank
ABC/M**NA 3.546NA NA 4.023NA 3.51123.279NA NA 
Attribute costing2.3710NA 1.91101.7115NA 2.5495.281NA 4.03113.609
LCC**2.7392.73102.6082.2112NA 2.43103.19142.92114.29102.9012
Quality costing3.0783.0793.1161.6716NA 3.4654.3174.1244.6084.312
Strategic costing3.435NA 3.7253.337NA 3.4464.426NA NA 4.134
Target costing3.1963.1972.9072.00144.1623.1673.8493.6264.9253.648
VCC**3.1573.1582.6082.6392.4053.1583.67113.4385.0343.907
CCA**4.0944.0944.3743.964NA 3.9144.1483.9554.5493.3810
CPM**4.9314.9315.2014.401NA 4.9514.8444.6925.5624.312
CPAFS**4.5024.5034.7824.043NA 4.1734.6154.4434.6374.471
CPA**NA NA NA 3.506NA NA 4.9924.861NA 3.907
LTCPA**NA NA NA 2.3511NA NA NA NA NA 2.7013
VCA**NA NA NA 2.1713NA NA NA NA NA 2.0814
BenchmarkingNA 4.592NA 4.3624.531NA 3.82103.617NA 3.926
Brand valuation2.35*11NA 2.5092.529NA 2.1611NA NA 4.7463.3411
IPM/BSC**NA 4.005NA 2.8383.164NA 3.43133.17105.3433.945
Strategic pricing4.363NA 4.7333.885NA 4.6324.913NA 5.7214.293

Note(s): *No prior studies available in the context of developing economies. **ABC/M = Activity-based costing/management, LCC = Life cycle costing, VCC = Value chain costing, CCA = Competitor cost assessment, CPM = Competitive position monitoring, CPAFS = Competitor performance appraisal based on financial statements, CPA = Customer profitability analysis, LTCPA = Lifetime customer profitability analysis, VCA= Valuation of customers as assets, IPM = Integrated performance measurement, BSC = Balanced scorecard

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