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Compared with conventional budgeting, where managers could participate with relative ease, they found it hard to get involved in the budget preparation and negotiation process under ABB.

A computer system designed to support an ABC process may not be well suited for ABB.

Double measure: when Scottish Courage Brewing tried to graft a new system for activity-based budgeting on to its existing one for activity-based costing, it ran into problems and was forced to suspend the project. But the company did gain invaluable insights in the process. (Finance Activity-Based Budgeting)

"ABB has invested more than $13 billion in the United States over the past 10 years, this is our largest market," said Greg Scheu, president of the Americas for ABB. "The company will continue to invest in the products it makes here, as well as the people responsible for their manufacture.

Baldor Electric Co. Is Now ABB

An analyst said: 'The banks could want to break up ABB. There are a lot of good assets there and the company is just sitting without a clear strategy.