The following list of books, published articles, and referrals to professional organizations is intended to reflect general context, and parallel professional opinions of the various dimensions of context by which Crescent System was originally conceived, developed, and improved over time. It does not constitute a bibliography of source material, nor source thinking underlying Crescent. It is simply offered to aid interested Crescent clients, prospective Crescent users, and other professionals who may seek to better understand some of what constitutes Crescent System.
- Principles of Microeconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw
- Cost Accounting (12th Edition) (Charles T Horngren Series in Accounting) by Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, and George M. Foster
- The Cost Management Toolbox: A Manager's Guide to Controlling Costs and Boosting Profits by Lianabel Oliver
- Unlocking Knowledge Assets by Susan Conway and Char Sligar
- "Managing the product lifecycle: a strategy to increase productivity." (PLM software)(product life cycle management): An article from: Tooling & Production by Tony Hakola and Michael Horning (Digital - Aug 1, 2005)
- "Organizational Life Cycle: A Review and Proposed Directions For Research."; by Chin, David C.W.; Publication: Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business; Date: Thursday, December 1 1994; Subject: Organizational behavior (Analysis), Organizational change (Research)
- Management, A Life Cycle Approach (The Irwin Series in Management and The Behavioral Sciences) by David A Tansik
- Production and Operations Management, a Life Cycle Approach. by Richard B. & Aquilano, Nicholas J. Chase ; Publisher: Richard D. Irwin ; 1977.
- "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't" by Jim Collins; HarperBusiness, copyright 2001.
- The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance by Peter S. Pande et al, Robert P. Neuman, and Roland R. Cavanagh
- Performance Measurement, Evaluation, and Incentives (Harvard Business School Series in Accounting and Control) by William J. Bruns
- The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organization Structure, Revised and Updated by Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, and Steve Kerr
- Executive Compensation : A Total Pay Perspective by Bruce R. Ellig
- CEO Pay - A Comprehensive Look by Graef Crystal
- The Strategic Planning Institute and PIMS database
- MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc.
- The Principles of Accounting
- American Compensation Association Homepage
- Not-for-profit association of resource practitioners who design and manage employee compensation and benefit programs in their respective organizations.
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- Voice of the human resource and personnel profession represents the interests of more than 69,000 members from around the world.
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
- Nonprofit educational association dedicated to the education of employee benefits professionals.