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- December 1992 (Revised May 1999)
- Supplement
Peoria Engine Plant (B)
By: Amy P. Hutton and Robert S. Kaplan
Designed to supplement Peoria Engine Plant (A). View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
- December 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Porsche AG
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes the financial management of the research and development departments of an automobile manufacturer and technology supplier. Existing cost systems measure accurately the costs incurred by department and by project. But little formal information is provided... View Details
- November 1992
- Article
In Defense of Activity-Based Cost Management
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Cost Management
- September 1992
- Teaching Note
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A) and (B) TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Julie H. Hertenstein
Teaching Note for (9-191-122) and (9-191-123). View Details
Keywords: Rail Industry
- September 1992
- Article
Activity-based Systems: Measuring the Costs of Resource Usage
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper
- 1992
- Working Paper
Consequences of Leveraged Shareholders Payouts: Defensive Voluntary Recapitalization
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Karen H. Wruck
- July 1992 (Revised May 1995)
- Teaching Note
Hawkeye Bancorporation TN
By: Krishna G. Palepu, G. Peter Wilson and Jane Palley Katz
Teaching Note for (9-192-064). View Details
Keywords: Banking Industry
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Supplement
ABB: Accountability Times Two (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes the complexity of setting and reconciling performance targets in a global, matrix company. The president of the Finnish industry and rail transport company has received targets from two bosses--his regional superior and his business area superior. Each has... View Details
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Supplement
ABB: Accountability Times Two (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes internal allocation conflicts in a complex global company structured as a matrix organization. ABB Switzerland has secured and will build an important power station project; however, internal market allocation policies dictate that this work be handled by ABB... View Details
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Asea Brown Boveri
In 1987, two European rivals--Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Switzerland--merged to form Asea Brown Boveri. The new company employed 150,000 employees in 850 legal entities operating in 140 countries. The case describes the challenges facing Percy... View Details
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on... View Details
- April 1992 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc. (A)
By: Mary E. Barth and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- April 1992
- Article
Does Corporate Performance Improve after Mergers?
- February 1992 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
CUC International, Inc. (A)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
The case series examines the role of financial reporting and corporate finance policies as vehicles for communication between managers and outside investors. This case describes management's concern that the company's stock is undervalued because analysts viewed the... View Details
- February 1992 (Revised May 1995)
- Supplement
CUC International, Inc. (B)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
Describes CUC's initial response to investors' concerns about the firm's accounting. Students are asked to evaluate this response. View Details
- February 1992 (Revised May 1995)
- Supplement
CUC International, Inc. (C)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
Describes analysts' and investors' reaction to CUC's initial response. View Details
- 1992
- Book
Implementing Activity-Based Cost Management: Moving from Analysis to Action
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Robin Cooper, Larry Maisel, Eileen Morrissey and Ronald M. Oehm
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management