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- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Applied Corporate Finance When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Springfield Hospital
By: Susanna Gallani and Robert Kaplan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 117-025.
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- September 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Springfield Hospital
By: Susanna Gallani and Robert Kaplan
One of the key roles of costing systems is to support the evaluation of performance and facilitate appropriate resource allocations. Through participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational...
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Keywords:
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing;
Variance Analysis;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Gallani, Susanna, and Robert Kaplan. "Springfield Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 117-025, September 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- September 2010
- Case
Freddie Mac: Managing in Conservatorship
By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Nitin Nohria and Ben Creo
Ed Haldeman has recently become CEO of Freddie Mac, one of three major government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) charged with supporting U.S. residential mortgage finance. The company was placed into conservatorship by the U.S. treasury on September 7, 2008....
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Financial Crisis;
Mortgages;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Business and Government Relations;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Kaplan, Robert Steven, Nitin Nohria, and Ben Creo. "Freddie Mac: Managing in Conservatorship." Harvard Business School Case 411-048, September 2010.
- June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan
Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Health Testing and Trials;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mission and Purpose;
Research and Development;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Industry;
Miami
Kaplan, Robert Steven, Christopher Marquis, and Brent Kazan. "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis." Harvard Business School Case 408-003, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- December 1994
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Boeblingen Manufacturing Operation (BMO)
By: Patricia Bost, Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
Cost Accounting
Bost, Patricia, Robin Cooper, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Hewlett-Packard: Boeblingen Manufacturing Operation (BMO)." Harvard Business School Case 195-183, December 1994.
- November 1994
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: French Manufacturing Operations
By: Robin Cooper, Patricia Bost and Robert S. Kaplan
Cooper, Robin, Patricia Bost, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Hewlett-Packard: French Manufacturing Operations." Harvard Business School Case 195-120, November 1994.
- October 1994
- Case
Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System
By: Robin Cooper, Takeo Yoshikawa and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management
Cooper, Robin, Takeo Yoshikawa, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 195-106, October 1994.
- October 1994
- Case
Nippon Kayaku
By: Robin Cooper, Takeo Yoshikawa and Robert S. Kaplan
Cooper, Robin, Takeo Yoshikawa, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Nippon Kayaku." Harvard Business School Case 195-068, October 1994.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan
Many companies are now attempting to achieve triple bottom line performance on financial, environmental, and societal metrics. Successful strategies for such performance, however, generally require new relationships among multiple players in multiple sectors across a...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Adaptation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Performance;
Strategy
Kaplan, Robert S., and David McMillan. "Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-028, August 2020.
- October 1994
- Teaching Note
Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
Cost Accounting
- August 1994
- Teaching Note
Topcon Corporation: Production Control System TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
- August 1994
- Teaching Note
Taiyo Group, The: The Bunsha Philosophy TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
Perspective
- September – October 2011
- Article
Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk-Part II: The Office of Risk Management
By: Anette Mikes and Robert S. Kaplan
In the second article of our two-part series, we explore the concept of an Office of Risk Management along with a case study of an innovative risk management function at JP Morgan Private Bank. We also look at the "softer" components of risk management, including a...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Innovation and Invention;
Management Style;
Managerial Roles;
Risk Management
Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk-Part II: The Office of Risk Management." Balanced Scorecard Report 13, no. 5 (September–October 2011): 1–6.
- July – August 2011
- Article
Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk: Part I
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
Based on an extensive program of case-writing and teaching on risk management, we identify three categories of risk and elaborate on the ways companies can identify and mitigate them, with particular emphasis on strategy execution risks.
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Kaplan, Robert S., and Anette Mikes. "Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk: Part I." Balanced Scorecard Report 13, no. 4 (July–August 2011): 1–6.
- October 1969
- Article
Probabilistic Depreciation and Its Implications for Group Depreciation
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Yuri Ijiri
Keywords:
Value
Kaplan, Robert S., and Yuri Ijiri. "Probabilistic Depreciation and Its Implications for Group Depreciation." 75th Anniversary Edition. Accounting Review 44 (October 1969): 743–756.
- fall 1996
- Article
Linking the Balanced Scorecard to Strategy
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Linking the Balanced Scorecard to Strategy." California Management Review 39, no. 1 (fall 1996): 53–79.
- 1987
- Chapter
How Cost Accounting Systematically Distorts Product Costs
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper
Kaplan, Robert S., and Robin Cooper. "How Cost Accounting Systematically Distorts Product Costs." Chap. 8 in Accounting and Management: Field Study Perspectives, edited by W. J. Bruns Jr. and R. S. Kaplan, 204–228. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987.
- September 2001
- Background Note
Accounting for Computer Software Development Costs
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Tatiana Sandino
Summarizes the debate on accounting for computer software development costs. Provides a historical description of the development of standards on accounting of computer software development costs, both in the United States and internationally. Describes how, after much...
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Kaplan, Robert S., and Tatiana Sandino. "Accounting for Computer Software Development Costs." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-034, September 2001.
- June 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Boston Lyric Opera
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Dennis Campbell
The Boston Lyric Opera was the fastest growing opera company in North America during the 1990s. Having successfully completed a move to a larger facility in 1999, the board and general director recognize the need to develop a formal strategic planning and governance...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Strategic Planning;
Arts;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Fine Arts Industry;
Massachusetts
Kaplan, Robert S., and Dennis Campbell. "Boston Lyric Opera." Harvard Business School Case 101-111, June 2001. (Revised July 2001.)