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Overhead Allocation via Mathematical Programming Models
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Gerald Thompson
Keywords:
Mathematical Methods
Kaplan, Robert S., and Gerald Thompson. "Overhead Allocation via Mathematical Programming Models." Accounting Review 46, no. 2 (April 1971): 352–364.
- winter 1971
- Article
Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave
Kaplan, Robert S., and Lester Lave. "Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance." Health Services Research 6 (winter 1971): 288–300. (see also "Further Thoughts on Patient Incentives," Health Services Research (summer 1972): 148-150.)
- April 1972
- Article
Investor Evaluation of Accounting Information: Some Empirical Evidence
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Richard Roll
Kaplan, Robert S., and Richard Roll. "Investor Evaluation of Accounting Information: Some Empirical Evidence." Journal of Business 45 (April 1972): 225–257.
- March 2004
- Article
Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael Nagel
Kaplan, Robert S., and Michael Nagel. "Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard." Directors Monthly (March 2004).
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
Robert S. Huckman: Breaking down barriers to care—for good The urgency of the pandemic has brought on a pervasive easing of formal and informal regulation in health care. Payment for telemedicine has...
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by Danielle Kost
- March 2018
- Article
Hospital Budget Systems are Holding Back Innovation
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Michael S. Jellinek and Derek A. Haas
Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. Each of the new companies offers the hope of transforming the performance of the U.S. health care system. The audience for such innovation wants to be receptive: A recent American Hospital...
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Kaplan, Robert S., Michael S. Jellinek, and Derek A. Haas. "Hospital Budget Systems are Holding Back Innovation." Special Issue on HBR Insight Center: Health Care's New Frontier. Harvard Business Review (website) (March 2018).
- July 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Navraj S. Nagra and Syed S. Shehab
Dr. Andrea Pusic, breast cancer reconstruction surgeon, wants to extend outcomes measurement beyond traditional surgical metrics of infections, complications, and survival rates. The case describes her development of a new mobile phone app, which collects patients’...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Outcome or Result;
Cost Management;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Health Testing and Trials;
Surveys;
Health Industry;
Boston
Kaplan, Robert S., Navraj S. Nagra, and Syed S. Shehab. "Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care." Harvard Business School Case 122-010, July 2021. (Revised July 2022.)
- January 28, 2021
- Other Article
Lessons from the U.S.'s Rocky Vaccine Rollout
By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
The rocky rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines is emblematic of many of the problems with the U.S. health care system. The United States is blessed with highly trained, excellent, and compassionate care providers and terrific research and development that has led to novel...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
COVID-19;
Vaccines;
Operations Improvement;
Health Pandemics;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Delivery;
Operations;
Performance Improvement;
Health;
Health Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S., and Bradley R. Staats. "Lessons from the U.S.'s Rocky Vaccine Rollout." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 28, 2021).
- Article
Mandate Outcomes Reporting
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter
Currently, few health care providers measure and report their patient outcomes, which leads to several problems. Attempts to introduce price transparency without outcomes transparency could trigger a “race to the bottom.” Should Medicare coverage be expanded to...
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Keywords:
Outcomes Reporting;
Outcomes Measurement;
Medicare;
Medicaid;
Health Care and Treatment;
Outcome or Result;
Measurement and Metrics
Kaplan, Robert S., and Michael E. Porter. "Mandate Outcomes Reporting." Health Management, Policy and Innovation 4, no. 3 (December 2019).
- Article
Why Apps for Managing Chronic Disease Haven't Been Widely Used, and How to Fix It
By: Robert S. Huckman and Ariel Dora Stern
Keywords:
Health Care;
Digital Health;
Chronic Disease;
App;
Health Information Technology;
Information Technology;
Health Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S., and Ariel Dora Stern. "Why Apps for Managing Chronic Disease Haven't Been Widely Used, and How to Fix It." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 4, 2018).
- August 2017
- Supplement
CareMore Health System (B)
By: Robert S. Huckman and Brian W. Powers
This supplement to “CareMore Health System (A)” discusses the company's early experience introducing its managed Medicaid model in the Des Moines, Iowa, market. It also provides an update on the Memphis program discussed in the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Health Care Delivery;
Health Insurance;
Medicare;
Medicaid;
Managed Care;
Extensivist;
Social Determinants Of Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Insurance;
Business Model;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S., and Brian W. Powers. "CareMore Health System (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 618-009, August 2017.
- March 1996 (Revised May 1996)
- Case
Natomas North America
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
North America
Merchant, Kenneth A., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Natomas North America." Harvard Business School Case 196-129, March 1996. (Revised May 1996.)
- March 1996
- Case
Graves Industries, Inc.
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Robert S. Kaplan
Merchant, Kenneth A., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Graves Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 196-127, March 1996.
- 2015
- Working Paper
How Should We Pay for Health Care?
By: Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan
Improving the way we pay for health care must be a central component in health care reform. Payment reform must link provider reimbursement and accountability to improving patient value: better health outcomes delivered at lower cost. Today’s deeply flawed...
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Porter, Michael E., and Robert S. Kaplan. "How Should We Pay for Health Care?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-041, December 2014. (Revised February 2015.)
- March 1995 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Co-operative Bank, The
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Srikant M. Datar
A British bank with strong roots in the cooperative movement encounters declining profitability in an increasingly competitive and deregulated financial services industry. It attempts to grow by broadening its customer base and increasing the range of products and...
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Keywords:
Product;
Competition;
Expansion;
Cost Management;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Profit;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Srikant M. Datar. "Co-operative Bank, The." Harvard Business School Case 195-196, March 1995. (Revised April 1997.)
- winter 1988
- Article
Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts
By: Robert F. Bruner and Lynn S. Paine
Management buyouts, which have played an important role in the recent wave of corporate restructurings, have been criticized from several directions. This article addresses the problems created by management's conflict of interest. As members of the buyout team,...
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Bruner, Robert F., and Lynn S. Paine. "Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts." California Management Review 30, no. 2 (winter 1988): 89–106.
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Tough Choices for the Illinois Pension System
By: Robert C. Pozen and Brij S. Khurana
This case describes the precarious fiscal situation of the Illinois public pension system in the spring of 2009 and the accounting of pension plans by non-federal municipalities more generally. In February 2009, in the midst of a recession, recently-appointed Governor...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Liquidity;
Annuities;
Financial Management;
Financing and Loans;
Taxation;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Illinois
Pozen, Robert C., and Brij S. Khurana. "Tough Choices for the Illinois Pension System." Harvard Business School Case 311-139, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- April 2012
- Article
Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry
By: Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman
The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development...
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Keywords:
Performance Capacity;
Operations;
Advertising;
Production;
Corporate Strategy;
Relationships;
Medical Specialties;
Complexity;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Experience and Expertise;
Diversification;
Quality;
Health Industry
Clark, Jonathan R., and Robert S. Huckman. "Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry." Management Science 58, no. 4 (April 2012): 708–722.
- 2010
- Mimeo
Fight or Flight? The Threat of Specialty Competition and the Service Offerings of General Hospitals
By: Robert S. Huckman and Jonathan T. Kolstad
- February 2010
- Article
The Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Dylan N. Miyake
Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard
Kaplan, Robert S., and Dylan N. Miyake. "The Balanced Scorecard." School Administrator (February 2010).