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Discount Effects on Media Plans
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Allan Shocker
Kaplan, Robert S., and Allan Shocker. "Discount Effects on Media Plans." Journal of Advertising Research 11, no. 3 (June 1971): 37–43.
- April 1987 (Revised June 1987)
- Supplement
Winchell Lighting, Inc. (B)
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Supplements the (A) case.
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Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Winchell Lighting, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 187-075, April 1987. (Revised June 1987.)
- April 1987 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Winchell Lighting, Inc. (A)
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Designed to teach students how to trace marketing costs to products.
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Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Winchell Lighting, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-074, April 1987. (Revised October 1989.)
- February 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Ingersoll Milling Machine Co.
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
Manufacturing Industry
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Ingersoll Milling Machine Co." Harvard Business School Case 186-189, February 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- July–August 2024
- Article
Disclosing Downstream Emissions
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
An increasing number of companies are using the E-liability carbon-accounting method as an important tool for tracking progress toward reducing global emissions in their supply chains. The system does not require formal accounting for downstream emissions—those...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Environmental Accounting;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Corporate Disclosure;
Environmental Sustainability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "Disclosing Downstream Emissions." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 4 (July–August 2024): 124–133.
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
‘How did you get there?’ ” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Jahn Karsybaev (GMP 26, 2019), CTO at ProSource IT and host of The Ivy Podcast MUST READ Can American Capitalism Survive? by Steven Pearlstein “Pearlstein challenges what has...
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- May 1977 (Revised October 1980)
- Teaching Note
Carborundum, Inc., Teaching Note
By: Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright
Keywords:
Industrial Products Industry
- March 16, 2003
- Article
Footnote Reporting Distorts Impact of Stock Options
By: Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, Robert S. Kaplan, and Robert C. Merton. "Footnote Reporting Distorts Impact of Stock Options." Boston Globe (March 16, 2003).
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
Economic Research, Gompers teamed with Will Gornall of the University of British Columbia, Steven N. Kaplan of the University of Chicago, and Stanford University’s Ilya A. Strebulaev to survey more than...
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- 2020
- Working Paper
Private Equity and COVID-19
By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
We survey more than 200 private equity (PE) managers from firms with $1.9 trillion of assets under management (AUM) about their portfolio performance, decisionmaking and activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that PE managers have significant incentives to...
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Keywords:
Health Pandemics;
Private Equity;
Management;
Investment Portfolio;
Performance;
Decision Making;
Value Creation
Gompers, Paul A., Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "Private Equity and COVID-19." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27889, October 2020.
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
magna cum laude, JD '76 cum laude. U.S. District Court Judge. Boston, MA. Steven A. Schroeder, MD '64 cum laude; BA '60, Stanford University. President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Princeton, NJ....
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
(The Brad Rex Group) Piercing the Irish Ceiling: The Story of a Boston Irish Catholic Who Reached the Top of the American Investment World by Robert E. Riley (MBA 1953) (RE Riley) Leadership and the Art of Struggle: How Great Leadership...
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- Web
Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
strategies involved in aligning business practices with societal needs. Scroll for more >>> Northvolt: Building batteries to fight climate change By George Serafeim, Debora L. Spar, and Julia Comeau. Harvard University and urban mining industries: Decarbonizing the...
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- 1987
- Book
Accounting and Management: Field Study Perspectives
By: Robert S. Kaplan and William J. Bruns
Kaplan, Robert S. and William J. Bruns, eds. Accounting and Management: Field Study Perspectives. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987.
- January 2018
- Case
Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Mahek A. Shah
Partners in Health, a global NGO focused on delivering health care to residents of rural underserved communities, conducts a project on the cost of primary care at five sites in the Central Highlands of Haiti. It devises a simple approach for tracking the resources...
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Keywords:
Global Health;
Public Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Cost Accounting;
Rural Scope;
Health Industry;
Haiti
Kaplan, Robert S., and Mahek A. Shah. "Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti." Harvard Business School Case 118-051, January 2018.
- March 2017
- Article
Variation in the Cost of Care for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasties
By: Derek A. Haas and Robert S. Kaplan
The study examined the cost variation across 29 high-volume U.S. hospitals for delivering a primary total knee arthroplasty without major complicating conditions. Hospital and physician personnel costs were calculated using time-driven activity-based costing....
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Haas, Derek A., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Variation in the Cost of Care for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasties." Arthroplasty Today 3, no. 1 (March 2017): 33–37.
- July–August 2016
- Article
How to Pay for Health Care
By: Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan
The United States stands at a crossroads in how to pay for health care. Fee for service, the dominant model in the United States and many other countries, is now widely recognized as perhaps the biggest obstacle to improving health care delivery. A battle is currently...
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Porter, Michael E., and Robert S. Kaplan. "How to Pay for Health Care." Harvard Business Review 94, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2016): 88–100.
- 2016
- Article
William W. Cooper: Innovator, Fighter, and Scholar
By: Rajiv D. Banker and Robert S. Kaplan
Banker, Rajiv D., and Robert S. Kaplan. "William W. Cooper: Innovator, Fighter, and Scholar." Accounting Horizons 28, no. 1 (March 2014): 193–203.
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development...
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Restructuring;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital Budgeting;
Projects;
Technology Adoption;
Service Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-123, February 1991.
- Article
Risk and the Value Line Contest
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Roman L. Weil
Kaplan, Robert S., and Roman L. Weil. "Risk and the Value Line Contest." Financial Analysts Journal (July–August 1973): 48–53.