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- September 2005
- Article
Holding Companies: Size-Related Cost Economies
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Holding Companies: Size-Related Cost Economies." AdMap, no. 464 (September 2005): 51–53.
- December 2023
- Article
Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency
By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein
Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details
Keywords: Clean Technology; Green Hydrogen; Carbon Emissions; Decarbonization; Learning By Doing; Environment; Energy; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Sustainable Cities; Cost Accounting; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; Energy Policy; Engineering; Green Technology; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; North America; South America; Africa; Europe; Asia
Glenk, Gunther, Philip Holler, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency." Energy & Environmental Science 16, no. 12 (December 2023): 6058–6070.
- January–February 1988
- Article
One Cost System Isn't Enough
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "One Cost System Isn't Enough." Harvard Business Review 66, no. 1 (January–February 1988): 61–66.
- 2012
- Book
Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis
By: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan
Horngren, Charles T., Srikant M. Datar, and Madhav Rajan. Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis. 14th ed. Prentice Hall, 2012.
- 2006
- Article
Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations
By: Ian D. Gow and Stefan Reichelstein
A common issue for firms is how to allocate capital resources to various investment alternatives. An extensive and long-standing literature in finance has examined various aspects of capital budgeting, including capital constraints, the determination of discount rates,... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Resource Allocation; Performance Evaluation; Cost Management; Research; Investment; Cash Flow; Risk Management; Performance Capacity
Gow, Ian D., and Stefan Reichelstein. "Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations." Operations Research Proceedings (2006): 115–122.
- December 1996 (Revised February 2000)
- Background Note
Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes the first stage of the two-stage cost assignment process from support/service departments to production cost centers. View Details
Keywords: Cost
Kaplan, Robert S. "Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-046, December 1996. (Revised February 2000.)
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
Electronic health records don’t cut administrative costs
- May 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Teaching Note
Cost of Capital at DraftKings
By: Malcolm Baker and Sebastian Hillenbrand
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 224-007. View Details
- October 1984 (Revised July 1989)
- Background Note
Cost Analysis for Business Decisions
Christenson, Charles. "Cost Analysis for Business Decisions." Harvard Business School Background Note 185-062, October 1984. (Revised July 1989.)
- 02 May 2012
- News
The Cost of Well-run Companies
- 2004
- Working Paper
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
By: Michael C. Jensen
Jensen, Michael C. "Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity." ECGI Working Paper Series in Finance, No. 39-2004, May 2004. (This paper is drawn from The Agency Cost of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance (Keynote Lecture, European Financial Management Association), London, June 2002. It is also included in the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Research Paper Series, Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 04-26.)
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
The Real Cost of Bribery
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
The U.S. health-care industry isn’t immune to the forces of disruptive innovation that already have transformed other businesses, from computer manufacturing to retailing, HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen told 250 participants at the fifth annual Alumni Healthcare... View Details
- 2018
- Chapter
Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
Falling transportation costs and rapid technological progress in recent decades have precipitated an explosion of cross-border flows in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment." In Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, edited by Bruce Blonigen and Wesley W. Wilson. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
- September 2011
- Article
How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter
Existing health care costing systems have serious flaws that make it impossible to measure costs accurately at the individual patient and medical condition level. This gap has severely limited meaningful cost reduction throughout the system. The paper describes a new... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Quality; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Michael E. Porter. "How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011): 47–64.
- 2019
- Report
Expressive Voting and Its Costs
By: Vincent Pons, Clémence Tricaud and Vestal McIntyre
Pons, Vincent, Clémence Tricaud, and Vestal McIntyre. "Expressive Voting and Its Costs." IPP Policy Brief, Nº40, Institut des Politiques Publiques, May 2019.
- February 2019
- Teaching Note
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing at Voray
By: Ethan Rouen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-033. View Details
- January 1988
- Background Note
Costs of Capital Investment Proposals
Hertenstein, Julie H. "Costs of Capital Investment Proposals." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-060, January 1988.
- 14 Apr 2008
- News