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- April 2002
- Teaching Note
Boston Lyric Opera TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-101-111). View Details
- August 2001 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Dakota Office Products
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The senior management team of Dakota, an office products distributor, is concerned about the company's first loss in history. Explores the role for activity based costing and customer profitability measurement in a distribution company. Dakota's customers are... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Profit; Distribution; Customers; Distribution Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Dakota Office Products." Harvard Business School Case 102-021, August 2001. (Revised February 2005.)
- fall 1975
- Article
Analysis and Control of Nurse Staffing
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Analysis and Control of Nurse Staffing." Health Services Research 10 (fall 1975): 278–296.
- November 1999
- Background Note
Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: Realized and Earned
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes a key concept in financial accounting: choosing an appropriate revenue recognition point. The accrual process requires revenue recognition and expense matching for reporting on the value creation process of companies. Describes the two key criteria for... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue; Profit; Cost Management; Value Creation; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Accounting Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: Realized and Earned." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-050, November 1999.
- fall 1990
- Article
Measures for Manufacturing Excellence: A Summary
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Measures for Manufacturing Excellence: A Summary." Journal of Cost Management for the Manufacturing Industry (fall 1990): 22–29.
- September–October 1994
- Article
Devising a Balanced Scorecard Matched to Business Strategy
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Devising a Balanced Scorecard Matched to Business Strategy." Planning Review (September–October 1994): 15–17, 19, 48.
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-030, December 2006.
- 1975
- Article
Sample Size Computations in Dollar Unit Sampling
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Information
Kaplan, Robert S. "Sample Size Computations in Dollar Unit Sampling." Studies on Statistical Methodology in Auditing, Supplement Journal of Accounting Research 13 (1975): 126–133.
- March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
- Case
Wilmington Tap and Die
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The general manager of a division manufacturing taps and dies must decide whether to continue a major capital investment program. The program was designed to replace aging mechanical machines with modern, electronically controlled equipment. A post-audit, after an... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Investment; Accounting Audits; Cost Management; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Manufacturing Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Wilmington Tap and Die." Harvard Business School Case 185-124, March 1985. (Revised November 1985.)
- June 1994
- Article
Flexible Budgeting in an Activity-Based Costing Framework
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Flexible Budgeting in an Activity-Based Costing Framework." Accounting Horizons (June 1994): 104–109.
- Article
Contribution Margin Analysis: No Longer Relevant/Strategic Cost Management: The New Paradigm
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Contribution Margin Analysis: No Longer Relevant/Strategic Cost Management: The New Paradigm." Journal of Management Accounting Research 2 (Fall 1990): 2–15.
- Article
Keeping Score on Community Investment
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Keeping Score on Community Investment." Leader to Leader, no. 33 (Summer 2004): 13–19.
- summer 1988
- Article
Simultaneous Signaling to the Capital and Product Markets
By: David S. Scharfstein, Robert Gertner and Robert Gibbons
Scharfstein, David S., Robert Gertner, and Robert Gibbons. "Simultaneous Signaling to the Capital and Product Markets." RAND Journal of Economics 19, no. 2 (summer 1988): 173–190.
- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50625 February 2016 Harvard Business Review The Harvard Contest That’s Trying to Improve Health Care Delivery By: Hamermesh, Richard G., Robert S. Huckman,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
Deviating from an organization’s prescribed task schedule tends to erode productivity, even among the most experienced workers, according to new research from María R. Ibáñez, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- June/July 1997
- Article
Why Does Business Need a Balanced Scorecard? Part II
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard
- January 2024 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
It's Not Mutual: The Conversion of Eastern Bank to Stock Ownership
By: David S. Scharfstein and Robert Ialenti
Scharfstein, David S., and Robert Ialenti. "It's Not Mutual: The Conversion of Eastern Bank to Stock Ownership." Harvard Business School Case 224-064, January 2024. (Revised December 2024.)