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It Ain't Broke: The Past, Present, and Future of Venture Capital

By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Venture Capital

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February 2012
Case

Terry Lundgren at Macy's

By: Jose Alvarez, Robert Steven Kaplan and Natalie Kindred

Keywords: Retail Industry

April 2009 (Revised October 2010)
Case

Bob Beall at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Sophie Hood

Bob Beall is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). CFF is an extremely successful organization, but Beall has to determine how to manage the organization through the financial crisis of 2008-2009. In this situation, donations are likely... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Crisis Management; Nonprofit Organizations

1977 - 1977
Lecture

Applications of Quantitative Models in Managerial Accounting: A State of the Art Survey

By: Robert Kaplan

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Mathematical Methods

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—How do you create your own definition of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

1986
Chapter

Quantitative Models for Management Accounting in Today's Production Environment

Keywords: Accounting; Mathematical Methods

1990
Chapter

Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Manufacturing Industry

February 2023
Supplement

Dr. Andrea Pusic, Video Supplement

Video supplement to aid in the teaching of "Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS case no. 122-010. View Details

January 2023
Teaching Note

Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care

This Teaching Note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of "Brigham and Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS Case No. 122-010. View Details

1977
Other Unpublished Work

Indexing Social Security: An Analysis of the Issues

Keywords: Insurance; Public Sector

2018
Working Paper

Reverse the Curse of the Top-5

The past 40 years has seen a large increase in the number of articles submitted to journals ranked in the top-5 of their discipline. This increase is the rational response, by faculty, to the overweighting of publications in these journals by university promotions and... View Details

Keywords: Information Publishing; Journals and Magazines; Power and Influence; Research

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June 1999 (Revised June 2000)
Teaching Note

Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A) and (B) TN

Teaching Note for (9-198-146) and (9-199-019). View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

October 1997
Teaching Note

Mobil USM&R Series TN

Teaching Note for (9-197-025), (9-197-120), (9-197-121), (9-197-026), (9-197-027), and (9-197-028). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States

October 1996 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing

Mobil US Marketing & Refining has shifted from a centralized staff-driven organization to decentralized business-units. Staff functions now must negotiate service agreements with a buyer's committee consisting of representatives from the profit-center business units.... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Management Teams; Human Resources; Agreements and Arrangements; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customers; Situation or Environment; Business Units; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States

February 1996
Case

Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard (Abridged)

The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Research and Development; Product Launch; Commercialization; Consumer Behavior; Customer Focus and Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Pharmaceutical Industry

June 2015
Teaching Note

Schӧn Klinik: Measuring Cost and Value

Teaching Note for Schon Klinik: Measuring Cost and Value. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Projects; Health Industry; Germany

June 2014
Article

Using TDABC to Deliver Better Patient Outcomes at Lower Cost

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June 2014
Article

Improving Value with TDABC

The article discusses the benefits of time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) combined with outcomes measurement for healthcare organizations. Topics covered include improving resource efficiency, optimizing care over the complete care cycle, and planning and... View Details

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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May 1995 (Revised April 1998)
Case

AT&T Paradyne

A company making data communication devices has adopted a Total Quality philosophy for working with suppliers, employees, and customers. The finance group finds its existing cost system has become obsolete because of a shift from manual to automatic production... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Product; Corporate Accountability; Activity Based Costing and Management; System; Performance Efficiency; Financial Reporting; Operations; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry