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  • October 2010 (Revised June 2014)
  • Case

Volkswagen do Brasil: Driving Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
A new management team at VW do Brazil develops and deploys a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard to accomplish a turnaround and cultural change after eight consecutive years of financial losses and market share declines. The team uses the strategy map to align... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Developing Countries and Economies; Management Teams; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Strategic Planning; Balance and Stability; Motivation and Incentives; Communication Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Brazil; Germany
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Strategy - Doctoral

Robert S. Kaplan Madhav Kumar Jacqueline Ng Lane Joseph B. Lassiter Quan Le Josh Lerner Alan D. MacCormack Paul W. Marshall Jim Matheson D. Quinn Mills Ashish Nanda Richard L.... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2378558 Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

magazine’s pages. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53458 November–December 2017 Harvard Business Review The IT Transformation Health Care Needs By: Sahni, Nikhil R., Robert S.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Business Economics - Doctoral

lens of business. Jointly administered by HBS and the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the program combines theoretical analysis with in-depth, interdisciplinary research rooted in real-world applications.... View Details
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture? By: Gibbons, Robert, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Agency theorists, historically, have analyzed what kinds of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

Jegede Michael Joyce Omar Olivarez Srimayi Tenali Paige Tsai Jenny Wang Lorry Wu Miaomiao Zhang Current HBS Faculty Eva Ascarza Iavor I. Bojinov Ryan W. Buell Thomas R. Eisenmann Chiara Farronato Alexandra C. Feldberg Kris Johnson Ferreira Frances X. Frei Shane M.... View Details
  • April 1998 (Revised September 1998)
  • Case

Classic Pen Company, The: Developing an ABC Model

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Classic Pen has diversified from its core blue and black pen business by introducing new specialized colors. But costs have risen and margins on blue and black pens are decreasing. The controller turns to activity-based costing (ABC) for an explanation. View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

endowments, mergers, and limited liability. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55499 January 2019 Health Affairs Decreases In Readmissions Credited to Medicare's Program to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Have Been Overstated By: Ody,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 25

reduction in monopoly price leads to the production of units that cost less than their value to consumers (standard channel); (ii) regulation calms down existing consumers because a reduction in the profits of an "unkind" firm increases total welfare View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Health Policy (Management) - Doctoral

Bahadurzada Derrick Bransby Crystal Guo Tanner Houston Bohan Li Celia Stafford Gabe Weinreb Jaxon Wu Olivia Zhao Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest Health care quality Robert View Details
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

field and advancing theoretical understanding in posts at schools of management or in disciplinary departments. The Organizational Behavior program is jointly administered by the faculty of Harvard Business School and the Department of... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112003-PDF-ENG Tough Choices for the Illinois Pension System Robert C. Pozen and Brij KhuranaHarvard Business School Case 311-139 This case describes the precarious fiscal situation of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

experiments offer evidence that debates about the relative costs and benefits of self-deception are informed by adopting a temporal view that assesses the cumulative impact of self-deception over time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1997 (Revised July 2001)
  • Background Note

Introduction to Activity-Based Costing

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Introduces the fundamental notions of activity-based costing (ABC). Motivates ABC by means of a simple example, a single and a diversified pen factory. Proceeds to show how ABC assigns costs more accurately to products and customers by: 1) identifying the activities... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management
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  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

Crisis in Health Care Authors:Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011) Abstract Existing health care costing systems have serious flaws that make... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

sequence of activities required to deliver high-value care. June 2021 Article The CMS New Rule on Ambulatory Surgical Centers Earns Only Partial Credit The CMS New Rule on Ambulatory Surgical Centers Earns Only Partial Credit by Junaid... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

difficult question is whether policymakers need to learn more from theorists, or the other way around. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-140.pdf   PublicationsInput Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Authors:David... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace