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- February 1996 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A new administration in the City of Indianapolis is initially determined to privatize many municipal services. Before taking this action, however, the city managers want to know the current cost of performing these services with the municipal workers. Existing... View Details
- February 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Supplement
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- January 1996 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Rabobank Nederland
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Robert S. Kaplan
Describes the account manager's role and the history of one credit application. The purpose is to evaluate various methods the bank uses to influence account managers' behaviors. Also describes some alternatives being considered to improve the information systems used... View Details
- January–February 1996
- Article
Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
- November 1995
- Background Note
Depreciation, Price Level Adjustments, and the Cost of Capital: Technical Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
- May 1995 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
AT&T Paradyne
By: Robert S. Kaplan
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
- April 1995 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Pillsbury: Customer Driven Reengineering
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Pillsbury is transforming itself from an integrated producer of flour and bakery products to a value-added supplier of premium branded products. After initial successes applying activity-based costing to manufacturing operations, two senior executives decide to... View Details
- March 1995 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Co-operative Bank, The
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Srikant M. Datar
A British bank with strong roots in the cooperative movement encounters declining profitability in an increasingly competitive and deregulated financial services industry. It attempts to grow by broadening its customer base and increasing the range of products and... View Details
- February 1995 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Norman Klein
The retail bank division of Chemical Bank faces declining margins and increased competition in its credit and deposit gathering and processing business. It wishes to implement a new strategy to become a preferred financial service provider to target customer groups.... View Details
- December 1994
- Background Note
Cost System Analysis
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes six characteristics of cost systems: standard vs. actual costs; job-order vs. process costing; variable vs. full costs; disaggregate vs. aggregate cost accumulation; and specific vs. average rates for labor and overhead. A rewritten version of an earlier... View Details
- December 1994
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Boeblingen Manufacturing Operation (BMO)
By: Patricia Bost, Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Cost Accounting
- November 1994
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: French Manufacturing Operations
By: Robin Cooper, Patricia Bost and Robert S. Kaplan
- October 1994
- Case
Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System
By: Robin Cooper, Takeo Yoshikawa and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management
- October 1994
- Teaching Note
Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Cost Accounting
- September–October 1994
- Article
Devising a Balanced Scorecard Matched to Business Strategy
By: Robert S. Kaplan
- September 1994
- Article
Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing
By: Chris Argyris and Robert S. Kaplan
- September/December 1994
- Article
Management Accounting (1984-1994): Development of New Practice and Theory
By: Robert S. Kaplan