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  • May 1987 (Revised November 1998)
  • Case

John Deere Component Works (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan
The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Production; Budgets and Budgeting; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Alumni Book Briefs

Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right by Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) (Wiley) When LaMagna graduated from HBS, his entrepreneurial activities — including operating discos in drive-in theaters and working with the 1960s... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Leading in the face of complex challenges

founded in the 1930s as Hess Oil and Chemical Company. A longtime advocate for and supporter of HBS, Hess is at the helm of an effort that also seeks to actively engage the alumni community. He considers the mobilization of alumni as... View Details
  • 06 Jan 2012
  • Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing
  • July 2005 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

Understanding Customer Profitability at Charles Schwab

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Charles Schwab is transforming into a customer-centric organization. Central to this cultural and organizational change is the utilization of customer profitability at different decision-making levels. Examines several technical aspects of the ABC cost system, as well... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Motivation and Incentives; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Activity Based Costing and Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Profit; Performance Evaluation; Budgets and Budgeting
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  • 18 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206108 The Role of Private Equity Firms in Merger and Acquisition Transactions Author:William E. Fruhan Jr. Harvard Business School Note 206-101 Explores the importance of private equity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...

that something was missing. I saw firsthand that the pace and breadth of activity that are inherent to start-ups are in fact very difficult for large corporations to support, despite a business being arm’s length from “the mothership.” As... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Health Care; Entrepreneurship
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

The Harvard Business School Campaign has played a critical role in advancing the School’s mission through the “Five I” strategic priorities. Selected highlights of new activities made possible by generous support from alumni and friends... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

A Community Investment

energies to worthwhile causes beyond our jobs and our families. That is what's driving a lot of us to branch out into social and community activities beyond our business life. Jerry Ostrov: My impression is that there is a widely shared... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Preethi Krishnaswamy

active interest in their homework. Our pleas often fell on deaf ears. I was lucky to receive this spectacular education from my parents, who taught me focus, dedication, and work ethic from an early age. Who spent their evenings... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Anthony Terrizzi

stray from the behaviors we know are right. I am responsible for my choices, and I have an obligation to align my capacity for independent thought with my moral compass. I’m committed to actively monitoring my behavior so I’ll know when... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Andrea Heckbert

brain rehabilitation. I had been living abroad and planning to come here next year, chasing all my big dreams but actively crafting a life that took me away from those I loved. A life that suddenly felt very risky, and I considered not... View Details
  • Web

Consolidated Balance Sheet | Annual Report 2024

Student Loan Funds 11 11 11 Investment in Facilities 695 698 705 Total Net Assets $ 6,565 $ 6,260 $ 6,204 Total Liabilities + Net Assets $ 6,942 $ 6,639 $ 6,603 Financial Statements: Statement of Activity & Cash Flows & Consolidated... View Details
  • 01 May 2013
  • News

Scott M. Sperling, MBA 1981 & Laurene M. Sperling, MBA 1982

use a skill we learned at HBS, and to see that other people have the benefit of that education is really wonderful," she says. "I'm humbled by the students' gratitude." As alumni, the Sperlings have been actively engaged in the School,... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2016
  • News

For the Good of Society

Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is chairman and cofounder of the Bridgespan Group and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he talks about a new vision for guiding philanthropic activity that helped launch his... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Fall Reunions: Remembrance and Renewal

Last October 4–7, some thirteen hundred graduates and guests from the MBA Classes of 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, and 1976 gathered at HBS for the traditional round of academic sessions and social gatherings. The School was alive with activity... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Spring Renewal

Spring 2004 Reunion photo galleries Dean's Welcome Dean's Reception Faculty Presentations African American Alumni Association Class of 1954 Children's Activities Class of 1999 Pub Social Tea with Myra Hart General Campus Shots Photography... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Global Outreach Program Planned for HBS Centennial

come together to plan an event or activity that will recognize and continue their ongoing commitment to social enterprise — a history that includes efforts as diverse as volunteer consulting, fundraising, community events and programs,... View Details
Keywords: clubs; Centennial; global outreach; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • June 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Hôpital de Pontoise

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Simon Harrow
In 2010, Andre Razafindranaly, managing director of a large French public hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Health Industry; France
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    Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr.

    During his tenure, Luckenbach reorganized the company by withdrawing ships from the unprofitable intercoastal trade and re-deploying them on the international charter market. At the same time, he broadened the shore side activities of the... View Details
    Keywords: Transportation