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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
      Keywords: Cost Management; Public Sector; Activity Based Costing and Management; Service Delivery; Privatization; City; Indianapolis
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 196-115, February 1996. (Revised November 2003.)
      • November 1995
      • Technical Note

      Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note

      By: V.G. Narayanan
      Explains variance analysis. Concepts of price variance and quantity variance are introduced to analyze prime cost variances. Spending variance and capacity variance are used to analyze overhead variance. Consistent with conducting variance analysis in an activity-based... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost; Analysis
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      Narayanan, V.G. "Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 196-109, November 1995.
      • September 1995 (Revised June 2002)
      • Case

      Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The

      By: V.G. Narayanan and James D Evans
      Following Intel Inc.'s decision to replace flawed Pentium chips, the company faces revenue recognition choices. Events leading up to IBM's decision to halt shipment of computers that have Intel's microprocessor inside and Intel's decision to replace all the flawed... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Revenue Recognition; Computer Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., and James D Evans. "Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 196-091, September 1995. (Revised June 2002.)
      • 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
      Keywords: Decisions; Product; Corporate Accountability; Activity Based Costing and Management; System; Performance Efficiency; Financial Reporting; Operations; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "AT&T Paradyne." Harvard Business School Case 195-165, May 1995. (Revised April 1998.)
      • 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
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Pillsbury: Customer Driven Reengineering." Harvard Business School Case 195-144, April 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
      • 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
      Keywords: Product; Competition; Expansion; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Srikant M. Datar. "Co-operative Bank, The." Harvard Business School Case 195-196, March 1995. (Revised April 1997.)
      • December 1994
      • Case

      AB SKA (Sweden)

      By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan and Robert L. Simons
      A senior manager faces three accounting and control decisions related to a new R&D project: to expense or capitalize, how to implement management control over the R&D function, and how to use activity-based cost drivers for product costing. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Management Practices and Processes; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Research and Development; Sweden
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      Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, and Robert L. Simons. "AB SKA (Sweden)." Harvard Business School Case 195-180, December 1994.
      • December 1994
      • Case

      Hewlett-Packard: Boeblingen Manufacturing Operation (BMO)

      By: Patricia Bost, Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Cost Accounting
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      Bost, Patricia, Robin Cooper, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Hewlett-Packard: Boeblingen Manufacturing Operation (BMO)." Harvard Business School Case 195-183, December 1994.
      • November 1994
      • Case

      Hewlett-Packard: French Manufacturing Operations

      By: Robin Cooper, Patricia Bost and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; France
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      Cooper, Robin, Patricia Bost, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Hewlett-Packard: French Manufacturing Operations." Harvard Business School Case 195-120, November 1994.
      • 1994
      • Chapter

      International Experiences with Securities Transaction Taxes

      By: K. A. Froot and J. Campbell
      Keywords: Corporation Taxation; Interest Deductibility; Cost Of Capital; Corporate Finance; Accounting; Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates
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      Froot, K. A., and J. Campbell. "International Experiences with Securities Transaction Taxes." In The Internationalization of Equity Markets, edited by J. Frankel, 277–308. University of Chicago Press, 1994. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 4587, December 1993; also featured in The NBER Digest, May 1994.)
      • 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
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      Cooper, Robin, Takeo Yoshikawa, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 195-106, October 1994.
      • October 1994
      • Teaching Note

      Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System TN

      By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Cost Accounting
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      Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 195-107, October 1994.
      • September 1994
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      Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing

      By: Chris Argyris and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Knowledge; Accounting
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      Argyris, Chris, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing." Accounting Horizons 8, no. 3 (September 1994): 83–105.
      • June 1994
      • Article

      Flexible Budgeting in an Activity-Based Costing Framework

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Framework
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Flexible Budgeting in an Activity-Based Costing Framework." Accounting Horizons (June 1994): 104–109.
      • March 1994
      • Case

      Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.: Cost Reduction for Mature Products

      By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Cost Accounting
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      Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.: Cost Reduction for Mature Products." Harvard Business School Case 194-033, March 1994.
      • 1994
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Losing Interest: Interest Allocation Rules and the Cost of Debt Finance

      By: K. A. Froot and J. Hines
      Keywords: Accounting; Corporation Taxation; Interest Deductibility; Cost Of Capital; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates
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      Froot, K. A., and J. Hines. "Losing Interest: Interest Allocation Rules and the Cost of Debt Finance." Harvard University, 1994.
      • April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
      • Case

      General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
      Designed to generate discussion on the issues of outsourcing from the perspective of a firm thinking about turning over its IS activities to a third-party vendor. View Details
      Keywords: Management Systems; Management Style; Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business Strategy; Economic Systems; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Processes; Employment; Emerging Markets; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-144, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
      • April 1993 (Revised December 2001)
      • Case

      General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
      Designed to look at outsourcing from the perspective of a major computer services company trying to get into the business. View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Business Startups; Business Plan; Business Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Financial Management; Management Teams; Communication Strategy; Organizational Design; Product Design; Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)." Harvard Business School Case 193-145, April 1993. (Revised December 2001.)
      • January 1993
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      Models for Measuring and Accounting for Cost of Conformance Quality

      By: P. Nandakumar, S. Datar and R. Akella
      Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Cost; Accounting; Quality
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      Nandakumar, P., S. Datar, and R. Akella. "Models for Measuring and Accounting for Cost of Conformance Quality." Management Science 39, no. 1 (January 1993): 1–16.
      • December 1992 (Revised March 1997)
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      Peoria Engine Plant (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
      Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Reports; Financial Reporting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Peoria Engine Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-082, December 1992. (Revised March 1997.)
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