Publications

February 2015
Case

Abby Falik at Global Citizen Year

By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Lauren Barley

Abby Falik, founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year (GCY), quickly read through the most recent news updates regarding the Ebola crisis in West Africa as she prepared for her board call on July 31, 2014. Based in Oakland, California, GCY was a five-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Not-for-profit; Public Service; Developing Countries; Secondary Education; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Developing Countries and Economies; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

Article

What's Your Language Strategy?: It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision

By: Tsedal Neeley and Robert Steven Kaplan

Language pervades every aspect of organizational life. Yet leaders of global organizations—where unrestricted multilingualism can create friction—often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire... View Details

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01 Oct 2000
News

Faculty Retirements

Robert H. Hayes An expert on industrial management and competition, Robert Hayes, the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, joined the HBS faculty in 1966. He has taught numerous... View Details

October 2013
Case

Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana

By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Wendy K. Winer

Mitch Daniels, Governor of the State of Indiana, knew he had to make a difficult choice as he sat in his office in December 2010. Should he aggressively push the state legislature to pass comprehensive education reform—a major priority of his administration—or,... View Details

Keywords: Education Reform; Priorities; Leadership; Education; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; Indiana

Article

The Innovation of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Steven R. Anderson

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Activity Based Costing and Management

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February 2012
Case

Terry Lundgren at Macy's

By: Jose Alvarez, Robert Steven Kaplan and Natalie Kindred

Keywords: Retail Industry

Web

VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

University of California Los Angeles Medical Center University of California San Francisco Medical Center UPMC University of Rochester Medical Center University of Utah Health Care System Vanderbilt University Medical Center Veterans Administration (VA) Professor View Details

1977 - 1977
Lecture

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

By: Robert Kaplan

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Mathematical Methods

12 Apr 2022
News

“Accounting for Climate Change” Wins 63rd Annual HBR McKinsey Award

12 Apr 2022
News

We Need Better Carbon Accounting. Here’s How to Get There.

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

The Strategy-Focused Organization by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (Harvard Business School Press) Following the success of their 1996 bestseller, The Balanced Scorecard, View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Thinking and Acting Like an Owner by Robert Steven Kaplan (Harvard Business Review Press) Professor Kaplan explains that leadership is accessible... View Details

June 2007
Article

The Speed-Reading Organization: Revving up Finance with Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Steven R. Anderson

Keywords: Organizations; Finance; Activity Based Costing and Management

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2003
Working Paper

Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Steven R. Anderson