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- autumn 1991
- Article
The Topic of Quality in Business School Education and Research
By: Robert S. Kaplan
- July 1991 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Winchell Lighting, Inc. (A) and (B) TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-187-074) and (9-187-075). View Details
- May 1991
- Case
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Money
Kaplan, Robert S. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-094, May 1991.
- May 1991
- Supplement
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 191-095, May 1991.
- May 1991 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: Customer Profitability Report, Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-191-068). View Details
- May–June 1991
- Article
Profit Priorities from Activity-Based Costing
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Profit Priorities from Activity-Based Costing." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 3 (May–June 1991): 130–135.
- April 1991 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (A), Teaching Note
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-188-142). View Details
- spring 1991
- Article
New Systems for Measurement and Control
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "New Systems for Measurement and Control." Engineering Economist (spring 1991): 201–218.
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
Burlington Northern's decision whether to invest in ARES, an automated train control system, is a ($350 million) strategic investment in information technology. Although set in a service industry (railroad) the issues around this decision arise in many organizations... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Rail Transportation; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Performance Effectiveness; Cost vs Benefits; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Customers; Quality; Rail Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-122, February 1991.
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Technology Adoption; Service Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-123, February 1991.
- November 1990 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Analog Devices, Inc.: The Half-Life System, Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-190-061). View Details
Keywords: Hardware
- November 1990 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Metabo GmbH & Co. KG, Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-189-146). View Details
Keywords: Germany
- October 1990
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: Customer Profitability Report
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Banking company noting declining profitability from its traditional lending activities has started to measure the total profitability of its lending relationships. A loan pricing model estimates the profit and return-on-equity from commercial loans. Additional work was... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Revenue; Commercial Banking; Banks and Banking; Customer Value and Value Chain; Banking Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: Customer Profitability Report." Harvard Business School Case 191-068, October 1990.
- Article
Contribution Margin Analysis: No Longer Relevant/Strategic Cost Management: The New Paradigm
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Contribution Margin Analysis: No Longer Relevant/Strategic Cost Management: The New Paradigm." Journal of Management Accounting Research 2 (Fall 1990): 2–15.
- fall 1990
- Article
Measures for Manufacturing Excellence: A Summary
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Measures for Manufacturing Excellence: A Summary." Journal of Cost Management for the Manufacturing Industry (fall 1990): 22–29.
- September 1990 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Texas Eastman Co., Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-190-039). View Details
Keywords: Texas
- July 1990 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, the students are introduced to a simple activity-based cost system. Siemens Electric Motor Works found itself facing an increasingly competitive environment and so made... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost; Adoption; Cost vs Benefits; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Production; Business Strategy; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 191-006, July 1990. (Revised October 1997.)
- 1990
- Chapter
Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments." In Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, edited by Robert S. Kaplan, 15–38. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
- 1990
- Book
Measures for Manufacturing Excellence
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., ed. Measures for Manufacturing Excellence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.