Publications

March 1989 (Revised March 1999)
Case

Metabo GmbH & Co. KG

A privately owned German power tool company was dissatisfied with its existing cost system. The system could not produce timely accurate reports on cost center operations, and newly purchased automated machines were attracting large overhead costs. A new, highly... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost; Budgets and Budgeting; Capital Budgeting; Cost Management; Reports; Private Ownership; Business or Company Management; Consumer Products Industry; Germany

1986
Article

The Role for Empirical Research in Management Accounting

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Research

May 1989
Teaching Note

Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (B), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-188-143). View Details

Keywords: Production; Cost Management; System; Product; Resource Allocation; Management Practices and Processes; Electronics Industry

November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
Case

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

First Commonwealth Financial Corp., a financial institution in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, implemented the Balanced Scorecard for describing and implementing its new customer-focused strategy. Its founder and chairman decided that the Balanced Scorecard also... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Customers; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Customer Relationship Management; Executive Compensation; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Pennsylvania

April 1977
Article

Purchasing Power Gains on Debt: The Effect of Expected and Unexpected Inflation

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Inflation and Deflation

spring 1969
Article

Optimal Investigation Strategies with Imperfect Information

Keywords: Strategy; Information; Research

December 1987 (Revised May 1999)
Teaching Note

John Deere Component Works (A) and (B), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-187-107) and (9-187-108). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

fall 1975
Article

Investigation and the Significance of Cost Variances: Survey and Extensions

Keywords: Cost

November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
Case

New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise

New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Nonprofit Organizations; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Service Industry

June 1987 (Revised May 1990)
Case

John Deere Component Works (B)

Having installed an activity-based system, the division is now exploring the insight provided by that system. In particular, it is studying the economics of lot-size process planning and product mix management. View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Production; Business or Company Management; Planning; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Consumer Products Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

January 1986 (Revised April 1988)
Case

Union Pacific, Introduction

Keywords: Rail Industry

fall 1973
Article

Statistical Sampling in Auditing with Auxiliary Information Estimators

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Information

2003
Class Lecture

Building Strategy-Focused Organizations with the Balanced Scorecard

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Strategy

March 1989
Article

Connecting the Research-Teaching-Practice Triangle

Keywords: Research; Teaching; Practice

1988
Article

Relevance: Putting 'Management' Back into Management Accounting

Keywords: Management; Cost Accounting

Research Summary

Building a Corporate Culture of Health

By: Robert S. Huckman

This stream of Professor Huckman's work involves developing and implementing a survey of U.S. corporations regarding their commitments to developing a “culture of health” aimed at improving well-being for employees, consumers, communities, and the environment. This... View Details

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Innovation and Performance Improvement in Health Care

By: Robert S. Huckman

This stream of Professor Huckman's work examines how organizations delivering health care can structure and manage their activities to improve operational performance. It addresses issues including the impact of various forms of familiarity on performance, the impact... View Details

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Risk Management Systems