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- 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.
- September 2009
- Article
Are You Having Trouble Keeping Your Operations Focused?
As a business broadens over time, it can lose the operational edge that led to its original success. Core strengths atrophy, efficiency or quality suffers, and sharper rivals close in to take advantage of the loss of focus. In his classic article "The Focused Factory"... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Operations; Performance Efficiency
Huckman, Robert S. "Are You Having Trouble Keeping Your Operations Focused?" Harvard Business Review 87, no. 9 (September 2009): 90–95.
- June 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Domestic Auto Parts
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes a meeting of an executive team to discuss strategy for a company turnaround. The exercise is to construct a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard to capture the new strategy. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Domestic Auto Parts." Harvard Business School Case 105-078, June 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 1970
- Journal Article
A Dynamic Inventory Model with Stochastic Lead Times
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "A Dynamic Inventory Model with Stochastic Lead Times." Management Science 16 (March 1970): 491–507.
- April 1989
- Teaching Note
Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-189-029) and (9-189-111). View Details
Keywords: Texas
- April 2005 (Revised April 2010)
- Teaching Note
Flextronics International, Ltd. (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-604-063). View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- July 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
MedSource Technologies (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-603-081). View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- July 1988 (Revised January 1989)
- Case
Wilmington Tap and Die (Abridged)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Industrial Products Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Wilmington Tap and Die (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 189-032, July 1988. (Revised January 1989.)
- October 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Software Associates
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The president of a small consulting firm has just seen his second-quarter profit and loss statement, showing an increase in revenues but a substantial decline in profits. He asks his chief financial officer to explain the results. The CFO works hard to accumulate... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost; Financial Statements; Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Software Associates." Harvard Business School Case 101-038, October 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
- 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.
- 1975
- Article
A Synthesis
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "A Synthesis." Studies on Statistical Methodology in Auditing, Supplement Journal of Accounting Research 13 (1975): 134–142.
- 01 Jan 1979
- Conference Presentation
Developing a Financial Planning Model for An Analytic Review: A Feasibility Study
By: Robert S. Kaplan
- May 2003
- Article
The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures
Huckman, Robert S. "The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures." Management Science 49, no. 5 (May 2003): 599–617.
- Research Summary
Building a Corporate Culture of Health
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
- Research Summary
Innovation and Performance Improvement in Health Care
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
- Research Summary
Risk Management Systems
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Along with Assistant Professor Anette Mikes and Associate Professor Dennis Campbell, Kaplan continues to explore how companies can implement risk management processes that reflect their strategies. The research involves case writing, teaching in executive program, and... View Details