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Capital Commitments and the High Cost of Money
By: Samuel Hayes
Hayes, Samuel. "Capital Commitments and the High Cost of Money." Harvard Business Review 55, no. 3 (May–June 1977): 155–161.
- 2007
- Chapter
Coordination Costs and Standard Setting: Lessons from 56K
By: Shane Greenstein and Marc Rysman
Greenstein, Shane, and Marc Rysman. "Coordination Costs and Standard Setting: Lessons from 56K." Chap. 4 in Standards and Public Policy, edited by Shane Greenstein and Victor Stango, 123–159. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- September 1994
- Article
Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing
By: Chris Argyris and Robert S. Kaplan
Argyris, Chris, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing." Accounting Horizons 8, no. 3 (September 1994): 83–105.
- 15 Apr 2012
- News
America at tax time: What cheaters cost us
- 15 Jan 2014
- News
Banks Cutting Costs to Get Return on Equity
- 15 Mar 2016
- News
The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths
- 2015
- Chapter
Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation when Information Costs Approach Zero
By: Elizabeth J. Altman, Frank Nagle and Michael Tushman
Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information processing challenges associated with... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Cost; Innovation and Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman. "Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation when Information Costs Approach Zero." In The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, edited by Christina E. Shalley, Michael A. Hitt, and Jing Zhou, 353–379. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- March 1, 2021
- Article
Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets
By: Stephen Comello, Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
Comprehensive global decarbonization requires that transportation services cease to rely on fossil fuels for power generation. This paper develops a generic, time-driven life-cycle cost model for mobility services to address two closely related questions central to the... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Electric Vehicles; Renewable Energy; Biofuel; Carbon Emissions; Mobility; Batteries; Energy; Environmental Management; Environmental Accounting; Transportation; Operations; Management; Sustainable Cities; Decision Making; Investment; Energy Industry; Transportation Industry; Utilities Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Auto Industry; Consulting Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
Comello, Stephen, Gunther Glenk, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets." Art. 116408. Applied Energy 285 (March 1, 2021).
- March 1994
- Case
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.: Cost Reduction for Mature Products
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Cost Accounting
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.: Cost Reduction for Mature Products." Harvard Business School Case 194-033, March 1994.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Measurement Errors of Expected-Return Proxies and the Implied Cost of Capital
Despite their popularity as proxies of expected returns, the implied cost of capital's (ICC) measurement error properties are relatively unknown. Through an in-depth analysis of a popular implementation of ICCs by Gebhardt, Lee, and Swaminathan (2001) (GLS), I show... View Details
Wang, Charles C.Y. "Measurement Errors of Expected-Return Proxies and the Implied Cost of Capital." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-098, May 2013. (Revised February 2015.)
- 1990
- Chapter
Analysis of Cost Variances for Management Control in Hospitals
By: S. Datar, R. Banker and S. Das
- July 2021
- Teaching Note
Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 221-006 and 221-070. View Details
- 1992
- Book
Implementing Activity-Based Cost Management: Moving from Analysis to Action
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Robin Cooper, Larry Maisel, Eileen Morrissey and Ronald M. Oehm
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management
Kaplan, Robert S., Robin Cooper, Larry Maisel, Eileen Morrissey, and Ronald M. Oehm. Implementing Activity-Based Cost Management: Moving from Analysis to Action. Montvale, NJ: Institute of Management Accountants, 1992. (
Winner of Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award presented by American Accounting Association
.)- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
Kenya or Senegal does not care about global carbon; that’s a “global north” concern. However, they absolutely care day to day about air pollution, cost and availability of fuel, cost and availability of... View Details
- Article
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Taming the Health Care Cost Monster
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Consumer-Driven Health Care: Taming the Health Care Cost Monster." Journal of Financial Service Professionals 58, no. 2 (March 2004): 44–48.
- April 2014
- Article
The Cost of High-Powered Incentives: Employee Gaming in Enterprise Software Sales
By: Ian Larkin
This paper investigates the pricing distortions that arise from the use of a common non-linear incentive scheme at a leading enterprise software vendor. The empirical results demonstrate that salespeople are adept at gaming the timing of deal closure to take advantage... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Motivation; Compensation; Gaming; Sales Force Management; Motivation and Incentives; Salesforce Management; Software; Compensation and Benefits; Information Technology Industry
Larkin, Ian. "The Cost of High-Powered Incentives: Employee Gaming in Enterprise Software Sales." Journal of Labor Economics 32, no. 2 (April 2014): 199–227.