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    Robert Simons

    Robert Simons is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. For over 35 years, Simons has taught accounting, management control, and strategy execution courses in both the Harvard MBA and Executive Education Programs. For 2024/25, he is teaching a... View Details

    • May 2016
    • Background Note

    Health Systems in the Developing World

    By: Kevin Schulman, Muhammed Pate and Gary Carbell
    This note offers an approach to the evaluation of health care markets globally. It prepares students with a set of questions about the organization of core elements of the health care system. The organization of these elements can vary across markets and can vary in... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Developing Countries and Economies; Public Sector; Private Sector; Opportunities; Analysis
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    Schulman, Kevin, Muhammed Pate, and Gary Carbell. "Health Systems in the Developing World." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-112, May 2016.
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    Dissecting Costs of CT Study: Application of TDABC (Time-driven Activity-based Costing) in a Tertiary Academic Center

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Yoshimi Anzai, Marta E. Heilbrun, Derek Haas, Luca Boi, Kirk Moshre, Satoshi Minoshima and Vivian S. Lee
    The lack of understanding the true costs (not charges) of delivering health care services poses tremendous challenges in the containment of health care costs. In this study, we applied an established cost accounting method, time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC),... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare Costs; Medical Imaging; Computed Tomography; Activity-Based Costing; Cost Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Health Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S., Yoshimi Anzai, Marta E. Heilbrun, Derek Haas, Luca Boi, Kirk Moshre, Satoshi Minoshima, and Vivian S. Lee. "Dissecting Costs of CT Study: Application of TDABC (Time-driven Activity-based Costing) in a Tertiary Academic Center." Academic Radiology 24, no. 2 (February 2017): 200–208.
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    Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Surgical Episodes

    By: Peter Najjar, Matt Strickland and Robert S. Kaplan
    Health care costs related to surgical care account for 40% of all hospital and physician spending. Payers attempting to contain costs are replacing fee-for-service with value-based payment schemes that can encompass entire episodes of care, including physician services... View Details
    Keywords: Surgery; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Bundled Payments; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management
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    Najjar, Peter, Matt Strickland, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Surgical Episodes." JAMA Surgery 152, no. 1 (January 2017): 96–97.
    • 20 Nov 2015
    • News

    Cowboy Doctors Are Rustling Up Healthcare Costs

    • October 1997 (Revised March 2000)
    • Case

    Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)

    By: James L. Heskett, Jody H. Gittell and James Slayton
    Describes an innovative approach to organizing health care proposed by Oxford CEO Steve Wiggins. Wiggins contends that the primary care physician "gatekeeper" model typically used by health maintenance organizations to control access to and coordinate specialist care... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Management; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Cooperation; Management Teams; Health Industry; United States
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    Heskett, James L., Jody H. Gittell, and James Slayton. "Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-042, October 1997. (Revised March 2000.)
    • November–December 2014
    • Article

    Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Identify Value-Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, Megan Abbott, Alexis Guzman, Laurence Higgins, John Meara, Erin Padden, Apurva Shah, Peter Waters, Marco Weidemeier, Samuel Wertheimer and Thomas W. Feeley
    As healthcare providers cope with pricing pressures and increased accountability for performance, they should be rededicating themselves to improving the value they deliver to their patients: better outcomes and lower costs. Time-driven activity-based costing offers... View Details
    Keywords: Value Creation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States; Europe
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    Kaplan, Robert S., Mary L. Witkowski, Megan Abbott, Alexis Guzman, Laurence Higgins, John Meara, Erin Padden, Apurva Shah, Peter Waters, Marco Weidemeier, Samuel Wertheimer, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Identify Value-Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare." Journal of Healthcare Management 59, no. 6 (November–December 2014): 399–413.

      Robert S. Huckman

      Robert Huckman is the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, and the Senior Associate Dean for External... View Details

      Keywords: health care; health care; health care; health care
      • May 2017 (Revised November 2017)
      • Teaching Note

      BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team

      By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Olivia Hull
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-020. View Details
      Keywords: Health Care Services; Entrepreneurs; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Health Care Industry; Growth Strategy; Organizational Change; Brand Positioning; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurial Management; Franchising; Family-owned Business; Home Health Care; Managing Growth; Management Styles; Organizational Development; Talent Management; Women Executives; Women And Leadership; Business Startups; Family Business; Small Business; Talent And Talent Management; Governing And Advisory Boards; Health Care And Treatment; Human Capital; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Business Or Company Management; Growth And Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, And Techniques; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Brands And Branding; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Health Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, Colleen Ammerman, and Olivia Hull. "BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 417-074, May 2017. (Revised November 2017.)

        V.G. Narayanan

        Professor Narayanan is the Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online. His research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives... View Details

        Keywords: accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry
        • July 2025
        • Case

        Microsoft’s Performance Across Three CEOs

        By: George Serafeim
        This case traces Microsoft’s evolution from its founding through 2024. Students analyze how changes in operating segments both reflected and shaped Microsoft’s strategy, culture, and financial communication. The case provides rich quantitative exhibits (segment... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Accounting; Financial Statement Analysis; Disclosure; Disclosure Strategy; Disclosure Tone; Organizational Transformations; Transformation; AI; Digital; Organizational Change; Accounting; Financial Statements; Strategy; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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        Serafeim, George. "Microsoft’s Performance Across Three CEOs." Harvard Business School Case 125-112, July 2025.
        • 22 Jul 2014
        • First Look

        First Look: July 22

        August 2013 hfm (Healthcare Financial Management) Using TDABC to Deliver Better Patient Outcomes at Lower Cost By: Kaplan, Robert S. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.hfma.org/TDABC August 2013 Accounting... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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        Managing Healthcare Costs and Value

        By: Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter and Mark L. Frigo
        Rising health care costs are a major global challenge. A number of factors contribute to this trend, including aging populations and medical technology. But an underlying and misunderstood source of health care’s escalating costs has been the inability of health care... View Details
        Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Cost Management; Cost Accounting; Health Industry
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        Kaplan, Robert S., Michael E. Porter, and Mark L. Frigo. "Managing Healthcare Costs and Value." Strategic Finance 98, no. 7 (January 2017): 24–33.
        • 2007
        • Book

        Management Control Systems

        By: Robert N. Anthony and Vijay Govindarajan
        Management Control Systems, now in its 13th edition, builds on strengths from prior editions by offering a rich diversity of cases balanced with current material. The primary market for Management Control Systems is an MBA level elective in control systems. The... View Details
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        Anthony, Robert N., and Vijay Govindarajan. Management Control Systems. 12th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007.

          Suraj Srinivasan

          Suraj Srinivasan is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, a member of the Accounting and Management faculty unit, and chair of the View Details

          Keywords: accounting industry; accounting industry
          • March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
          • Case

          P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project

          By: Christopher A. Bartlett
          Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management.... View Details
          Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Globalization; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan; Europe
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          Bartlett, Christopher A. "P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project." Harvard Business School Case 303-003, March 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
          • March 2016 (Revised August 2022)
          • Case

          Fair & Lovely vs. Dark is Beautiful

          By: Rohit Deshpande and Saloni Chaturvedi
          Women of Worth (WOW) is an organization that seeks to empower women through training and workshops. The organization has also fought against discrimination based on the color of a person's skin through its “Dark is Beautiful” campaign—endorsed by well-known... View Details
          Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Race; Marketing; Social Issues; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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          Deshpande, Rohit, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Fair & Lovely vs. Dark is Beautiful." Harvard Business School Case 516-079, March 2016. (Revised August 2022.)

            Dennis Campbell

            Dennis W. Campbell is currently the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching activities focus broadly on how management control systems can be designed to balance short-term strategy execution... View Details

            Keywords: financial services; service industry; hotels & motels; consumer products; restaurant; manufacturing; professional services
            • June 2017
            • Case

            Obesity Management at Kaiser Permanente: A New Mindset for Healthcare Delivery?

            By: Kevin Schulman, Gregory Leya and Christina Beveridge
            Kaiser Permanente (KP) is the largest managed care organization in the United States with over 10 million members. KP evolved from a prepayment or capitation model that focuses the organization around the efficiency of care and the health of the population it serves.... View Details
            Keywords: Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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            Schulman, Kevin, Gregory Leya, and Christina Beveridge. "Obesity Management at Kaiser Permanente: A New Mindset for Healthcare Delivery?" Harvard Business School Case 317-106, June 2017.
            • May 2016
            • Article

            Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of Opinion Leaders

            By: Joanne Disch, Thomas W. Feeley, Diana J. Mason, Richard L. Schilsky, Ellen L. Stovall and Shelley Fuld Nasso
            "What Health System Transformations Do You Believe Are Necessary for the Future of Health Care?" We need to transform to a true value-based health care delivery system. That means organizing care around medical conditions, not simply around hospitals and doctors. We... View Details
            Keywords: Perspective; Health Disorders; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Health Industry
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            Disch, Joanne, Thomas W. Feeley, Diana J. Mason, Richard L. Schilsky, Ellen L. Stovall, and Shelley Fuld Nasso. "Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of Opinion Leaders." Seminars in Oncology Nursing 32, no. 2 (May 2016): 172–182.
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