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- August 1994
- Case
Topcon Corporation: Production Control System
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Production
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Topcon Corporation: Production Control System." Harvard Business School Case 195-082, August 1994.
- August 1994 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation: Product Line Cost System TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
- August 1994 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.: Cost Reduction for Mature Products TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
- 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.
- spring 1970
- Article
Sequential Models in Probabilistic Depreciation
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Yuri Ijiri
Kaplan, Robert S., and Yuri Ijiri. "Sequential Models in Probabilistic Depreciation." Journal of Accounting Research 8 (spring 1970): 34–46.
- August 2000
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Latin America TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Alberto Ballve
Teaching Note for (9-100-040). View Details
- September–October 1996
- Article
Strategic Learning and the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Strategic Learning and the Balanced Scorecard." Strategy & Leadership (September–October 1996): 18–24.
- Article
On the Objective Function for the Sequential P-Model of Chance-Constrained Programming
By: Robert S. Kaplan and John Soden
Kaplan, Robert S., and John Soden. "On the Objective Function for the Sequential P-Model of Chance-Constrained Programming." Operations Research 19, no. 1 (January–February 1971): 105–141.
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
PublicationsThe Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract The most effective managers have the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
crisis. In this article, Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes present a categorization of risk that allows executives to understand the qualitative distinctions between the types of risks that organizations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 1978
- Teaching Note
Walton Instruments--1970, Teaching Note
By: Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright
- April 1997
- Case
Romeo Engine Plant (Abridged)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
A newly reopened automobile engine plant has been organized along total quality and teamwork principles. Employees now solve problems and ensure quality, rather than watch parts being produced. New operating and financial systems have been installed to promote... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Groups and Teams; Employees; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Romeo Engine Plant (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 197-100, April 1997.
- March 1996
- Case
Provigo, Inc.
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Robert S. Kaplan
Merchant, Kenneth A., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Provigo, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 196-128, March 1996.
- September 2011
- Other Article
How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter
Keywords: Health
Kaplan, Robert S., and Michael E. Porter. "How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011): 47–64.
- December 1992 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Peoria Engine Plant (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Reports; Financial Reporting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Peoria Engine Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-082, December 1992. (Revised March 1997.)
- September 2011
- Article
How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter
Existing health care costing systems have serious flaws that make it impossible to measure costs accurately at the individual patient and medical condition level. This gap has severely limited meaningful cost reduction throughout the system. The paper describes a new... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Quality; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Michael E. Porter. "How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011): 47–64.
- October 2010
- Article
The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Allen S. Grossman
Many of our largest and most successful companies today did not exist 50 years ago. During this same time interval, companies that ranked among top in the 1960s have disappeared, been merged out of existence, or become much smaller presences in the U.S. industrial... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Accountability; Management Practices and Processes; Infrastructure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations
Kaplan, Robert S., and Allen S. Grossman. "The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 10 (October 2010).
- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Montefiore Medical Center
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Syeda Noorein Inamdar
A large urban medical center implements the Balanced Scorecard management tool. Elaine Brennan, senior VP of operations, has reorganized a highly functional health care organization into decentralized patient care centers and support units. Having recently endured the... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Health Care and Treatment; Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Reporting; Budgets and Budgeting; Cost Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Communication; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Syeda Noorein Inamdar. "Montefiore Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 101-067, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- October–November 2004
- Article
The Strategy Map: Guide to Aligning Intangible Assets
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. "The Strategy Map: Guide to Aligning Intangible Assets." Strategy & Leadership 32, no. 5 (October–November 2004): 10–17.