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- November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
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
Kaplan, Robert S. "First Commonwealth Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 104-042, November 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- April 1977
- Article
Purchasing Power Gains on Debt: The Effect of Expected and Unexpected Inflation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Purchasing Power Gains on Debt: The Effect of Expected and Unexpected Inflation." Accounting Review 52 (April 1977): 369–378.
- spring 1969
- Article
Optimal Investigation Strategies with Imperfect Information
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Optimal Investigation Strategies with Imperfect Information." Journal of Accounting Research 7 (spring 1969): 32–43.
- December 1987 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
John Deere Component Works (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
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
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Cost
Kaplan, Robert S. "Investigation and the Significance of Cost Variances: Survey and Extensions." Journal of Accounting Research 13 (fall 1975): 278–296.
- November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise
By: Robert S. Kaplan
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
Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
- June 1987 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
John Deere Component Works (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
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
Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (B)." Harvard Business School Case 187-108, June 1987. (Revised May 1990.)
- January 1986 (Revised April 1988)
- Case
Union Pacific, Introduction
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Rail Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Union Pacific, Introduction." Harvard Business School Case 186-176, January 1986. (Revised April 1988.)
- fall 1973
- Article
Statistical Sampling in Auditing with Auxiliary Information Estimators
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Statistical Sampling in Auditing with Auxiliary Information Estimators." Journal of Accounting Research 11 (fall 1973): 238–258.
- 2003
- Class Lecture
Building Strategy-Focused Organizations with the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Building Strategy-Focused Organizations with the Balanced Scorecard." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2003. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 5356C.)
- March 1989
- Article
Connecting the Research-Teaching-Practice Triangle
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Connecting the Research-Teaching-Practice Triangle." Accounting Horizons (March 1989): 129–132.
- 10 Oct 2014
- News
Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Paul Finnegan (MBA 1982), Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997), and Professor Robert S. Kaplan (MBA 1983) at the Chicago regional event of the HBS Campaign. Chicago-area alumni and friends of Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign
- Web
2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
thoughtful practitioners committed to addressing how gender, race, class, and other axes of dominance and oppression reproduce structural inequalities in organizations. To this end, we are excited to bring in the expertise of our esteemed panelists ( Professor View Details
- 2017
- Chapter
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better. View Details
Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Chap. 10 in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges. Vol. 75, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar. Studies in Income and Wealth (NBER). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Economic Forum
featured speaker for the "25 Years of Business Strategy" discussion, and the moderator of a corporate citizenship panel. Professor Robert S. Kaplan moderated a session titled "Staying One Step Ahead: Winning... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- News
Disclose the fair value of complex securities
- 2019
- Book
The Economic Turn: Recasting Political Economy in Enlightenment Europe
By: Steven L. Kaplan and Sophus A. Reinert
The mid-eighteenth century witnessed what might be dubbed an “economic turn” that resolutely changed the trajectory of world history. From the birth of new agricultural practices and the foundation of private societies to the sustained and popular theorization of... View Details
Kaplan, Steven L., and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. The Economic Turn: Recasting Political Economy in Enlightenment Europe. London: Anthem Press, 2019.
- Article
Formal Measures in Informal Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture?
By: Robert Gibbons and Robert S. Kaplan
Agency theorists, historically, have analyzed what kinds of performance measures should be used in formal incentive contracts. For example, after Kaplan-Norton proposed a balanced scorecard of both financial and non-financial measures, some envisioned its role only in... View Details
Keywords: Relational Contracts; Performance Measurement; Informal Management; Balanced Scorecard; Economics; Mathematical Methods
Gibbons, Robert, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Formal Measures in Informal Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture?" American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 105, no. 5 (May 2015).
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
Nathan Dutzmann (MBA 2009), Andrew Kaplan (MBA 2013), Lisa Kostova Ogata (MBA 2009), Alejandro Paiuk (MBA 2007), João Ferro Rodrigues (MBA 2003), Dan Summers-Minette, Suja Vaidyanathan (MBA 2006), Kyle Welch (DBA 2014) Contributors Jeremy... View Details