Publications

Keywords: Cost Accounting

1981
Chapter

The Impact of Management Accounting Research on Policy and Practice

Keywords: Accounting; Research; Management Practices and Processes

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business education and the growing appeal of "scientific" approaches to decision-making and management. We also show that these... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2012
Case

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)

By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble

Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique... View Details

Keywords: Production; Competitive Strategy; Supply Chain; Brands and Branding; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; United States

Educators

1986
Chapter

Quantitative Models for Management Accounting in Today's Production Environment

Keywords: Accounting; Mathematical Methods

1990
Chapter

Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Manufacturing Industry

February 2023
Supplement

Dr. Andrea Pusic, Video Supplement

Video supplement to aid in the teaching of "Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS case no. 122-010. View Details

January 2023
Teaching Note

Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care

This Teaching Note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of "Brigham and Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS Case No. 122-010. View Details

1977
Other Unpublished Work

Indexing Social Security: An Analysis of the Issues

Keywords: Insurance; Public Sector

June 1999 (Revised June 2000)
Teaching Note

Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A) and (B) TN

Teaching Note for (9-198-146) and (9-199-019). View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

October 1997
Teaching Note

Mobil USM&R Series TN

Teaching Note for (9-197-025), (9-197-120), (9-197-121), (9-197-026), (9-197-027), and (9-197-028). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States

October 1996 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing

Mobil US Marketing & Refining has shifted from a centralized staff-driven organization to decentralized business-units. Staff functions now must negotiate service agreements with a buyer's committee consisting of representatives from the profit-center business units.... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Management Teams; Human Resources; Agreements and Arrangements; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customers; Situation or Environment; Business Units; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States

Educators

June 2015
Teaching Note

Schӧn Klinik: Measuring Cost and Value

Teaching Note for Schon Klinik: Measuring Cost and Value. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Projects; Health Industry; Germany

June 2014
Article

Using TDABC to Deliver Better Patient Outcomes at Lower Cost

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June 2014
Article

Improving Value with TDABC

The article discusses the benefits of time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) combined with outcomes measurement for healthcare organizations. Topics covered include improving resource efficiency, optimizing care over the complete care cycle, and planning and... View Details

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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2012
Comment

The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries

This paper provides the author's insights about five papers written in this volume about his published work on the balanced scorecard (BSC). The author finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the... View Details

Keywords: Strategy Execution; Performance Management; Strategy; Public Sector; Balanced Scorecard; Performance

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March 2011
Article

Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice