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- February 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Ingersoll Milling Machine Co.
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Ingersoll Milling Machine Co." Harvard Business School Case 186-189, February 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Skills of Disruptive Innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business Review Press) Christensen, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, and his... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-038.pdf Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience (revised) Authors: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract In many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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).
- July – August 1998
- Article
The Promise--and Peril--of Integrated Cost Systems
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "The Promise--and Peril--of Integrated Cost Systems." HBR 98403. Harvard Business Review 76, no. 4 (July–August 1998): 109–119.
- January 2023 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Performance Management at Afreximbank (A) and (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Siko Sikochi
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 120-029. View Details
- October 2016 (Revised March 2022)
- Background Note
Cost Variance Analysis
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Susanna Gallani
This note was written to provide students with fundamental concepts and methods for the analysis of cost variances. It focuses on the decomposition of cost variances into price, quantity, and mix variance components, an approach that allows students to identify the... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting
Kaplan, Robert S., and Susanna Gallani. "Cost Variance Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 117-006, October 2016. (Revised March 2022.)
- April 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Activity-Based Management at Stream International
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Norman Klein
Stream International's Crawfordsville, Indiana facilities undertake the design and implementation of an activity-based costing project. After analyzing the costs assigned to 161 work activities, Crawfordsville managers present five proposals for change based on ABM... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Indiana
Kaplan, Robert S., and Norman Klein. "Activity-Based Management at Stream International." Harvard Business School Case 196-134, April 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- August 1994 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.: The Kaizen Program TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
- August 1994
- Case
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.: The Kaizen Program
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Energy Industry
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.: The Kaizen Program." Harvard Business School Case 195-078, August 1994.
- August 1994
- Case
Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation: Product Line Cost System
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation: Product Line Cost System." Harvard Business School Case 195-066, August 1994.
- April 1991 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (A), Teaching Note
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-188-142). View Details
- December 1970
- Article
The Four Roles of Sampling in Auditing: Representative, Corrective, Protective and Preventive
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Yuri Ijiri
Kaplan, Robert S., and Yuri Ijiri. "The Four Roles of Sampling in Auditing: Representative, Corrective, Protective and Preventive." Management Accounting 52 (December 1970): 42–44.
- January 1975
- Article
The Spatial Distribution of Urban Pharmacies
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Sam Leinhardt
Kaplan, Robert S., and Sam Leinhardt. "The Spatial Distribution of Urban Pharmacies." Medical Care 13 (January 1975): 37–46.
- Article
Knowing the Score
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Knowing the Score." Financial Executive 12, no. 6 (November–December 1996): 30–33.
- April 1979
- Article
Statistical Models of Bond Ratings: A Methodological Inquiry
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Gabriel Urwitz
Kaplan, Robert S., and Gabriel Urwitz. "Statistical Models of Bond Ratings: A Methodological Inquiry." Journal of Business (April 1979): 231–261.
- September 1992
- Article
Activity-based Systems: Measuring the Costs of Resource Usage
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper
Kaplan, Robert S., and Robin Cooper. "Activity-based Systems: Measuring the Costs of Resource Usage." Accounting Horizons (September 1992): 1–13.
- April 2024
- Teaching Note
Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-076. View Details
- November 1996 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
United Way of Southeastern New England (UWSENE)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ellen L. Kaplan / RA
A regional United Way organization, a nonprofit already active in total quality management, implements a Balanced Scorecard to link its strategic planning objectives with day-to-day operations, and is able to translate its vision and strategy into objectives and... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Strategy; United States
Kaplan, Robert S., and Ellen L. Kaplan / RA. "United Way of Southeastern New England (UWSENE)." Harvard Business School Case 197-036, November 1996. (Revised April 1999.)
- June/July 1997
- Article
Why Does Business Need a Balanced Scorecard? Part II
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard