Publications

Educators

summer 1972
Article

Further Thoughts on Patient Incentives

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave

Keywords: Health; Motivation and Incentives

Web

2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

writes for the Atlantic . Sarah Kaplan Sarah Kaplan is Distinguished Professor, Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), and Professor of Strategic Management, at the University of... View Details

24 Nov 2014
News

New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening also featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professors Robert S. Kaplan and Malcolm... View Details

September 26, 2024
Article

A Better Way to Measure Social Impact

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Constance Spitzer

All impact investors report the financial returns from their funds and investments, and many provide metrics on intended social outcomes, such as numbers of individuals served, or quality jobs created. But investors do not supply metrics about their impacts on... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Social Impact Investment; Inclusive Growth; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability

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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

Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Blockchain; Supply Chain; Green Technology; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability

May 2024
Supplement

Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain - Student Version

By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan

August 1994
Teaching Note

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. TN

By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry

August 1994
Case

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan

July – August 2011
Article

Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk: Part I of a Two-Part Series

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes

Keywords: Management; Risk and Uncertainty

September 1994
Article

Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing

By: Chris Argyris and Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Knowledge; Accounting

August 1980
Article

An Activity Analysis Approach to Unit Costing with Multiple Interactive Products

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Hiroyuki Itami

Keywords: Theory; Product

September–October 1973
Article

Determinants of Physician Office Location

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Sam Leinhardt

Keywords: Health; Geographic Location

Article

Overhead Allocation via Mathematical Programming Models

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Gerald Thompson

Keywords: Mathematical Methods

winter 1971
Article

Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave

Keywords: Health; Insurance; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry

April 1972
Article

Investor Evaluation of Accounting Information: Some Empirical Evidence

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Richard Roll

Keywords: Accounting; Information

March 2004
Article

Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael Nagel

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Balanced Scorecard

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