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Finance Reporting and Control

Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) is a course about how leaders can design and use performance measurement systems to build more effective organizations. Throughout their careers, business leaders are required to... View Details

  • April 2011
  • Module Note

Customer-Centric Information and Control Systems in B2B Settings: The Case for Customer-Supplier Partnerships

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Keywords: Customers; Information; Information Management; Partners and Partnerships
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Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis. "Customer-Centric Information and Control Systems in B2B Settings: The Case for Customer-Supplier Partnerships." Harvard Business School Module Note 111-106, April 2011.
  • February 1987 (Revised August 1988)
  • Case

Gillette Personal Care Division: Marketing Planning and Control

Bill Ryan, president of the Gillette Co.'s Personal Care Division, is considering changing the division's planning and control system for marketing. White Rain, the division's most recent success, had been launched by taking shortcuts through the system, while other... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Management Systems; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Bonoma, Thomas V. "Gillette Personal Care Division: Marketing Planning and Control." Harvard Business School Case 587-099, February 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
  • June 2010
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Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers

By: David I. Levine and Michael W. Toffel
Several studies have examined how the ISO 9001 Quality Management System standard predicts changes in organizational outcomes such as profits. This is the first large-scale study to explore how employee outcomes such as employment, earnings, and health and safety... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Management; Standards; Employees; Wages; Organizations; Profit; Safety; Health; Policy
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Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel. "Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers." Management Science 56, no. 6 (June 2010): 978–996. (Appendix. Profiled by industry practitioners in Quality Digest, Quality Progress, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB).)
  • December 1999 (Revised September 2004)
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Hermes Systems

By: Michael L. Tushman and Daniel Radov
Covers the history of Hermes, a large telecommunications and network equipment company, as it grows from a single business firm to a diversified firm from 1980-95. Examines the use of entrepreneurial subsidiaries for product development and fast growth. Other issues... View Details
Keywords: History; Leadership; Business Subsidiaries; Diversification; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Divisions; Problems and Challenges; Product Development; Technology Industry
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Tushman, Michael L., and Daniel Radov. "Hermes Systems." Harvard Business School Case 400-056, December 1999. (Revised September 2004.)
  • January–February 1996
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Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Strategy; Management; System
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Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System." Harvard Business Review 74, no. 1 (January–February 1996): 75–85. (Reprint #96107.)
  • August 2016 (Revised June 2017)
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Oversight Systems

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Amram Migdal
The case, set in May 2016, discusses sales strategy and managing sales and service at Oversight Systems, an Atlanta, Georgia–based software firm that developed analytics for organizations to monitor their data for errors, fraud, and operational inefficiencies. Included... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Sales Strategy; Entrepreneurial Sales; Entrepreneurial Sales And Marketing; Software Sales; Marketing; Marketing Management; Pricing; Salesforce Management; Distribution Channels; Marketing Strategy; Technology Industry; North America; United States; Atlanta; Georgia (state, US)
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Cespedes, Frank V., and Amram Migdal. "Oversight Systems." Harvard Business School Case 817-015, August 2016. (Revised June 2017.)
  • October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
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Maxwell Appliance Controls

By: Robert S. Kaplan
A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Maxwell Appliance Controls." Harvard Business School Case 192-058, October 1991. (Revised September 1998.)
  • 2000
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The Consequences of Customization on the Use of Management Accounting Systems

By: J. Bouwens and Margaret A. Abernethy
The understanding of the antecedent conditions influencing the design of management accounting systems (MASs) is very limited. In recent years, significant research attention has been devoted to understanding how different strategic priorities influence these systems.... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Systems; Accounting; Customization and Personalization
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Bouwens, J., and Margaret A. Abernethy. "The Consequences of Customization on the Use of Management Accounting Systems." Accounting, Organizations and Society 25, no. 3 (April 2000): 221–241.
  • August 1982 (Revised January 1988)
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Assuming Control at Altex Aviation (A)

Two young and inexperienced MBAs buy a virtually bankrupt company. They design a decentralized control system organized around profit centers. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Management Systems; Air Transportation Industry
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Churchill, Neil C., and Kenneth A. Merchant. "Assuming Control at Altex Aviation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 183-058, August 1982. (Revised January 1988.)
  • 1996
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Testimony on Managing the Trans Alaska Pipeline System

By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: Energy; Management; Energy Industry; United States
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Fox, J. Ronald. "Testimony on Managing the Trans Alaska Pipeline System." U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., August 1996.
  • July 2002 (Revised August 2003)
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EXP Systems

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Discusses selecting investors and avoiding board-level conflicts of interest in start-ups. Using the "term sheet" in third-round financing as a negotiation over future governance and control rights. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business Startups; Management Teams
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Salter, Malcolm S., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "EXP Systems." Harvard Business School Case 903-022, July 2002. (Revised August 2003.)
  • December 1980 (Revised June 1985)
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Management Accounting, Part IV: Decision Support Systems Disinvestment

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Dearden, John. "Management Accounting, Part IV: Decision Support Systems Disinvestment." Harvard Business School Background Note 181-073, December 1980. (Revised June 1985.)
  • August 1980 (Revised June 1985)
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Management Accounting, Part II: Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems

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Dearden, John. "Management Accounting, Part II: Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 181-028, August 1980. (Revised June 1985.)
  • 1990
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Analysis of Cost Variances for Management Control in Hospitals

By: S. Datar, R. Banker and S. Das
Keywords: Cost Management; Health Care and Treatment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Health Industry
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Datar, S., R. Banker, and S. Das. "Analysis of Cost Variances for Management Control in Hospitals." In Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting. Vol. 5, edited by James L. Chan, Rowan H. Jones, and James M. Patton, 269–291. Elsevier Science, 1990.
  • July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
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Controlling Hot Money

By: Robert C. Pozen
The manager of the Japan Equities Fund is faced with an increase in "hot money" moving quickly in and out of the Fund. This short-term trading is an attempt to take advantage of the difference between the closing times of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. The CFO... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; International Finance; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Market Timing; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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Pozen, Robert C. "Controlling Hot Money." Harvard Business School Case 311-022, July 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
  • June 2014 (Revised March 2017)
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Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This is the teaching note for Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers (HBS No. 113-001) View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Execution; Organization Structure; Diagnostic Control Systems; Interactive Control Systems; Performance Goals; Performance Measurement; Strategy; Organizational Design; Performance Evaluation; Customer Focus and Relationships
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Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-093, June 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
  • March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
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Arck Systems (C)

By: Ian Larkin
The Arck Systems series of cases describes the dilemmas faced by a senior sales manager in determining a sales compensation plan at an enterprise software company. The existing compensation plan is aggressive and highly rewards "star" performers. The cases track a... View Details
Keywords: Change; Framework; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Management; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Motivation and Incentives; System; Applications and Software
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Larkin, Ian. "Arck Systems (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-058, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
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A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion

By: P. J. Kaufmann and V. K. Rangan
Keywords: Management; System; Conflict and Resolution; Business Ventures; Expansion
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Kaufmann, P. J., and V. K. Rangan. "A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion." Journal of Retailing 66, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 155–173.
  • 24 Jun 2013
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The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy

Keywords: by Robert L. Simons
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