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- 1990
- Chapter
Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments." In Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, edited by Robert S. Kaplan, 15–38. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
- March 1990 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Analog Devices, Inc.: The Half-Life System
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The company has committed to major improvements in quality, cost, and on-time delivery performance. Despite strong senior management support, however, the actual rate of improvement was disappointing until a new measurement philosophy was introduced. The new approach...
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Keywords:
Quality;
Performance Improvement;
Earnings Management;
Financial Reporting;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Productivity;
Business or Company Management;
Cost Management;
Measurement and Metrics;
Management Teams;
Semiconductor Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Analog Devices, Inc.: The Half-Life System." Harvard Business School Case 190-061, March 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
- January 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region
By: Robert L. Simons
Recounts the financial difficulties and management changes experienced by American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region (NER) during the 1980s. After summarizing industry-wide changes in the collection, testing, and distribution of blood and blood products, the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Financial Management;
Restructuring;
Health;
SWOT Analysis;
Social Enterprise;
Marketplace Matching;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Health Industry;
North and Central America
Simons, Robert L. "American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region." Harvard Business School Case 190-078, January 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
- January 1990
- Article
Effectiveness of Accounting-Based Dividend Covenants
By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu
Healy, Paul M., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Effectiveness of Accounting-Based Dividend Covenants." Journal of Accounting & Economics 12, nos. 1-3 (January 1990): 97–124.
- December 1989
- Supplement
People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr, Video
By: Michael Beer
Presents an interview with Don Burr, CEO, as he reviews his account of how and why People Express failed as a corporation and was ultimately sold to Continental Airlines.
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Beer, Michael. "People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-508, December 1989.
- December 1989 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Manufactured Homes, Inc.
Focuses on analyzing the growth potential of the company using the company's financial statements.
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Palepu, Krishna G. "Manufactured Homes, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 190-090, December 1989. (Revised December 1996.)
- November 1989 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
Illustrates how ADP's top management uses formal planning and control systems to establish strategic boundaries for its business units. Top management has developed a detailed list of strategic criteria that ADP managers use to evaluate products and business units, as...
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Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision." Harvard Business School Case 190-059, November 1989. (Revised November 1999.)
- November 1989
- Teaching Note
H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note
By: Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-382-034, 035, 036, and 037).
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- October 1989
- Background Note
Managing Major Accounts
Written as an introduction to a module in the second-year MBA course, Marketing Implementation. Discusses issues encountered in the selling and management of major accounts. The topics covered include: 1) reasons for the increasing importance of major account...
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Market Participation;
Relationships;
Salesforce Management
Cespedes, Frank V. "Managing Major Accounts." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-046, October 1989.
- August 1989 (Revised May 1991)
- Case
Grosvenor Park
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Dick Dublin believes he has designed a townhouse development which will appeal to mobile young professionals. Dublin has removed some market risk by locking in a forward commitment for low interest rate loans for future purchasers at Grosvenor Park. The pricing...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Projects;
Financing and Loans;
Property;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Strategic Planning;
Business and Government Relations;
Real Estate Industry;
Maryland
Poorvu, William J., and Katherine Sweetman. "Grosvenor Park." Harvard Business School Case 390-010, August 1989. (Revised May 1991.)
- July 1989 (Revised August 1993)
- Supplement
Kanthal (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes actions taken by senior management of Kanthal after seeing the results of the newly installed account management system. Designed as a class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier case by the same author.
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-003, July 1989. (Revised August 1993.)
- July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Kanthal (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system...
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Earnings Management;
Cost Management;
Financial Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business or Company Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Sales;
Business Strategy;
Profit;
Electronics Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-002, July 1989. (Revised April 2001.)
- June 1989 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Rossin Greenberg Seronick & Hill, Inc. (A)
By: John A. Quelch
Rossin Greenberg Seronick & Hill (RGSH), a New England advertising agency, was keen to secure the account of Microsoft Corp. The case describes the bid for the account, which included the submission of a "flier" referring to knowledge of a competitor's plans, as a...
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Quelch, John A. "Rossin Greenberg Seronick & Hill, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-124, June 1989. (Revised May 1993.)
- March 1989 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Metabo GmbH & Co. KG
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A privately owned German power tool company was dissatisfied with its existing cost system. The system could not produce timely accurate reports on cost center operations, and newly purchased automated machines were attracting large overhead costs. A new, highly...
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Cost;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Capital Budgeting;
Cost Management;
Reports;
Private Ownership;
Business or Company Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Germany
Kaplan, Robert S. "Metabo GmbH & Co. KG." Harvard Business School Case 189-146, March 1989. (Revised March 1999.)
- January 1989 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
General Electric: Valley Forge (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
A series of eight vignette cases designed to be taught in one classroom session. This case describes a potential problem in the way that General Electric has billed the government under a large defense contract. Designed to allow students to discuss what actions top...
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Keywords:
Government Administration;
Contracts;
Policy;
Accounting;
Management Teams;
Business and Government Relations;
Industrial Products Industry
Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (A)." Harvard Business School Case 189-009, January 1989. (Revised April 1991.)
- 1988
- Foreword
Assessing Organizational Climates for Creativity and Innovation: Methodological Review of Large Company Audits
By: R. M. Burnside, T. M. Amabile and S. S. Gryskiewicz
Burnside, R. M., T. M. Amabile, and S. S. Gryskiewicz. "Assessing Organizational Climates for Creativity and Innovation: Methodological Review of Large Company Audits." Foreword to New Directions in Creative and Innovative Management, edited by Y. Ijiri and R. L. Kuhn. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988.
- 1988
- Chapter
Originality in Management Accounting Systems: Field Studies of the Processes
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Originality in Management Accounting Systems: Field Studies of the Processes." In New Directions in Creative and Innovative Management, edited by Y. Ijiri and R. L. Kuhn, 103–114. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988.
- fall 1988
- Article
Analysis of the Organizational Characteristics Related to Tight Budget Goals
By: R. Simons
Simons, R. "Analysis of the Organizational Characteristics Related to Tight Budget Goals." Contemporary Accounting Research 5, no. 1 (fall 1988): 267–283.
- July 1988 (Revised May 1989)
- Background Note
On the Economics of a Parking Garage
By: David E. Bell
Introduces notions of cash flow, net present value, and internal rate of return by estimating the profitability of a parking garage.
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Bell, David E. "On the Economics of a Parking Garage." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-004, July 1988. (Revised May 1989.)
- October 1987 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Boston Fights Drugs (A): Designing Communications Research
Describes in detail the research mounted by five individuals with a $20,000 budget to combat drug abuse among Boston's school-going population. Using the focus group methodology they discover that most of the current anti-drug advertising is useless. They create their...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Brands and Branding;
Performance Evaluation;
Research and Development;
Segmentation;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Boston
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Boston Fights Drugs (A): Designing Communications Research." Harvard Business School Case 588-031, October 1987. (Revised November 1994.)