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Wells Fargo Servicios Financieros Online (B)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-102S07Accounting and ControlDescribe cómo el Balanced Scorecard construido por los servicios financieros en línea (OFS) grupo se utiliza para seleccionar las iniciativas de mayor prioridad para la organización. Actualmente, surgen iniciativas continuamente a través de la organización y gestión gasta considerable tiempo revisando lo aprueba, y, a menudo, la cancelación de las iniciativas. OFS desarrolla un procedimiento de clasificación, basado en el cuadro de mando integral...Starting at €5.74
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Elkay Plumbing Products Division, Teaching Note
Kaplan, Robert S.Teaching Note HBS-110089-EFinanceTeaching Note for 110007.Starting at €0.00
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Cost Variance Analysis
Kaplan, Robert S.; Gallani, SusannaCase HBS-117006-EAccounting and ControlThe Cost Variance Analysis note was written to provide students with fundamental concepts and methods for the analysis of cost variances. This note focuses on the decomposition of cost variances into price, quantity and mix variance components, an approach that allows students to identify the root causes of differences between expected and actual costs.Starting at €8.20
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Citigroup Technology Infrastructure Division: Financial Strategies for Managing IT as a Business Within a Business
Kaplan, Robert S.; Anderson, Steven R.Book Chapter HBS-2236BC-EAccounting and ControlThis chapter illustrates how using TDABC to create an activity-based Business Performance Management (BPM) system helped the Citigroup Technology Infrastructure Division--an internal shared services division--to operate as a "business within a business." This chapter is excerpted from "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits."Starting at €8.20
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Springfield Hospital
Gallani, Susanna; Kaplan, Robert S.Case HBS-117025-EAccounting and ControlOne of the key roles of costing systems is to support the evaluation of performance and facilitate appropriate resource allocations. Through participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational excellence, become aware of opportunities for further improvement. Analysis of the differences in costs, uses, and allocations of resources will inform management in the decision and implem...Starting at €8.20
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Lean Knowledge Work
Staats, Bradley R.; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1110G-EService and Operations ManagementMany manufacturing companies and some service firms have reaped considerable benefits by applying variations of the Toyota Production System, a method for making operations "lean" through relentless efforts to increase quality and efficiency and eliminate waste. But conventional wisdom holds that lean principles don't lend themselves to knowledge work, which involves judgment and expertise, not the sorts of repetitive, easily specified tasks foun...Starting at €8.20
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Cybersecurity's Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon
Winnefeld, James A. Sandy; Kirchhoff, Christopher; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1509G-EStrategyWith cyberattacks soaring, corporations must step up efforts to protect their IT networks. Most firms could learn from the U.S. military, which has been tightening its cyberdefenses for the past six years. In the past year alone, it adroitly repelled more than 30 million intrusions. A focus on reducing human error is core to the military's heightened security. As is true in the private sector, mistakes by administrators and users open the door to...Starting at €8.20