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Robert S. Kaplan

Also Known As Robert Samuel Kaplan
Management Theorist

An American academic who joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1984 after sixteen years at Carnegie Mellon University, including service as dean of its business school from 1977 to 1983. With David P. Norton, he co-created the Balanced Scorecard, first published in the Harvard Business Review in 1992, and he separately co-developed activity-based costing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1940-05-02 1
Birth Year
1940 2
Birthplace
New York City 1
Nationality
American 2
Defining Contribution
Co-created the Balanced Scorecard strategic performance framework with David P. Norton; separately a co-developer of activity-based costing. 2
Notable Work
"The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance," Harvard Business Review (1992, with David P. Norton). 2
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Associated With

Accounting, Practice Disciplines

Robert S. Kaplan, a Harvard Business School accounting professor, co-developed the Balanced Scorecard framework with David Norton, extending accounting practice into strategic performance measurement.

Source Wikipedia, Robert S. Kaplan

Kaplan and Norton co-developed the Balanced Scorecard together beginning in the early 1990s.

Source Wikipedia, Robert S. Kaplan

Theories and Models Developed

Co-developed with David P. Norton, first published in the Harvard Business Review in 1992.

In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia, Robert S. Kaplan
  • Infobox
    2 May 1940
  • Lead section, sentence 1
    Robert Samuel Kaplan
  • Wikidata P19 place of birth
    New York City
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2. Wikipedia, Robert S. Kaplan
Wikipedia
  • lead section
    He is known as co-creator of Balanced Scorecard together with David P. Norton.
  • Associated With: Accounting
  • Associated With: David P. Norton
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