Robert S. Kaplan

Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan speaking at the 2017 Palladium Positive Impact Summit in London.
Born
Robert Samuel Kaplan

(1940-05-02) 2 May 1940
Occupation(s)Accounting academic and professor
Academic background
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S.)
Cornell University (Ph.D.)
Academic work
DisciplineLeadership Development
InstitutionsHarvard Business School
Carnegie-Mellon University (1977–1983)
Main interestsActivity-based costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC)

Robert Samuel Kaplan (born 1940) is an American accounting academic, and Emeritus Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is known as co-creator of Balanced Scorecard. together with David P. Norton.