Published Papers

• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "The Credit Crisis of 2008: Causes, Consequences and Implications for India." The Chartered Accountant 57, no. 6 (December 2008).
• Miller, Gregory S., and V.G. Narayanan. "Accounting Standards and the Globalisation of Indian Businesses." The Chartered Accountant (July 2005): 50-52.
• Narayanan, V.G., Ananth Raman, and J. Singh. "Agency Costs in a Supply Chain with Demand Uncertainty and Price Competition." Management Science 51, no. 1 (January 2005).
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Aligning Incentives in Supply Chains." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 11 (November 2004).
• Kraiselburd, Santiago, V.G. Narayanan, and Ananth Raman. "Contracting in a Supply Chain with Stochastic Demand and Substitute Products." Production and Operations Management Journal 13, no. 1 (spring 2004).
• Narayanan, V.G. "Activity Based Pricing in a Monopoly." Journal of Accounting Research 41, no. 3 (June 2003): 473:502.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Case Study: Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group." Journal of Interactive Marketing 16, no. 3 (summer 2002): 76-98.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Steven Huddart. "An Empirical Investigation of Tax Factors and Mutual Funds' Stock Sales Decisions." Review of Accounting Studies 7, nos. 2-3 (June-September 2002): 319-341.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ratna G. Sarkar. "The Impact of Activity-Based Costing on Managerial Decisions at Insteel Industries - A Field Study." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 11, no. 2 (summer 2001).
• Kaplan, Robert S., and V.G. Narayanan. "Measuring and Managing Customer Profitability." Journal of Cost Management (September/October 2001): 5-15.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Michael Smith. "Impact of Competition and Taxes on Responsibility Center Organization and Transfer Prices." Contemporary Accounting Research 17, no. 3 (fall 2000).
• Narayanan, V.G., and A. Davila. "Using Delegation and Control Systems to Mitigate the Trade-off between the Performance-Evaluation and Belief-Revision Uses of Accounting Standards." Special Issue on Mastering Finance Series. Journal of Accounting and Economics 25, no. 3 (June 1998).
• Narayanan, V.G. "Moral Hazard in Repeated Professional Partnership." Contemporary Accounting Research (spring 1995).
• Narayanan, V.G., and Steve Huddart. "Gulf Canada Ltd." Journal of Accounting Case Research 2, no. 1 (spring 1994).
• Narayanan, V.G. "An Analysis of Auditor Liability Rules." Special Issue on Accounting, Financial Disclosures, and the Law. Journal of Accounting Research 32 (1994).

Other Papers

• Casas-Arce, Pablo, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, and V.G. Narayanan. "The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-106, April 2011. Abstract
• Casas-Arce, Pablo, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, and V.G. Narayanan. "The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making."
• Campbell, Dennis, Srikant M. Datar, Susan L. Kulp, and V.G. Narayanan. "Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-081, February 2008. Abstract
• Narayanan, V.G., and Jytte Grambo Larsen. "Impact of Costing Systems on Pricing Decisions in a Duopoly." 2002.

Teaching and Training Materials

• Narayanan, V.G. Budgeting. Manage Mentor Series. Harvard Business School Publishing. Web.

HBS Course Materials

• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, and Robert L. Simons. "AB SKA (Sweden)." Harvard Business School Case 195-180.
• Miller, Gregory S., V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw." Harvard Business School Case 101-072.
• Miller, Gregory S., and V.G. Narayanan. "Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 102-077.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Preeti Choudhary. "Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-006.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (B)." Harvard Business School Case 101-042.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-059.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-062.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Jeremy Cott. "Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (B)." Harvard Business School Case 102-063.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-011.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency." Harvard Business School Note 600-110.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens, and Jacob Cohen. "Alternative Choice Decision Analysis (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 106-048.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen, and Michele Jurgens. "Alternative Choice Decisions Analysis." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Product 105-706.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note." Harvard Business School Note 196-109.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Alberto Ballve. "Andina Bottling Co." Harvard Business School Case 102-040.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Andina Bottling Co. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-070.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Areva." Harvard Business School Case 109-092.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Assessing the Financial Health of Brigham and Women's Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 108-039.
• Narayanan, V.G., Lisa Brem, and Ryan Moore. "Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network - The Primary Care Unit." Harvard Business School Case 100-054.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network - The Primary Care Unit TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 101-007.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Capital Budgeting Exercises for Brigham and Women's Hospital: Mohs Surgery." Harvard Business School Case 108-056.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Catanese and Vulcan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 100-021.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Catanese and Vulcan (A) and (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 100-108.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Catanese and Vulcan (B)." Harvard Business School Case 100-080.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt." Harvard Business School Case 112-003.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Joseph Cha. "Colorscope, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 197-040.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Colorscope, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 198-110.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Control in Inter-organizational Settings." Harvard Business School Module Note, Instructor Only 103-079.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen, and Michele Jurgens. "Cost-Volume Profit Models." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Product 105-705.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens, and Jacob Cohen. "Cost-Volume-Profit Models (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 106-046.
• Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and Lisa Brem. "The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview." Harvard Business School Case 110-048.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group." Harvard Business School Case 102-043.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 102-072.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group (Abridged), TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-013.
• Narayanan, V.G., and George Batta. "Delays at Logan Airport." Harvard Business School Case 102-011.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Delays At Logan Airport, TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-010.
• Narayanan, V.G., and George Batta. "Delays at Logan Airport: Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 102-022.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Delhi Metro Rail Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 112-013.
• Narayanan, V.G., Lisa Brem, and Matthew Packard. "Delta/Signal Corp." Harvard Business School Case 112-048.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Design and Implementation of Activity-Based Cost Systems." Harvard Business School Module Note, Instructor Only 103-075.
• Narayanan, V.G., and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Equitas Microfinance: The fastest growing MFI on the planet." Harvard Business School Case 510-104.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Michele Jurgens. "Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)." Harvard Business School Case 105-072.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Michele Jurgens. "Executive Compensation at General Electric (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 105-070.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Executive Compensation at General Electric (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 108-064.
• Narayanan, V.G., Krishna G. Palepu, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc." Harvard Business School Case 104-006.
• Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-036.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-005.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (TN) (A) and (B) and The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 111-027.
• Lorsch, Jay W., V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu, Lisa Brem, and Ashley Robertson. "Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc." Harvard Business School Case 104-062.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 108-063.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Rachel Gordon. "Faulkner Hospital Capital Budgeting Exercise." Harvard Business School Case 108-054.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Roger Orosman Nieves. "Firestone/Ford Tire Controversy (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 101-087.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Roger Orosman Nieves. "Firestone/Ford Tire Controversy, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-034.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Firestone/Ford Trie Controversy (TN) (A) and (B), The." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-071.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Hamptonshire Express." Harvard Business School Case 698-053.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Hamptonshire Express TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 698-073.
• Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Henkel Iberica (A)." Harvard Business School Case 105-023.
• Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Henkel Iberica (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 105-024.
• Narayanan, V.G. "How to Induce Retailers to Reduce Stockouts?" Harvard Business School Note 103-080.
• Gulati, Ranjay, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indus Towers: Collaborating with Competitors on Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 110-057.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ratna G. Sarkar. "Insteel Wire Products: ABM at Andrews." Harvard Business School Case 198-087.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Ratna G. Sarkar. "Insteel Wire Products: ABM at Andrews TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 198-111.
• Narayanan, V.G., and James D Evans. "Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 196-091.
• Narayanan, V.G., and James D Evans. "Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (B), The." Harvard Business School Supplement 196-092.
• Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Internet Customer Acquisition Strategy at Bankinter." Harvard Business School Case 103-021.
• Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and V.G. Narayanan. "Internet Customer Acquisition Strategy at Bankinter (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 104-004.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen, and Michele Jurgens. "Introduction to Cost Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Product 105-701.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens, and Jacob Cohen. "Introduction to Cost Accounting Systems (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 106-045.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen, and Michele Jurgens. "Introduction to Responsibility Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Product 105-703.
• Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens, and Jacob Cohen. "Introduction to Responsibility Accounting Systems (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 106-047.
• Hawkins, David F., Gregory Miller, and V.G. Narayanan. "Kim Park (B): Liabilities." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-018.
• Hawkins, David F., Gregory Miller, and V.G. Narayanan. "Kim Park (B): Liabilities (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-021.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Laura Donohue. "Lehigh Steel." Harvard Business School Case 198-085.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Laura Donohue. "Lehigh Steel TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 198-112.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Measurement and Management at CitySoft." Harvard Business School Case 100-056.
• Narayanan, V.G., Lisa Brem, and Sanjay Pothen. "Measurement and Management at CitySoft TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 101-073.
• Kulp, Susan L., V.G. Narayanan, and Ronald L. Verkleeren. "Metalcraft Supplier Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 102-047.
• Kulp, Susan L., and V.G. Narayanan. "Metalcraft Supplier Scorecard, TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 102-081.
• Narayanan, V.G., Michael G. Wilson, and Rachel Gordon. "Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals." Harvard Business School Case 108-016.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-073.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Owens & Minor, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 100-055.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Owens & Minor, Inc. (A) and (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 100-100.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Owens & Minor, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 100-079.
• Narayanan, V.G., and George Batta. "Queueing Theory." Harvard Business School Note 102-023.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Amy P. Hutton. "Romeo Engine Plant TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 196-142.
• Autrey, Romana, V.G. Narayanan, and Julia Rozovsky. "Sara Campbell Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 108-070.
• Autrey, Romana, V.G. Narayanan, and Julia Rozovsky. "Sara Campbell Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-071.
• Autrey, Romana L., V.G. Narayanan, and Julia Rozovsky. "Sara Campbell Ltd. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-034.
• Lorsch, Jay W., V.G. Narayanan, and Alexis Chernak. "Say on Pay." Harvard Business School Case 407-129.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Say on Pay (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-072.
• Ferri, Fabrizio, V.G. Narayanan, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)." Harvard Business School Case 108-024.
• Ferri, Fabrizio, V.G. Narayanan, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 109-013.
• Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 109-014.
• Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-073.
• Ferri, Fabrizio, V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (TN) (A1), (A2), (A), and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-074.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart." Harvard Business School Case 110-025.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 111-083.
• Kulp, Susan L., V.G. Narayanan, and Dennis Campbell. "Store24." Harvard Business School Case 103-058.
• Campbell, Dennis, Susan L. Kulp, and V.G. Narayanan. "Store24 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-078.
• Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Michele Jurgens. "Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited." Harvard Business School Case 107-003.
• Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Michele Jurgens. "Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited: One Year Later." Harvard Business School Supplement 107-004.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Strategy Map Tool." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Product 110-709.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Close-Up: The Video Vault." Harvard Business School Case 102-070.
• Narayanan, V.G. "Supply Chain Close-Up: The Video Vault TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 103-012.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-076.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 110-063.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 109-077.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (TN) (A), (B), and (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-056.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "That's a Wrap: The Dynamics of the Video Rental Industry." Harvard Business School Note 102-051.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Transworld Auto Parts (A)." Harvard Business School Case 110-027.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Transworld Auto Parts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-028.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Transworld Auto Parts (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-064.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Pamela Freed. "Ujjivan: A Microfinance Institution at a Crossroads (A)." Harvard Business School Case 108-057.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Pamela Freed. "Ujjivan: A Microfinance Institution at a Crossroads (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-083.
• Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Ujjivan: A Microfinance Institution at a Crossroads (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-069.
• Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-008.
• Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 810-013.
• Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 810-031.
• Hamermesh, Richard G., V.G. Narayanan, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (TN) (A), (B), and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 111-128.