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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

Accounting Professor V.G. Narayanan In this accounting fundamentals course, discover what's behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Christensen Distinguished Management Educator V.G. Narayanan Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

From Control to the Uncontrollable: Faculty Research Symposium Offers Range of Ideas

presentations follow. Incentives and Operational Excellence: HBS associate professor V.G. Narayanan The Power of National Identity: Assistant View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

make the new model work? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/309085-PDF-ENG Sara Campbell Ltd. (C) Romana L. Autrey, V.G. Narayanan, and Julia RozovskyHarvard Business School Supplement 110-034 Supplements the Sara... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

STUDY HBS Hybrid Classroom - an Opportunity or a Threat? Profsesor V.G. Narayanan + More Info – Less Info In this session, we will discuss whether hybrid classrooms that mix in-person and remote students are... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

initially? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810096-PDF-ENG Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged) V.G. Narayanan and Lisa BremHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Incentives and Operational Excellence

Operational problems can be the cause of an organization’s demise. Often they can be traced to poor controls in interorganizational settings, according to HBS associate professor V.G. Narayanan, a specialist... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Retail Trade
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

Fruitful avenues for future research are suggested. February 2015 Journal of Management Accounting Research Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24 By: Datar, Srikant M., Dennis Campbell, Susan L. Kulp, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

As a Harvard Business School professor for 20 years, V.G. Narayanan has significant experience using the School's pioneering case method to teach business concepts—introducing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Faculty Books for December 2016

Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams by V.G. Narayanan (Self-published) This book provides practice multiple choice questions on introductory accounting topics. It can be... View Details
  • 21 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

and another that is encouraging greater risk-taking. From a social or regulatory standpoint, the goal is to find the right balance between these two effects or forces. The Credit Crisis of 2008: Causes, Consequences and Implications for India Authors:V.G. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt V.G. Narayanan and Lisa BremHarvard Business School Case 112-003 When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2018 (Revised June 2018)
  • Case

The Music Academy, Madras

By: V.G. Narayanan
Keywords: India; Southeast Asia
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  • November 1995
  • Technical Note

Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note

By: V.G. Narayanan
Explains variance analysis. Concepts of price variance and quantity variance are introduced to analyze prime cost variances. Spending variance and capacity variance are used to analyze overhead variance. Consistent with conducting variance analysis in an activity-based... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost; Analysis
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  • June 2003
  • Module Note

Control in Inter-organizational Settings

By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes the main themes of the module on control in interorganizational settings, which instructors can teach as part of a second-year MBA course on control. Identifies the root causes of control problems in interorganizational settings and identifies principles for... View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Governance Controls; Policy; Organizational Design; Problems and Challenges
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  • 13 Dec 2023
  • News

Enriching Decision Making

  • Research Summary

Cost Management and Management Control Systems in Hospitals

By: V.G. Narayanan

 Hospitals tend not to have very good cost accounting and control systems. More broadly,  there is enormous opportunity for managing costs and aligning incentives in the health care industry. I am studying how cost accounting methods can be used to... View Details

  • January 2016
  • Teaching Note

Nalli Silk Sarees (A) & (B)

By: V.G. Narayanan
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  • June 2003
  • Module Note

Design and Implementation of Activity-Based Cost Systems

By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes the main themes of the module on the design and implementation of an activity-based costing (ABC) system. Instructors can teach this module to second-year MBA students who have been exposed to activity-based costing in their first-year core accounting... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting
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  • May 2003
  • Background Note

How to Induce Retailers to Reduce Stockouts?

By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes how the lack of incentive alignment between retailers and their vendors can lead to stockouts. Also describes various means to reduce incentive misalignment and hence stockouts. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Supply Chain Management; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution; Alignment; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Retail Industry
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