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- spring 1995
- Article
Moral Hazard in Repeated Professional Partnership
By: V.G. Narayanan
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships
Narayanan, V.G. "Moral Hazard in Repeated Professional Partnership." Contemporary Accounting Research (spring 1995).
- March 2003
- Teaching Note
Andina Bottling Co. (TN)
By: V.G. Narayanan
Teaching Note for (9-102-040). View Details
- August 2002 (Revised February 2018)
- Teaching Note
Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group
By: V.G. Narayanan
Teaching Note for 102-043 and 102-072. View Details
- March 2019
- Case
Mahindra Finance
By: V.G. Narayanan and Tanvi Deshpande
Mahindra Finance is a non-banking lender operating mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Set up in 1991, the company had grown to become a market leader with assets of $8.5 billion and a presence in 3,30,000 villages across India. Since most of Mahindra's... View Details
- Article
Performance Effects of Setting a High Reference Point for Peer‐Performance Comparison
By: Henry Eyring and V.G. Narayanan
We conduct a field experiment, based on a registered report accepted by the Journal of Accounting Research, to test performance effects of setting a high reference point for peer‐performance comparison. Relative to providing the median as a reference point for... View Details
Keywords: Relative Performance Evaluation; Reference Points; Social Comparison; Field Experiment; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Education
Eyring, Henry, and V.G. Narayanan. "Performance Effects of Setting a High Reference Point for Peer‐Performance Comparison." Journal of Accounting Research 56, no. 2 (May 2018): 581–615.
- January 2018 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Buying a Home
By: V.G. Narayanan and Shawn O'Brien
Narayanan, V.G., and Shawn O'Brien. "Buying a Home." Harvard Business School Case 118-057, January 2018. (Revised February 2018.)
- June 2015
- Teaching Plan
Transport Corporation of India (A): The Cross-selling Conundrum
By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi
- June 2014
- Teaching Note
Strategy Simulation: The Balanced Scorecard
By: V.G. Narayanan and Matthew Packard
- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Stock Options; Stock Shares; Annual Reports; Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt." Harvard Business School Case 112-003, July 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- September 2009 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Transworld Auto Parts (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Transworld Auto Parts had to implement its new strategy flawlessly to survive the auto industry upheaval. The new CEO asked her leadership team to craft strategy maps and balanced scorecards to help each division implement its strategies. View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Transworld Auto Parts (A)." Harvard Business School Case 110-027, September 2009. (Revised August 2011.)
- December 2008
- Article
The Credit Crisis of 2008: Causes, Consequences and Implications for India
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
This article gives a brief overview of the causes and consequences of the current global credit crisis. The article then discusses the benefits and potential drawbacks of real estate loan securitization in India, and what India can do to realize those benefits while... View Details
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "The Credit Crisis of 2008: Causes, Consequences and Implications for India." Chartered Accountant 57, no. 6 (December 2008).
- March 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Supply Chain Close-Up: The Video Vault
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
The owners of the Video Vault struggle to determine the optimal stocking levels of home videos in an industry fraught with new technology, new pricing paradigms, and stiff competitive pressure from large national chains. Teaching Purpose: To demonstrate the role of... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Competition; Motivation and Incentives; Price; Technological Innovation; Service Delivery; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Close-Up: The Video Vault." Harvard Business School Case 102-070, March 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
- December 2001 (Revised May 2003)
- Exercise
Delays at Logan Airport: Problem Set
By: V.G. Narayanan and George Batta
Supplements the case. View Details
Narayanan, V.G., and George Batta. "Delays at Logan Airport: Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 102-022, December 2001. (Revised May 2003.)
- December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Delays at Logan Airport
By: V.G. Narayanan and George Batta
Logan Airport is facing mounting delays for flights landings and takeoffs, especially in inclement weather. An additional runway and peak-period pricing are two alternatives being considered. View Details
Keywords: Price; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Mathematical Methods; Air Transportation Industry; Service Industry; Boston
Narayanan, V.G., and George Batta. "Delays at Logan Airport." Harvard Business School Case 102-011, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
- March 2000 (Revised May 2003)
- Teaching Note
Owens & Minor, Inc. (A) and (B) TN
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Teaching Note for (9-100-055) and (9-100-079). View Details
- February 2000 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Catanese and Vulcan (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Sanjay Pothen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Catanese and Vulcan (B)." Harvard Business School Case 100-080, February 2000. (Revised March 2000.)
- January 2000
- Case
Measurement and Management at CitySoft
By: V.G. Narayanan and Sanjay Pothen
CitySoft is a very small software developer that is grappling with issues of cost measurement and management. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Applications and Software; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Measurement and Management at CitySoft." Harvard Business School Case 100-056, January 2000.
- Article
An Empirical Investigation of Tax Factors and Mutual Funds' Stock Sales Decisions
By: V.G. Narayanan and Steven Huddart
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 2002): 319–341.
- October 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Alpana Thapar
This case describes how Ambareen Musa, Founder and CEO of Souqalmal, a Dubai-based online comparison aggregator of banking and insurance products launched her business in 2011 and rapidly grew it over next couple of years. However, by 2017, the Mauritian entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Unit Economics; Finance; Accounting; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Insurance Industry; Middle East
Narayanan, V.G., and Alpana Thapar. "Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-028, October 2019. (Revised August 2020.)