Publications

September 1995 (Revised June 2002)
Case

Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The

By: V.G. Narayanan and James D Evans

Following Intel Inc.'s decision to replace flawed Pentium chips, the company faces revenue recognition choices. Events leading up to IBM's decision to halt shipment of computers that have Intel's microprocessor inside and Intel's decision to replace all the flawed... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Revenue Recognition; Computer Industry

2002
Other Unpublished Work

Impact of Costing Systems on Pricing Decisions in a Duopoly

By: V.G. Narayanan and Jytte Grambo Larsen

Keywords: Duopoly and Oligopoly; Decision Making; Cost Accounting; Price

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

June 2010
Teaching Note

Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (TN) (A1), (A2), (A), and (B)

By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

Teaching Note for 109013, 109014, 108024 and 108073. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States

January 2008 (Revised October 2010)
Supplement

Sara Campbell Ltd. (B)

By: Romana Autrey, V.G. Narayanan and Julia Rozovsky

Supplements the Sara Campbell Ltd. (A) case by introducing additional concerns with Holt. In January of 1999, Campbell received a certified letter written by Holt. The letter described Holt's own frustration in working for Campbell. Students are given context to... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Employee Relationship Management; Management; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Article

Contracting in a Supply Chain with Stochastic Demand and Substitute Products

By: Santiago Kraiselburd, V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman

Keywords: Supply Chain; Product

Find at Harvard

February 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Case

The Music Academy, Madras

Keywords: India; Southeast Asia

November 1995
Technical Note

Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note

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

June 2003
Module Note

Control in Inter-organizational Settings

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

Research Summary

Cost Management and Management Control Systems in Hospitals

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)

June 2003
Module Note

Design and Implementation of Activity-Based Cost Systems

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

May 2003
Background Note

How to Induce Retailers to Reduce Stockouts?

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

April 2003
Teaching Note

Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (TN) (A) and (B)

Teaching Note for (2-101-006) and (2-101-042). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry

April 2003
Teaching Note

Firestone/Ford Trie Controversy (TN) (A) and (B), The

Teaching Note for (9-101-034) and (9-101-087). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

2002
Tool

Budgeting

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting

Research Summary

Bad-debts provisioning at banks

I am very interested in studying loan-loss reserves and the provisioning for bad-debts at banks. View Details

Keywords: Loan Evaluation; Bad Debt Expense; Banking Industry

January 2022
Case

Hybrid Classroom - an Opportunity or a Threat?

When the Covid pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, HBS pivoted to remote instruction while maintaining the interactive and engaged discussions which distinguished the case system pedagogy. In fall 2020 HBS adopted a hybrid approach, fitting out its classrooms with... View Details

Keywords: Education; Teaching; Higher Education; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Opportunities; Education Industry