Faculty and Research

Research Current research interests are mainly in managerial accounting. I am working on several projects.

1. I study control issues in inter-organizational settings. In particular, I focus on aligning incentives in supply chains.
2. I study customer profitability measurement and customer relationship management, particularly in retail banks.
3. I study how to design incentives for executives and members of the Board of Directors .
4. I am doing a field study on the use of a Balanced Scorecard as a control device in a franchise setting.
5. I study the use of cost accounting and control systems in hospitals

Education

• Phd in Business, Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, June 1995
• MA in Economics, Economics Department Stanford University, June 1994
• MS in Statistics, Statistics Department Stanford University, June 1993
• MBA, IIMA, India, March 1990
• Chartered Accountancy, Madras, India, May 1988
• Bachelors in Commerce, University of Madras, May 1988

Work Experience

• September 1994 to present - Professor, Harvard Business School. I have taught Financial Reporting and Control (a first-year required course), Measuring and Driving Corporate Performance (a second-year elective), Management Control and Performance Measurement (a doctoral course), and several executive education courses.
• March 1985 to May 1988 - Audit Assistant with J. Gowrikanthan & Co., Chartered Accountants, Madras.