RESEARCH AND GRANTS

1.  Raj, A., Narayanan, S., Singh, S., Paul, S., Kumar, S., (2025) “Seeing the Bigger Picture: Implementation of Technological Solutions to Achieve Carbon Neutrality - Insights from a Field Study” (Forthcoming – Decision Sciences Journal).

2. Vickery, S., Castel, M., Narayanan, S., Nicole, M.  (2025) “Does Hospital Patient Engagement Affect Quality and Financial Outcomes? A U.S. Hospital Industry Study” (Forthcoming: Journal of Operations Management).

3. Pendem, P., Narayanan, S. , Dmochowski, R., Tiwari, V., (2025) “An Analysis of Laparoscopic and Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Surgeon Experience, Learning, and Task Performance” (Forthcoming: Journal of Operations Management).

4. Cole, Dustin, Sriram Narayanan, Elizabeth Conners, Meenu Tewari and Kyle Onda (2025) “Water Stress: Opportunities for Supply Chain Research”  Production and Operations Management Journal, 34(7) 1597-1615. [Paper]

   Top 10% of the downloaded papers among work published in an issue of Production and Operations Management between 1st January 2022-31st December 2022, up to 12 months after publication

5. Peng, D., Narayanan, S. (2025) “Objectives and Guidelines for Advancing Research on Inter-Organizational Operations in the Journal of Operations Management” (Forthcoming: Journal of Operations Management). Editorial [Paper]

6. Raj, A., Ranjan, R,. Narayanan, S., Kirca, A., Jeyaraj, A., (2025) "Big Data, Supply Chain Capabilities, and Performance: A Meta-Analytic Investigation" (Forthcoming: Journal of Operations Management). [Paper]

7. Corbett, C. J., Narayanan, S., Aloysius, J., Berenguer, G., Bish, E. K., Bjarnadóttir, M. V., Gao, G., Glover, W. J., Johnson, M. P., Kalkanci, B., Li, J., Martonosi, S. E., Mejia, J., Mishra, A., Natarajan, K. V., Parker, C., Sodhi, M. S., Tang, W., Wowak, L. K. D., & Zobel, C. W. (2025). Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Operations Management: Critical Linkages and Research Opportunities. Production and Operations Management. 34(3) p. 310-330 . [Paper] 

8. Srai, J., Harrington, T., Joglekar, N., & Narayanan, S. (2025). Networks of design rules - Developing process knowhow across structurally dissimilar networks. Journal of Operations Management. 71(3) 314-334. [Paper]

9. Cole, Dustin, Sriram Narayanan and Shawnee Vickery (2024) “Does Leader Disability Status Improve Operational Outcomes of Workers with a Disability? A Detailed Empirical Analysis in an Apparel Context” Journal of Operations Management, 70(3), 459-481  [Paper]

10. Awaysheh, Amrou; Sriram Narayanan, Brian Jacobs (2024) "Learning to Reduce Industrial Water Consumption" Production and Operations Management Journal, 33(1), pp.225-242  [Paper]

11. Ying Zhang, Sriram Narayanan, Tharo Soun, Kalyanmoy Deb ,and Dustin Cole (2023) “Inclusive Manufacturing: Maximizing Disability Diversity, Cultural Diversity and Productivity” Production and Operations Management Journal, 32(12), 3783-3800  [Paper]

12. Zhang, Chun, Lei Wang and Sriram Narayanan (2023) “The Bright Side of Trust-less Relationships: A Dyadic Investigation of the Role of Trust Congruence on Supplier Knowledge Acquisition Across Borders” Journal of Operations Management, 69(7), 1042-1077 [Paper]

13. Kraude, Richard., Sriram Narayanan, Srinivas Talluri (2022) “Evaluating the Performance of Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Strategies: A Holistic Frontier Methodology,” European Journal of Operational Research, 303(3) 1168-1182. [Paper]

14. DeCampos, Hugo, Sriram Narayanan and Claudia Rosales (2022) “Supply Chain Horizontal Complexity and the Moderating Impact of Inventory Turns: A Study of the Automotive Component Industry” International Journal of Production Economics. 245, p.108377. [Paper]

15. Choi, Thomas, Sriram Narayanan, David Novak, Jan Olhager, Jiuh-Biing Sheu and Frank Wiengarten (2021) “Managing Extended Supply Chains” Journal of Business Logistics, 42(2), 200-206. [Paper]

• Wiley Top Cited Article Among work published in an issue between 1 January 2021 – 15 December 2022

16. Srinivasan, Ravi, Adrian Choo, Sriram Narayanan, and Soumodip Sarkar (2021) “Knowledge sources, innovation objectives, and their impact on innovation performance: Quasi‐Replication of Leiponen and Helfat (2010)” Strategic Management Journal, 42(11), 2104-2136. [Paper]

17. Choo, Adrian, Sriram Narayanan, Ravi Srinivasan, and Soumodip Sarkar (2021) “Introducing goods innovation, service innovation, or both? Investigating the tension in managing innovation revenue streams for manufacturing and service firms,” Journal of Operations Management, 67(6), pp.704-728. [Paper]

• Winner of the Jack Meredith Best Paper Award 2022.

18. Narayanan, Sriram, Shawnee Vickery, Matthew Castel, Mariana Nicole and Micheal McLeod (2021) “The effects of lean implementation on hospital financial performance” Decision Sciences Journal, 53(3) 557-577. [Paper]

19. Narayanan, Sriram and Edward Terris (2020) “Inclusive Manufacturing: The impact of Disability Diversity on Productivity in a Work Integration Social Enterprise,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 22(6) 1107-1286 – Lead Special Issue Article. [Paper]

• Paper selected for inclusion in the Responsible Research in Business Management Honor Roll for science that creates a “credible impact on society.”

• Article was featured by Diversity Inc. Best Practices https://tinyurl.com/y5t4xaxk

• Article Featured by MSU Today https://tinyurl.com/y6xt5nt8

• Article Invited for a Blog Post by M&SOM https://tinyurl.com/y5t4xaxk

• Article Featured by Kanarys https://tinyurl.com/y4qtojl9

• Article Featured by Disability Connect, South Africa https://tinyurl.com/yyvyywao

20. Kumar, Subodha, Sriram Narayanan, and Fabrizio Salvador (2020) “Innovation in supply networks: A research framework and roadmap” Journal of Operations Management, 66(7-8), 754-767. – Listed in Order of Last Names. – Lead article for the Edited Special Issue on Innovation in Supply Networks [Paper]

21. Kim, MK, Sriram Narayanan, and Ram Narasimhan (2020) “Supply Network Architecture and its Contingent Impact on Innovation Performance: A Field Study” International Journal of Production Economics, 224, 107551. [Paper]

22. Narayanan, Sriram, Sridhar Balasubramanian, Jayashankar M. Swaminathan and Ying Zhang (2020) “Managing Uncertain Tasks in Technology-Intensive Project Environments: A Multi-Method Study of Task Closure and Capacity Management Decisions,” Journal of Operations Management, 66(3), 260-280. (Lead Article) [Paper]

• Honorable Mention, Jack Meredith Best Paper Award 2021

23. Kraude, Richard, Sriram Narayanan, Srinivas Talluri, Prakash Singh and Takehisa Kajiwara (2018) “Cultural Challenges in Mitigating International Supply Chain Disruptions,” IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management Review 46(1) 98-105. [Paper]

24. Srinivasan, Ravi, Sriram Narayanan and Ram Narasimhan (2017) “An investigation of justice, conflict and moderating effects of supplier autonomy and cultural distance in outsourcing relationships," IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management 65(1) 6-20. [Paper]

25. Jacobs, Brian, Richard Kraude and Sriram Narayanan (2016) “Operational productivity, corporate social performance, financial performance, and risk in manufacturing firms,” Production and Operations Management Journal 25(12) 2065-2085. [Paper]

26. Yildiz, Hakan, Scott DuHadway, Sriram Narayanan and Ram Narasimhan, (2016) “Production Planning Using Evolving Demand Forecasts in the Automotive Industry,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 63(3) 296-304. [Paper]

27. Schoenherr, Tobias, Sriram Narayanan and Ram Narasimhan (2015) “Trust formation in outsourcing relationships: A social exchange theoretic perspective,” International Journal of Production Economics 169 401-412. [Paper]

28. Narayanan, Sriram, Ram Narasimhan and Tobias Schoenherr (2015) “Assessing the contingent effects of collaboration on agility performance in buyer–supplier relationships,” Journal of Operations Management 33-34 140-154. [Paper]

29. Sridhar, Shrihari, Sriram Narayanan and Raji Srinivasan (2014) “Dynamic relationships among R&D, advertising, inventory, and firm performance,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 42(3) 277-290. [Paper]

30. Narayanan, Sriram and Ram Narasimhan (2014) “Governance choice, sourcing relationship characteristics and relationship performance,” Decision Sciences Journal 45(4) 717–751. [Paper]

31. Narasimhan, Ram, Sriram Narayanan, and Ravi Srinivasan (2013) “An Investigation of Justice in Supply Chain Relationships and their Performance Impact,” Journal of Operations Management, 31(5) 236-247. [Paper]

32. Narasimhan, Ram and Sriram Narayanan (2013) “Perspectives on Supply Network-enabled Innovation,” Journal of Supply Chain Management 49(4) 27–42. [Paper]

33. Narayanan, Sriram, Jayashankar M. Swaminathan and Srinivas Talluri (2013) “Knowledge Diversity, Turnover, and Organizational-Unit Productivity: An Empirical Analysis in a Knowledge-Intensive Context,” Production and Operations Management Journal 23(8) 1332-1351 (In order of last names) [Paper]

34. Raji Srinivasan, Sridhar Shrihari, Sriram Narayanan and Debika Sihi (2013) “Effects of opening and closing stores on chain retailer performance,” Journal of Retailing 89(2) 126-139 (Equal Authorship) [Paper]

• This study was featured in the Strategy + Business Blog of Booz Allen Hamilton http://www.strategy-business.com/article/re00241 and MSU Today, http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/for-retailers-closing-stores-may-boost-value/

• The article was a finalist for the Davidson Award, 2015, for the best Paper published in the Journal.

• A story based on the article was also featured on NPR http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/marketplace-tech-monday-january-19-2015 on January 2015.

35. Lahiri, Nandini and Sriram Narayanan (2013) “Vertical Integration, Innovation and Alliance Portfolio: Implications for Firm Performance,” Strategic Management Journal 34(9) 1042-1064. [Paper]

36. Jayaraman, Vaidy, Sriram Narayanan, Yadong Luo and Jayashankar Swaminathan (2013) “Offshoring Business Process Services and Governance Control Mechanisms in Emerging Markets: An Examination of Service Providers from India,” Production and Operations Management Journal 22(2) 314–334. [Paper] 

37. Narayanan, Sriram, Vaidy Jayaraman, Yadong Luo and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan (2011) “The Antecedents of Process Integration in Business Process Outsourcing and its Effect on Firm Performance,” Journal of Operations Management, 29(1-2) 3-16 (Lead Article). [Paper]

38. Narayanan, Sriram, Sridhar Balasubramanian and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan (2011) “Managing Outsourced Software Projects: Antecedents of Project Performance and Customer Satisfaction,” Production and Operations Management Journal 20(4) 508–521. [Paper]  

39. Narayanan, Sriram, Sridhar Balasubramanian and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan (2009) “A Matter of Balance: Specialization, Task Variety, and Individual Learning in a Software Maintenance Environment,” Management Science 55(2) 1861-1876. [Paper]

40. Narayanan, Sriram, Ann Marucheck and Robert Handfield (2009) “Electronic Data Interchange: Meta - Analysis, Research Review and Future Directions,” Decision Sciences 40(1) 121-163. [Paper] 

41. Narasimhan, Ram, Sriram Narayanan and Ravi Srinivasan (2009) “Explicating the Mediating Role of Integrative Supply Management Practices in Strategic Outsourcing: A Case Study Analysis,” International Journal of Production Research 48(2) 379-404. [Paper]

42. Talluri, Srinivas, Shawnee Vickery and Sriram Narayanan (2008) “Optimization Models for Buyer-Supplier Negotiations,” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 38(7) 551-561. [Paper]

1. Srinivasan, R. Maneesh Kumar, Sriram Narayanan and Tyson Browning (2022) “The Big Pivot” Supply Chain Management Review, January-February, 38-41. [Paper]

2. Narayanan, Sriram, Ed Terris, and Arjun Sharma (2019) “Abilities-first: Steps to create a human- centric, inclusive supply chain” Supply Chain Management Review (November/December) 34-41. [Paper]

• The article was featured as a podcast one year after the print in 2021 https://tinyurl.com/yyjrfgk2

3. Narayanan, Sriram, Carlos Mena, and Riyaz Gilani (2018) “Creative procurement: Walking the talk,” Supply Chain Management Review (July/August) 20-25. [Paper]

• This article was reprinted in an online edition of “Moving Procurement Forward” produced by Avetta, focused on procurement in digital age. https://tinyurl.com/yygvv5oo

4. Narayanan, Sriram (2016) “Transferring Knowledge Strategically,” Inside Supply Management (August) 34-35 [Paper] 

5. Narayanan, Sriram, Yu Huang and Thomas Choi (2016) “Know What’s in the Cloud,” Inside Supply Management (January-February) 30-31. [Paper] 

6. Narayanan, S., Huang, Y., Choi, T., (2016) “Know What’s in the Cloud,” Inside Supply Management (January-February) 30-31.   [Paper] 

7. Narayanan, Sriram, Vallabh Sambamurthy and Thomas Choi (2016) “Getting Value from the Cloud,” Supply Chain Management Review, (September/October) 38-43. [Paper]

8. Narasimhan, Ram, Sriram Narayanan (2009) “In Search of Outsourcing Excellence,” Supply Chain Management Review, March, 36-42. [Paper] 

1.  Khodakarami et al. (2024) “A service Quality Lens in Examining the Dual-Customer Strategy of State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies in the United States,” chapter on Springer Edited Book on non-profits, Forthcoming – Editors – Milind Sohoni and Gemma Berenguer.  

2. Ratcliffe, A., Kumar, M., & Narayanan, S. 2021. Effective Integration of Lean Operations and Industry 4.0: A Conceptual Overview. In S. Bali, S. Aggarwai and S. Sharma (Eds.), Industry 4.0 Technologies for Business Excellence: Frameworks, Practices, and Applications. UK: CRC Press. [Download]

3. Narayanan, Sriram, Ed Terris and Dustin Cole. 2021 “Disability Inclusion in Operations,” Forthcoming in Responsible Business Operations, Editors: Jayashankar Swaminathan and Vinayak Deshpande, p. 115-135. Springer, Cham. [Download]

4. Griffis, Stanley, Sriram Narayanan, Vedat Verter, Judith Whipple, Brent Ross, Trey Malone, and Aleks Schaefer (2020) »Supply Chain Resiliency: Post Pandemic Outlook for the Agri-Food Industry« White paper prepared for MSU College of Business and MSU College of Agricultural and Natural Resources.

5. Srinivasan, Ravi, Maneesh Kumar and Sriram Narayanan (2020) “Human resource management in an Industry 4.0 era: A Supply Chain Management Perspective,” In Thomas, Choi., Julie, Juan Li., Dale, Rogers., M Johnny, Rungtusanatham., Tobias, Schoenherr., Stephan, Wagner. (Eds.), “The Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management", Oxford University Press [Download]

6. Narayanan, Sriram, and Arjun Sharma (2020) “Industry 4.0 applications in employing individuals with disabilities” – Project Report Submitted to Peckham Inc. 

7. Narayanan, Sriram, and Joe Sandor (2017) “Inquire your supplier?” E3 Newsletter, Institute of Supply Management, November/December, 5(6). (Invited article) 

8. Narayanan, Sriram, Yu Huang and Thomas Choi (2016) “Focus Study: Sourcing Cloud-based Services,” A Detailed Practitioner White Paper oR2 -n Sourcing Cloud-based services published by CAPS Research, Arizona.

9. Closs, David, Sriram Narayanan, Hakan Yildiz (2014) “Fundamentally Different: Competencies for Managing Contingent Talent,” Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group, White Paper.

10. Narasimhan, Ram, Sriram Narayanan and Tobias Schoenherr (2010) “In Search of Outsourcing Excellence: Characteristics and Traits of Sourcing Engagements: A Multi-Industry Study of Outsourcing Practices An executive brief to practicing managers, ” Michigan State University White Paper.

11. Joy, Lois, Nancy Carter, Harvey Wagner and Sriram Narayanan (2007) “The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation on Boards: Examining the linkage between gender diversity and corporate performance,” Catalyst (a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for woman and business) – (Research report for a non-profit)

• This report has received several practitioner and popular press citations in multiple outlets including Forbes, Fortune, Reuters, 33Twww.marketwatch.com33T among several others.

12. Narayanan, Sriram (2011) “Dead Ringers: How Outsourcing is Changing the Way Indians Understand Themselves,” Administrative Science Quarterly,56(3) 480-484. (Invited book review)

13. Narayanan, Sriram and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan (2007) “Information Technology Offshoring to India: Pitfalls, Opportunities and Trends,” New Models of Firm's Restructuring after Globalization, edited by Janez Prasnikar and Andreja Cirman, 327-345, 2007. (translated in Slovenian language). (Book Chapter)

2023: Co-Principal Investigator, $1,999,188 “Improving Disability Inclusion in the Workforce Through Assessment and Augmentation of Individual Abilities and Workflow Redesign in Real-World Contexts” National Science Foundation.

2022: Co-Principal Investigator, $499,786 “Exploring the school food system landscape in Michigan to improve meal quality” – Michigan Health Endowment Fund – Collaboration with Michigan Public Health institute, Center for Regional Food Systems at MSU, and the Michigan Department of Education.

2022: Principal Investigator, $46,000 “Abilities, Opportunities, and Future of Work” Conference funded by the National Science Foundation” – Collaboration with Peckham, State of Michigan and other faculty members at MSU.

2022: Co-Principal Investigator, $5,00,000 “Empowering Individuals with Disability in Employment Settings: An Ability-First Human-Centric Approach” Strategic Partnership Grant, Michigan State University (Funded) – Includes Matching Grants of $50,000 each from Peckham Inc. and Source America.

2021: Principal Investigator, $200,000: The Alliance for African Partnership Research Grant (Implementing an Africa-Asia Business Partnership Forum Using Trans-Local Networks and Transdisciplinary Approaches, with 2 co-PIs), 2021

2021: Principal Investigator, $ 4,900/- Asian Studies center for A Study of Women Microenterprises (MEs) of Kudumbashree Programme, Kerala.

2019: Principal Investigator, $ 5,000/- C-RAIND – Michigan State University: To study approaches to employ individuals with disabilities in work environments. 

2018/2019: co-Principal Investigator,  $ 10,000/- Asian Studies Strategic Partnership Grants MSU Center for International Development, for conducting an apparel conference in South Asia.

2018: Principal Investigator,  $ 5,000/- from Peckham Inc., for studying Industry 4.0 applications in employing individuals with disabilities.

2016: Principal Investigator,  $ 25,000/- from Peckham Inc., towards conducting follow up studies and data collection for the study that was done in 2015.

2016: $1,789/-, Professional Development Grant MSU CIBER.

2015: $ 25,000 from Peckham Inc., towards studying the influence of workforce diversity on employee productivity.

2015: $ 50,000/- from the Center of Advanced Purchasing Studies, for a sponsored research study on state of cloud-sourcing.

2014: $ 16,416/-, F. Edward and Carol J. Lake Faculty Excellence Fund.

2013: $ 2,000/-, Professional Development Grant from MSU CIBER.

2012: $ 33,765/-, From Kelly Services Inc for studying competencies in service supply chains (With David Closs and Hakan Yildiz).

2012: $ 11,500/-, From Kelly Services Inc for studying response times in staffing supply chains (With David Closs and Hakan Yildiz).

2012: $ 14,900/-, Summer Research Grant from the Broad College of Business.

2011: $ 14,400/-, Summer Research Grant from the Broad College of Business.

2010: $2,500-/, from MSU CIBER for studying “Innovation in the Global Software Industry”

2009: $1,000/-, Professional Development Grant MSU CIBER:  This grant was provided to attend an invited conference of 40 attendees to the first conference on Technology and Innovation Management at the London Business School. 

2008: $1,000/-, from MSU CIBER for a project on “Agility in Outsourcing”: This grant resulted in two publications that are part of a large-scale project on study of outsourcing.

Senior Editorial Team: Journal of Operations Management (2024 - )

Special Issue Editor: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Production and Operations Management Journal, (2022- Present)

Associate Editor: Service Science, an INFORMS Journal (August 2021- Present)

Co-Department Editor: Decision Sciences Journal (October 2020- )

Special Issue Editor: Journal of Operations Management on Innovation in Supply Networks

Guest Editor, Journal of Business Logistics, Special Topics Forum on Managing Extended Supply Chains, 2017-Present

Associate Editor: Service Science (2021-Present)

Associate Editor: Manufacturing Service and Operations Management (2020-Present)

Associate Editor: Management Science (2018-)

Co-Department Editor: Journal of Operations Management (September 2015- December 2021)

Associate Editor: Journal of Operations Management (2014-August 2015)

Associate Editor: Decision Sciences Journal (2013 – 2020)

Senior Editor: Production and Operations Management (2012 – present) – Supply Chain Management

Senior Editor: Production and Operations Management (2015 – 2020) – Industry Studies and Public Policy

Editorial Review Board: Journal of Business Logistics (2018 – Present)

Editorial Review Board: Journal of Operations Management (2010 – 2014)

Editorial Review Board: IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management (2010 – present)

Editorial Review Board: International Journal of Integrated Supply Management (2012 – present)