Sriram Narayanan
Eli Broad Professor in Supply Chain Management | Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, UNITED STATES
Sriram Narayanan's research has focused on understanding how supply chain ideas can be applied to facilitate inclusion.
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Biography
Sriram Narayanan is a Full Professor and also the Kesseler Family Endowed Faculty Fellow of Supply Chain Management at the Broad College of Business, Michigan State University (MSU) in the Supply Chain Management Department. He earned his doctoral degree in Operations, Technology, and Innovation Management at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Sriram's primary research interests are in innovation, organizational productivity, sustainability, and inclusion in supply chains. In his research he attempts to blend practice and theories, and many of his academic papers are directly drawn from industry environments. His research is cross disciplinary. He has published more than 30 articles, majority of which are in top-tier journals including Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Retailing, Decision Sciences Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, among others. He is a regular contributor to the Supply Chain Management Review, a leading Supply Chain Management Practice outlet. In recent times, much of his research has focused on community engagement and inclusion and better understanding how supply chain ideas can be applied to facilitate inclusion.
He has won multiple awards for teaching, research, community engagement, and service including the John D. and Dorotha, J. Withrow Endowed Emerging Research Scholar Award; Community-Engaged Partnership Award at Michigan State University, the Lilly Fellowship (MSU) - a select university wide fellowship, and Broad Integrative Fellowship (MSU). He holds editorial positions in several top-tier supply chain management journals. He holds/has held editorial positions in several top-tier journals including Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Journal, Production and Operations Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Journal, Service Science, IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management and Journal of Business Logistics. He has also co-edited two special issues: one for the Journal of Operations Management on Innovation in Supply Networks, and another for the Journal of Business Logistics on Extended Supply Chains.
Industry Expertise (3)
Research
Education/Learning
Logistics and Supply Chain
Areas of Expertise (3)
Managing Services
Diversity & Inclusion
Equity
Accomplishments (3)
John D. and Dorotha J. Withrow Endowed Emerging Research Scholar Award (professional)
2018
Distinguished Partnership Award (professional)
2018 Michigan State University
Outstanding Reviewer Award (professional)
Decision Sciences Journal
Education (3)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Ph.D., Business Administration 2007
University of Delhi, India: M.B.A., Business Administration 2000
University of Delhi, India: B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering 1996
Affiliations (3)
- Service Science, an INFORMS Journal : Associate Editor
- Decision Sciences Journal : Co-Department Editor
- Manufacturing Service and Operations Management : Associate Editor
Links (2)
News (5)
MMA | More Speakers Announced For The 2022 MFG Forum
Michigan Business Network online
2022-05-12
Hear real-world solutions on supply chain issues that will propel your business to the next level
3 Supply Chain Management Lessons Learned From The Pandemic
Business Because online
2022-03-18
Sriram Narayanan is a faculty fellow in supply chain management at MSU Broad who recognized a few key symptoms of the supply chain crisis over the course of the pandemic.
Evelyn Clark’s story, the attorney who brought her own chair.
VR Workforce Studio online
2021-08-02
There’s so many cool new Podcasts that are beginning to emerge in the VR community, as we’ve been promoting the abilities, opportunities, and the future of work Podcast with co-host Nacsha Ealy and Sriram Narayanan.
The supply chain shapes our lives
MSU Today online
2021-03-31
“Supply chain management plays a central role in the quality of life we enjoy every day, whether it be products we shop in a retail store or meals that our kids are served in school,” says Sriram Narayanan, Kesseler Family Endowed Faculty Fellow of Supply Chain Management. “It makes products and services affordable, accessible and available to every human being in the planet.”
Rothrock’s final reflections as we celebrate Autism Awareness Month
VR Workforce Studio online
2021-03-31
The podcast is hosted by Business Relations Consultant, Nacsha Ealy nacsha79@gmail.com of Michigan Rehabilitation Services along with Sriram Narayanan, Kesseler Family Endowed Faculty Fellow in Supply Chain Management – Eli Broad College of Business.
Event Appearances (3)
Disability Inclusion in Operations
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai
2020-12-18
Bringing It All Back Home - Bringing Outsourcing Back Internal
Professional Development Meeting, ISM - Northeast Wisconsin, Inc. Appleton, WI
2018-09-11
Field-based research
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India
2018-06-10
Research Grants (3)
Implementing an Africa-Asia Business Partnership Forum Using Trans-Local Networks and Transdisciplinary Approaches
The Alliance for African Partnership Research Grant $200,000
2021
A Study of Women Microenterprises (MEs) of Kudumbashree Programme, Kerala
Asian Studies Center $4,900
2021
To study approaches to employ individuals with disabilities in work environments
C-RAIND $5,000
2019
Journal Articles (5)
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 Management2023 Trust is considered essential to interfirm knowledge acquisition across borders. However, recent studies indicate that interfirm collaboration can thrive even in low trust situations. This study proposes that low trust can facilitate supplier knowledge acquisition (SKA) across borders if it is aligned with the other party's trust. Rather than high trust from a single party, trust congruence—similar levels of trust from buyers and suppliers regardless of their levels—may be more predictive of successful knowledge acquisition across borders.
Evaluating the performance of supply chain risk mitigation strategies using network data envelopment analysis
European Journal of Operational Research2022 Supply chain risk mitigation involves investing in strategic activities that minimize the financial impact of disruptions to the flow of goods in a supply chain. However, methods for assessing these strategies are not well established. Given the importance of mitigating supply chain risk, having a quantitative method for evaluating risk mitigation is imperative.
Supply chain horizontal complexity and the moderating impact of inventory turns: A study of the automotive component industry
International Journal of Production Economics2022 This study examines the impact that a focal firm's number of products it produces, number of suppliers it sources from, and number of customers is sells to has on firm financial performance (ROA and ROS). Additionally, we test the moderating impact of inventory turns on these relationships. Using archival data compiled from different databases, we use multivariate regression and moderation analysis to test our hypotheses in the context of the automotive component industry.
The big pivot
Supply Chain Management Review2022 To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented global event is an understatement. It has affected all aspects of life in most countries. From a supply chain standpoint, it’s difficult to imagine an industry that was not disrupted, and that did not experience unanticipated changes in demand and supply patterns. Shortages of toilet paper may have been the most visible, and personal, but since then, business has experienced shortages of everything from computer chips to the elastic used to make face masks.
The effects of lean implementation on hospital financial performance
Decision sciences2021 This study examines lean implementation's effects on hospital financial performance using survey and secondary data for a large sample of US hospitals. Using sociotechnical systems theory, a social context is identified that should motivate the use of lean process improvement tools (LPT) in a hospital setting and accentuate its performance benefits. Shah and Ward's employee involvement (EI) construct is adapted to a hospital setting to define a supportive social context for LPT, which is further shaped by organizational psychological safety (PS).
