Dr. Canchepuram Narayanaswamy

Professor of Finance

Office: College of Business 271
Accounting, Economics, and Finance
College of Business
CRNarayanaswamy@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4534

Biography

Dr. C. R. Narayanaswamy is a Professor of Finance at Clayton State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Finance from Temple University, M.S. in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, and M.B.A. from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He joined Clayton in 2004. His publications have been cited in journals and scholarly work including Annals of Statistics, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Nature Genetics, and Journal of Marketing. He is a C.F.A charter holder.

Education

BE, Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras, 1970

MBA, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, 1976

MS, Computational Finance, Carnegie Mellon University, 1997

Ph D, Finance, Temple University, 1984

Intellectual Contributions

Canchepuram R Narayanaswamy, Vignesh Narayanaswamy, No Contagion, only volatility: U.S. equity correlations during COVID-19, Journal of Business, Economics and Finance – July 2025

Khamis M Bilbeisi, C R Narayanaswamy, DID WALGREENS AND RITE AID BENEFIT FROM THEIR 2017 DEAL?, Journal of Business, Economics and Finance – December 31 2022

Canchepuram R Narayanaswamy, Vignesh Narayanaswamy, A hands-on approach to teaching the financial concept of diversification, Interactive Learning Environments / Taylor & Francis – April 3 2020

C.R. Narayanaswamy, Vijay Gondhalekar, Ram Subramanian, Do technology alliances create more value than marketing alliances?, International Journal of Business Excellence – 2011

C. R. Narayanaswamy, D. Raghavarao, Principal component analysis of large dispersion matrices, Journal Of Royal Statistical Society – 1991

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

C.R. Narayanaswamy, Student Success Faculty Development Grant (Problem-Based Learning), Clayton State University, Clayton State University, 1500, Funded – September 2005 to May 2007

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Committee Member – Fall 2018 to May 2021

College, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Committee Chair – Fall 2009 to Spring 2018

Teaching Interest

Corporate Finance, Investments, and Derivatives,

Research Interest

Asset Pricing, Investments, and Corporate Finance,