Research Areas

Operations Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Manufacturing Strategy, E-Business Management, IT Strategy, Digital Inclusion & Innovation

Research Papers Published

Journal Papers Published  

• “Adoption of cashless payment systems in the bottom‑of‑the‑pyramid retail supply chains in India: A technology‑organization‑environment framework perspective” Ravi Srinivasan, Krishna Sundar Diatha, Shubham Singh, Electronic Commerce Research, published online: 22 January 2024
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-023-09803-4
• How does the adoption of digital payment technologies influence unorganized retailers’ performance? An investigation in an emerging market” Anirban Adhikary, Krishna Sundar Diatha, Sourav Bikash Borah & Amalesh Sharma, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) Vol.49, pp. 882–902 (2021)
  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-021-00778-y
• Impact of buyer-supplier network complexity on firms’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: An empirical investigation” Anirban Adhikary, Amalesh Sharma, Krishna Sundar Diatha, Jayanth Jayaram, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.230, December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107864
• “Corporate social responsibility: Governance through a conceptual blockchain framework” Sriraghav Srinivasan; Tanuj Arora; Krishna Sundar Diatha, Shashank Garg; International Journal of Electronic Governance, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2020
  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEG.2020.109836
• “Intention to Use a Mobile-Based Information Technology Solution nfor Tuberculosis Treatment Monitoring – Applying a UTAUT Model”, Ravi Seethamraju1, Krishna Sundar Diatha, Shashank Garg, Information Systems Frontiers, Vol.20, 2018, pp.163–181   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-017-9801-z
• “The distribution free newsboy problem with partial information” Diatha Krishna Sundar, K.Ravikumar, Siddharth Mahajan,  International Journal of  Operational Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2018 pp.481-496 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOR.2018.096488
• “Transient Analysis of a Non-Preemptive Priority Queueing System” V. S. S. Yadavalli, Diatha Krishna Sundar, Swaminathan Udayabaskaran and C. T. Dora Pravina, Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, Vol,12, No. 3, 2018, pp.645-654.  
  http://dx.doi.org/10.18576/amis/120321
• “(s, Q) Inventory System with Delayed Working Vacations”, V.S.S. Yadavalli, K. Jeganathan, D. Krishna Sundar, S. Saravanan, Journal of Control and Systems Engineering,  Vol. 5 Issue. 1, 2017, pp.18-36
• “Two substitutable perishable product disaster inventory systems”, VSS Yadavalli, Diatha Krishna Sundar, S. Udayabaskaran, Annals of Operations Research, Vol.233, 2015, pp.517–534.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-014-1783-3
• “An age-dependent branching process model of a stochastic renewable resource and the problem of optimal harvesting”, VSS Yadavalli, Diatha Krishna Sundar, Swaminthan Udayabaskaran, Indian Journal of Mathematics, Vol 57, No.1, April 2015, pp 121-133 http://www.amsallahabad.org/pdf/ijm571.pdf
• 11.  “An actor–critic algorithm for multi-agent learning in queue-based stochastic games” Diatha Krishna Sundar and K.Ravikumar, Neurocomputing,  Vol. 127, March 2014, pp.258–265  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2013.07.020
• “A Mobile Solution for an Inclusive Public Distribution System in India” Diatha Krishna Sundar and Shashank Garg, Electronic Journal of E-Governance, Acad.Publishing, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2013, pp 210-228
• “An application of the extended Technology Acceptance Model in understanding technology-enabled financial service adoption in South Africa”, John P Wentzel, Krishna Sundar Diatha & VSS Yadavalli, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis, Vol.30, Nos.4-5, 2013 pp. 659-673;  https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2013.830963
• “Influence of ERP systems on business process agility”, Ravi Seethamraju and Diatha Krishna Sundar, IIMB Management Review, Elsevier,   Vol. 25, September 2013,  pp.137-149; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2013.05.001
• “A comparison of financial service adoption propensity across three channels at the bottom of the pyramid in South Africa” John P Wentzel, V S Sarma Yadavalli, Diatha Krishna Sundar;   Management Dynamics,  Southern African Institute for Management Scientists,  Vol.22, No.1, January 2013, pp.26-37
• “Evaluating the impact of government policies and regulations on M-Commerce in India: A System Dynamics Modeling Approach” Deepali Sharma, Diatha.Krishna Sundar, Rajluxmi V.Murty;  International Journal of Business Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education; Vol.7, No.23, 2012, pp.54-76 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v7n23p54
• “A Periodic Tabular Policy for Scheduling of a Single Stage Production-Inventory System”   Shashank Garg, D.Krishna Sundar, K.Ravi Kumar;   Computers and Industrial Engineering,  Vol.62, Issue 1, February 2012, pp. 21-28
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2011.08.013
• “Indian Manufacturing – Where are we heading”, D. Krishna Sundar, Janat Shah; Round Table, IIMB Management Review, June 2001, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 71-90
• “Electronic Commerce – The Future Challenges” D. Krishna Sundar, Shashank Garg, The Journal of Indian management & Strategy, Vol.3, No.3.
• “Outsourcing”, D. Krishna Sundar & M.R Gopalan, IIMB Management Review, Vol.8, No.2
• “Computer Integrated Blast Schedule Planning and Shiftwise Production Planning”, Diatha Krishna Sundar and Damodar Acharya, Computers & Industrial Engineering,  Vol.28, No.24, pp.927-935; https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-8352(94)00221-8

IIMB Working Papers (Published by IIMB)

• Learning Algorithms for Price Control in an Internet-Based Dutch Auction, IIMB Working Paper Series - Diatha Krishna Sundar & K.Ravikumar, 2001, Working Paper no.177  
• Integrated Virtual Logistics Network for Quick Responses, IIMB Working Paper Series - Diatha Krishna Sundar, 2001, Working Paper no.178
• Creating e-Chains to enable E-Governance through Embedded technologies, IIMB Working Paper Series - Diatha Krishna Sundar & Shashank Garg, 2002,  Working Paper no 193
• Multi-Agent Learning in Dynamic Pricing Games of Service Markets, IIMB Working Paper Series - Diatha Krishna Sundar & K.Ravikumar,  2003, Working Paper no 210:
• The Distribution Free Newsboy Problem with Partial Information; IIMB Working Paper Series - Diatha Krishna Sundar & K.Ravikumar,  2004, Working Paper no.220

Book Chapter(s)

• Diatha Krishna Sundar, Shashank Garg and Isha Garg “A mobile electronic data capture solution for application in Public Health” in “Public Health in India – Technology, Governance and Service Delivery” ed. Diatha Krishna Sundar et al., Routledge 2015, pp140-158;  
• Krishna Sundar D and Shashank Garg, “The Role of Mobile Computing & Communication Technologies in Mobile Governance" in Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems  Elliot Bendoly, Sanjay Kumar, Jose Esteves (Eds),  SAGE Publications (New York, London, Singapore and New Delhi), 2010
• Krishna Sundar D, Isha Garg and Shashank Garg, “Rural Empowerment: An Integrated Disease Surveillance System Based on Mobile Technologies” in IT and Rural Health Care M D Tiwari and K N Agarwala (Eds), IIIT Allahabad Series on E-Government, 2009 pp.141-167

Book(s)

• “Public Health in India – Technology, Governance and Service Delivery”
  Ed. Diatha Krishna Sundar, Shashank Garg and Isha Garg,
  Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2015;  
  ISBN:978-1-138-89839-4 (hbk), ISBN:978-1-315-68436-9 (ebk)
• “Changing Contours of Microfinance in India”
  Ed. Jayadev M and Diatha Krishna Sundar
  Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2016;  
  ISBN:978-1-138-21956-4 (hbk), ISBN:978-1-315-61977-4 (ebk)