Sasanka Sekhar Chanda

Research involving Genetic Algorithm (March 1991 / Holland 1975)

Below I am providing the list of papers in the order they may be read.

[1]. Chanda SS, Miller KD (2019) Replicating agent-based models: Revisiting March’s exploration-exploitation study. Strategic Organization, 17(4): 425–449 DOI: 10.1177/1476127018815295. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1476127018815295

[2]. Chanda SS, McKelvey B (2020) Back to the basics: Reconciling the continuum and orthogonal conceptions of exploration and exploitation. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 26(2): 175–206 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-020-09311-y. https://rdcu.be/b4tNx

[3]. Chanda SS, Ray S (2015) Optimal exploration and exploitation: The managerial intentionality perspective. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 21(3): 247–273. DOI: 10.1007/s10588-015-9184-y

[4]. Chanda SS (2017) Inferring final organizational outcomes from intermediate outcomes of exploration and exploitation: The complexity link. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 23(1): 61–93.  DOI: 10.1007/s10588-016-9217-1 (https://rdcu.be/5wsj)

[5]. Chanda SS, Ray S (2025) Is comprehensiveness in making strategic decisions always helpful? Australian Journal of Management. 50(4): 1011–1036.

[6]. Chanda SS, Ray S, McKelvey B (2018) The continuum conception of exploration and exploitation: An update to March’s theory. M@n@gement, 21(3): 1050–1079. https://management-aims.com/index.php/mgmt/issue/view/189

[7]. Chanda SS (2025) Enabling creative destruction: A view from the perspective of managerial control. Journal of Contemporary Business Research.  1(1): 8–22.

[8]. Burgelman RA, Chanda SS (2026) Autonomous strategic behavior, organizational learning and top management support: Re-examining field research with computational modeling. Strategic Management Review. 7(1). [https://www.strategicmanagementreview.net/assets/articles/Burgelman.pdf]

[9]. Burgelman RA, Chanda SS (2026 / Forthcoming) Strategic exploitation challenges and organizational learning: Integrating computational and field research findings. Strategic Management Review. [https://www.strategicmanagementreview.net/assets/articles/Burgelman%20and%20Chanda.pdf]

[10]. Chanda SS, Burgelman RA (2025) Diversity can be the basis for continued organizational order: A computational proof of Prigogine’s conjecture bridging physical and social systems. Available at Research Square. [https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6521388/v1].

[11]. Chanda SS, McKelvey B (2018) A computational study explaining processes underlying phase transition. Available at arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.04036

[12]. Chanda SS (2025) The effect of sporadic dormancy on adaptation under natural selection: A formal theory. Available at arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22758

NK Modeling Research (listed in reverse chronological order)

All papers in this section involve computational simulations on Kauffman’s NK Fitness landscape

[1]. Yayavaram S, Chanda SS (2023) Decision making under high complexity: A computational model for the science of muddling through. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory 29: 300–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-021-09354-9 [https://rdcu.be/c5uF8]

[2]. Chanda SS (2021) An Algorithm to Effect Prompt Termination of Myopic Local Search on Kauffman-s NK Landscape.  Available at arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.12620

[3]. Chanda SS, Yayavaram S (2021) Overcoming Complexity Catastrophe: An Algorithm for Beneficial Far-Reaching Adaptation under High Complexity.

Available at arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.04311

[4]. Chanda SS, Yayavaram S (2020) An Algorithm to Find Superior Fitness on NK Landscapes under High Complexity: Muddling Through. Available at arXiv: https://arxiv.or

Conceptual Papers (in reverse chronological order)

[9]. Burgelman RA, Chanda SS (2026 / Forthcoming) Evolutionary View of Strategy-Making. Oxford Research Encyclopedia.

[8]. Chanda SS (2025) A Framework to Assess the Potential Impact of Adoption of an AI System in Business Functions in a Company. Available at SSRN:  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5042416

[7]. Chanda SS (2025) Anticipating a renaissance in organization and management theories. International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management. 4(1): 1–11.

[6]. Chanda SS, Banerjee DN, (2024) Omission and commission errors underlying AI failures. AI & Society, 39: 937–960. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01585-x [https://rdcu.be/c5uFR]

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[5]. Chanda, Sasanka Sekhar (2023) A Constructor Theory-based Approach for Computer Code Model Validation: The Crucial Role of an Effort-directing Feedback Mechanism. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4468005 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4468005.

[4]. Banerjee DN, Chanda SS (2020) AI Failures: A Review of Underlying Issues. Available at arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.04073

[3]. Chatterjee A, Chanda SS, Ray S (2018) Administration of an organization undergoing change: Some limitations of the transaction cost economics approach. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 26(4): 691–708.

[2]. Chanda SS, Ray S (2015) Formal theory development by computational simulation modelling: A Tale of two philosophical approaches. Decision, 42(3): 251–267. DOI: 10.1007/s40622-015-0096-y.

[1]. Chanda SS (2015) CEO Cognition in Strategy Research. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2586215.

 Empirical Research

[1]. Chanda SS, Ray S (2021) Why Do Strategic Projects Fail?  Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3836325

[2]. Chanda SS, Ray S (2016) Learning from project failure: Globalization lessons for an MNC. Thunderbird International Business Review, 58(6): 575–585. DOI: 10.1002/tie.21776