About Journal of Strategy and Management

Aims and scope

The Journal of Strategy and Management (JSMA) is an international journal dedicated to:

  • Improving the existing knowledge and understanding of strategy development and implementation globally in private and public organizations
  • Encouraging new thinking and innovative approaches to the study of strategy
  • Offering executives strategic insights based on outcomes of original scholarly research; and
  • Establishing effective communication between researchers and executives managing public and private organizations.

Coverage

The journal covers all facets of strategic management in both private and public organizations including:

  • Strategic decision making
  • Competition
  • Alliances and partnering
  • Networks
  • Mergers and acquisition
  • Joint ventures
  • Culture
  • New ventures
  • Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Creativity
  • Globalisation
  • Learning
  • Knowledge management
  • Resource leverage
  • Environment and sustainability
  • Leadership
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Technology and its impact
  • Future foresights and
  • Strategy implementation.

We encourage papers that draw on behavioural theories, political sciences and sociology as well as papers that draw on the economic discipline. The journal also encourages submission of innovative articles based on unusual methodologies; and sound but diverse methodological approaches.

The journal will publish original theoretical and empirical papers; state-of-art literature reviews and critiques that include a guide for improving theory or practice; case studies that illustrate how strategy is formulated or implemented; appropriate economic and policy reviews; interviews with key senior executives; book reviews; and notes.