Strategic Management Journal

The Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) has since its inception in 1980 been the official journal of the Strategic Management Society. It is published in 13 issues per year by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. This A journal is consistently rated one of the top publications in the management area. The SMJ promotes the development and dissemination of advances in the field by maintaining the highest standards of intellectual thought combined with practical relevance.

Co-Editors

Richard Bettis, University of North Carolina

Will Mitchell, Duke University

Ed Zajac, Northwestern University


Associate Editors

  • Rudi Bresser, Free University of Berlin
  • Constance Helfat, Dartmouth College
  • Robert Hoskisson, Arizona State University
  • Joseph Mahoney, University of Illinois
  • Stephen Tallman, University of Richmond
  • James P. Walsh, University of Michigan

Managing Editor (Editorial Office)

  • Lois Gast — Email: lgast-deleteme[at]-deleteme-wiley [dot] com

Founding and Consulting Editor


Call for Papers - SMJ Special Issue

The Age of Temporary Advantage?



Guest Co-Editors:

  • Richard A. D’Aveni, Dartmouth College
  • Giovanni Battista Dagnino, University of Catania
  • Ken G. Smith, University of Maryland

The SMJ is now inviting submissions for a special issue aiming to develop theory and empirical evidence about whether and why competitive advantages may be becoming less sustainable and how organizations can successfully compete using a series of temporary or dynamic competitive advantages. This issue seeks develop an enhanced ability to address the following question: What are the implications for the field of strategy if the sustainability of competitive advantage was very rare or nonexistent?  The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2008.


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Call for Papers

Call for Papers - SMJ Special Issue

Psychological Foundations of Strategic Management



Guest Co-Editors:

  • Craig Fox, UCLA
  • Dan Lovallo, University of Western Australia
  • Thomas C. Powell, Oxford University
  • David Teece, University of California at Berkeley

The SMJ is now inviting submissions for a special issue focusing on new theoretical and empirical research on the psychological origins of Strategic Management. This special issue seeks to merge traditional and modern perspectives in Strategic Management by exploring the psychological foundations of executive behavior, goal formation, resource formation and deployment, firm performance, strategy implementation and market efficiency. A more explicit recognition of the psychological foundations of strategy offers exciting new directions for research on strategic behavior and firm performance. The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2008.


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Call for Papers


To complement the SMJ, the Strategic Management Society recently launched a new journal, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ). Click here to learn more.

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