AWARD CRITERIA
The SMS Journals Video Abstract Award was established in 2019 by SMS Media Innovations to promote the development of high-quality video abstracts for research published in SMS Journals. It is open to all authors of accepted articles in any of the three SMS journals that have submitted a video abstract to be included with their Article of Record. All journal abstracts can be found in playlists on the SMS YouTube channel.
2026 SMS Journals Video Abstract Award Recipient:
Resource Redeployment and New technology Investment in the Energy Sector
Kapacinskaite, A. (2025). From Wells to windmills: Resource redeployment and new technology investment in the energy sector. Strategic Management Journal, 47(2), 616–642. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.70028
“Resource Redeployment and New technology Investment in the Energy Sector” is the recipient of the 2026 SMS Video Abstract Award because it most effectively combined clear communication, strong engagement, and thoughtful presentation. The video clearly conveyed the paper’s contribution in a concise and accessible way, while also using a mix of personal narration that made engaging.
About the Recipient:
Aldona Kapačinskaitė is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at INSEAD. She studies how firms allocate resources and manage proprietary information amid changing competitive and intellectual property environments. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, and Administrative Science Quarterly. Her research has been supported by the SMS Strategy Research Foundation and was recognized with the TIM Best Dissertation Award. She was also a finalist for the STR Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award. She serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science, on the STR Executive Committee, and as Representative-at-Large of the SMS Entrepreneurship and Strategy Interest Group. Previously, she served on the TIM Executive Committee and the STR Membership Engagement Committee.