GSJ Special Issues
Special Issues are an important part of the Global Strategy Journal (GSJ). Special Issues primarily focus on a single topic of relevance to the entrepreneurship field and have the potential of opening new ground for further research.
Interested in submitting a Special Issue proposal? Review the Special Issue policies, then email the GSJ Editorial Office at gsj@strategicmanagement.net.
All Special Issue manuscripts considered for submission must be sent to GSJ's online submission site. For information as to the form of submission, including style and other submission guidelines, please click below
SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Call for Proposals: Special Issues for Global Strategy Journal
Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) accepts submissions of proposals for Special Issues that address either novel and original topics in global strategy or established topics from a fresh perspective. Special issues should encourage research in global strategy that has the potential to influence the field and be aligned with GSJ’s Aims and Scope, i.e., the interaction between the global context of organizations and their strategies and strategic management. Proposals establishing links between strategic management and other disciplines (e.g., economics, political economy, history, law, psychology, sociology, geography, international relations, etc.) are welcome.
A proposal should explain the conversation the Special Issues intends to join and the rationale for the Special Issues. It should be approximately three pages long, excluding references and contributors’ bios.
The special issue proposal has three parts: (a) a justification and need for the special issue on the proposed topic. This should include a brief state of the literature, recent special issues on the topic published in GSJ or other journals, and how the proposal will go beyond and contribute to the literature and advance the previous special issues on the topic; (b) an explanation of the potential topics that authors interested in the special issue could address; and (c) a description of the process for submission, plans for paper development workshops, and the biographies of the proposed editorial team. Bios should be limited to 400 words per contributor. Please submit everything in one PDF file.
Submitters are requested to disclose in the cover letter any previously published or in-process projects on similar themes. All proposals for Special Issues must be submitted between May 1st and June 1st to the GSJ Editorial Office (GSJedoffice@wiley.com) in order to receive consideration. Please note that no extensions will be offered.
CURRENT SPECIAL ISSUES
Global Innovation in an Era of Disruptive Changes
Submission Window: September 15-30, 2025
The magnitude and breadth of two unprecedented disruptions across the globe are significantly affecting the innovation activities and strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs): (1) the advent of digital innovations such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, cloud and quantum computing, and the internet of things (IoT), and (2) the growing geopolitical tensions between major economies that are redefining the international competitive landscape. These disruptions are affecting how MNEs create and appropriate value from their innovation activities, including R&D and non-R&D activities as well as business models. Although the global strategy literature has asserted that MNEs must constantly reconfigure themselves and strategically realign their innovation efforts to capture and synthesize globally dispersed knowledge across different countries and appropriability regimes, these disruptive changes influence the viability and effectiveness of such firm strategies.
The purpose of this special issue is to shed light on disruptive technological and geopolitical changes that require MNEs to reassess the organization of innovation in the global context and its interaction with their strategies. We seek papers that examine the role of the context and contextual characteristics on the behavior of MNEs engaging in R&D, technological, and business model innovation in order to manage new dynamics and stay competitive in the face of disruptive changes. In providing a re-evaluation of existing theories and a closer empirical examination of related topics, the special issue aims to advance our understanding of the factors that shape MNEs’ global management of innovation, strategies and structures. By examining the new dynamics of MNE innovation in the global context and their strategies and strategic management, the Special Issue also intends to offer pragmatic recommendations for managers and policymakers to help navigate global disruptions.
Please Note: Authors should submit their manuscripts between September 15 and 30, 2025.
Published Past Special Issues
- Complexity and Multinationals
- Institutions and Entrepreneurship
- Strategies in the Global Digital Economy
- Global Value Chains, Governance, and Globalization Strategies
- Global Strategy in the Age of Skepticism of Globalization
- Microfoundations of Global Strategy: Role of Leadership and Manager Characteristics
- Political Connections in Global Competition
- Family Firms and Family Governed Multinationals in the Global Economy
- Strategic Management in Africa
- Innovating Business Models for Global Competition
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