SMJ Special Issues
Special Issues are an important part of the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ). Special Issues primarily examine emerging or important but understudied topics in the field of strategic management, which may involve new or substantial reorientation of theories, research questions, methods, or areas of empirical research.
Interested in submitting a proposal for a Special Issue? Review these Special Issue policies then email the SMS Office at smj@strategicmanagement.net.
All Special Issue manuscripts considered for submission must be sent to SMJ's online submission site. For information as to the form of submission, including style and other submission guidelines, please click here.

Published Past Special Issues
- New Directions for the Resource-Based View
- Question‐Driven and Phenomenon‐Based Empirical Strategy Research
- Strategies for Platform Ecosystems
- History and Strategy Research Opening Up the Black Box
- Value Creation and Value Appropriation in the Context of Public and Non-Profit Organizations
- The Interplay of Competition and Cooperation
- Strategy Processes and Practices: Dialogues and Intersections
- Reviews of Strategic Management Research
- New Theory in Strategic Management
- Replication in Strategic Management
- Question-Based Innovations in Research Methods
- Strategy and the Design of Organizational Architecture
- The Age of Temporary Advantage?
Past Special Issues Awaiting Publication
Resource Allocation and Strategic Management
Resource allocation is a fundamental element of strategic management – whether at the corporate level, business level, or functional level; whether in an established firm or a new firm; whether in the context of a defined competitive environment or an emerging one. Despite its importance, the topic is remarkably understudied. Even when it is examined, resource allocation is often in the background of studies on other strategy topics, or invoked in a general sense, but not the focus of articles. Treating resource allocation as a background feature both underplays its importance and impedes learning about this critical management function. Treating resource allocation in broad terms oversimplifies the specific choices facing managers.

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