An Editorial View from the An Editorial View from the Strategic Management Strategic Management

JournalJournal

Giovanni Battista DagninoGiovanni Battista Dagnino

ESU 2009 – Journal Editors PanelUniversity of Sannio at Benevento

September 10, 2009

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The Strategic Management The Strategic Management Journal Journal (Est. 1980)(Est. 1980)

World’sWorld’s PremierPremier Strategy Research Forum Strategy Research Forum for Academics, Business Practitioners and Consultantsfor Academics, Business Practitioners and Consultants

Affiliated toAffiliated to

SMS Incoming Annual International ConferencesSMS Incoming Annual International Conferences Washington, DC, October 11-14 2009 Washington, DC, October 11-14 2009 ROME, Italy, September 12-15 2010ROME, Italy, September 12-15 2010

Sister Recently Born and Promisingly Launched Journal:The Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

(Est. 2007)

Co-Editors

Richard Bettis

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Will Mitchell

Duke University

Edward Zajac

Northwestern University

The Editors

Ed Zajac

Will Mitchell

Rich Bettis

Aims and ScopeAims and Scope

The journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects The journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of strategic managementof strategic managementIt is devoted to the improvement and further development of the theory It is devoted to the improvement and further development of the theory and practice of strategic management and it is designed to appeal to and practice of strategic management and it is designed to appeal to both practising managers and academicsboth practising managers and academics

Papers acceptable to an editorial board acting as referees are published Papers acceptable to an editorial board acting as referees are published The journal also publishes communications in the form of research notes The journal also publishes communications in the form of research notes or comments from readers on published papers or current issuesor comments from readers on published papers or current issuesEditorial comments and invited papers on practices and developments Editorial comments and invited papers on practices and developments in strategic management appear from time to time as warranted by new in strategic management appear from time to time as warranted by new developmentsdevelopments

SMJSMJ provides a communication forum for advancing strategic provides a communication forum for advancing strategic management theory and practice. management theory and practice. Such major topics as strategic resource allocation; organization Such major topics as strategic resource allocation; organization structure; leadership; entrepreneurship and organizational purpose; structure; leadership; entrepreneurship and organizational purpose; methods and techniques for evaluating and understanding competitive, methods and techniques for evaluating and understanding competitive, technological, social, and political environments; planning processes; technological, social, and political environments; planning processes; and strategic decision processes are included in the journaland strategic decision processes are included in the journal

• SMJ is the flagship journal of the strategic management discipline

• The journal is now 30+ years old• 200+ people seat on the editorial review

board• The favorable position of SMJ is attributable to

the thoughtful leadership, organization, and effort provided by Dan and Mari Lou Schendel during the first quarter-century of the journal

• The editors are committed to continuing to make SMJ the most desired destination for the best research in strategic management

• Three Co-Editors, eleven Associate Editors, and the Managing Editor are focused on three goals for SMJ reviews for all submissions: they value reviews that are developmental, open-minded, and timely

• They seek to help authors develop research that both addresses important gaps in existing approaches to strategic management and creates new perspectives that move beyond existing theories and arguments

• Hence, they view their role as taking an “author’s perspective” on submissions, with the goal of helping to make the work as strong as possible, whether it is published in SMJ or, instead, ends up being targeted for other journals

THE AGE OF TEMPORARY THE AGE OF TEMPORARY ADVANTAGEADVANTAGE

SMJ SPECIAL ISSUE

Guest EditorGiovanni Battista Dagnino

University of Catania

Special Issue Co-Editors

Richard A. D’AveniRichard A. D’Aveni Tuck School of Business at DartmouthTuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Giovanni Battista DagninoGiovanni Battista DagninoUniversity of CataniaUniversity of Catania

Ken G. SmithKen G. SmithUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Maryland

Backdrop of This Issue

The Story or How it all Began

The Editorial Group and the Darwin’s Effect

The Special Issue Proposal and the Special Issue Call for Papers: the emerging gap

Our Audax Auspices: They will never take it! (Remember that “Audax Fortuna Iuvat”)

Learning Opportunities from Submissions

Learn how to make reviews

Learn how to respond to editors and reviewers

Learn how to revise/improve papers properly;

ALSOALSO after receiving a rejection letter

Learn not to dishearten easily, but to persists unremittingly

Last but not least…Last but not least…

Role of the Young ResearchersRole of the Young Researchers

Publication OpportunityPublication Opportunity

But Especially Opportunity to Receive But Especially Opportunity to Receive Good Feedback to Improve Your Good Feedback to Improve Your

Reseach PiecesReseach Pieces

What’s your (possibly multiple) role in What’s your (possibly multiple) role in the incoming future of SMJ?the incoming future of SMJ?

Other SMJ Special IssuesOther SMJ Special Issues

• Strategy and the Design of Organizational Strategy and the Design of Organizational ArchitectureArchitectureGuest Editors: Guest Editors: Ranjai Gulati, Phanish Puranam and Mike TushmanRanjai Gulati, Phanish Puranam and Mike Tushman

Deadline for Submissions, December 1, 2009Deadline for Submissions, December 1, 2009

• Psychological Foundations of Strategic Psychological Foundations of Strategic Management Management Guest Editors: Guest Editors: Craig Fox, Dan Lovallo, Thomas Powell and David TeeceCraig Fox, Dan Lovallo, Thomas Powell and David Teece

The Special Issue Trap

• Too many

• Too unselective

• Too selective

• Too repetitive

• Really SPECIAL?

Banalization

Bad special issue

Risk of loosing good pieces

Unexciting topics

Normal issue masquerade

Relevant Web SitesRelevant Web Sites

• WILEY http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/2144/home

• SMS Journalshttp://smj.strategicmanagement.net

• On line Submissions http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/smj

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