Aims and Scope
The mission of the Journal of Strategic Management & Corporate Governance is to promote research and critical reflection on organizational strategic choices and governance mechanisms. The topics covered include:
- Strategic management: strategy formulation and implementation, competitive environment analysis, innovation strategies, internationalization, and competitiveness.
- Corporate governance: governance structures, board of directors’ roles, shareholder rights, and stakeholder protection.
- Growth and performance strategies: diversification, vertical integration, strategic alliances, coopetition, and value creation.
- Social responsibility and sustainable governance: integration of ESG (environmental, social, governance) criteria, organizational ethics, and responsible governance.
- Resource management and dynamic capabilities: resource-based theory, organizational capabilities, strategic leadership, and digital transformation.
- Decision-making and organizational behavior: the role of managerial cognition, corporate culture, and behavioral biases in strategic choices.
- International regulation and governance: convergence of standards, comparative governance practices, and the role of international and transnational institutions.
- Strategies in emerging markets: organizational adaptation, institutional dynamics, and hybrid governance.
- Innovation and entrepreneurial governance: strategic entrepreneurship, start-ups, governance of young innovative firms, and venture capital.
- International and interdisciplinary comparisons: analyses of strategic management and governance practices in different cultural and economic contexts.
This broad coverage makes the journal a privileged platform for publishing theoretical, empirical, qualitative, quantitative, and interdisciplinary research on strategic management and corporate governance.