An Editorial View from the Strategic Management Journal Giovanni Battista Dagnino ESU 2009 – Journal Editors Panel University of Sannio at Benevento September 10, 2009

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The Strategic Management Journal (Est. 1980) World’s Premier Strategy Research Forum for Academics, Business Practitioners and Consultants Affiliated to SMS Incoming Annual International Conferences Washington, DC, October Washington, DC, October ROME, Italy, September 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 MitchelWill Mitchell Rich Bettis

Aims and Scope The journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of strategic management It is devoted to the improvement and further development of the theory and practice of strategic management and it is designed to appeal to both practising managers and academics Papers acceptable to an editorial board acting as referees are published The journal also publishes communications in the form of research notes or comments from readers on published papers or current issues Editorial comments and invited papers on practices and developments in strategic management appear from time to time as warranted by new developments SMJ provides a communication forum for advancing strategic management theory and practice. Such major topics as strategic resource allocation; organization structure; leadership; entrepreneurship and organizational purpose; methods and techniques for evaluating and understanding competitive, technological, social, and political environments; planning processes; and 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 ADVANTAGE SMJ SPECIAL ISSUE Guest Editor Giovanni Battista Dagnino University of Catania

Special Issue Co-Editors Richard A. D’Aveni Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Giovanni Battista Dagnino University of Catania Ken G. Smith University 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; ALSO ALSO after receiving a rejection letter Learn not to dishearten easily, but to persists unremittingly

Last but not least… Role of the Young Researchers Publication Opportunity But Especially Opportunity to Receive Good Feedback to Improve Your Reseach Pieces What’s your (possibly multiple) role in the incoming future of SMJ?

Other SMJ Special Issues Strategy and the Design of Organizational Architecture Guest Editors: Ranjai Gulati, Phanish Puranam and Mike TushmanStrategy and the Design of Organizational Architecture Guest Editors: Ranjai Gulati, Phanish Puranam and Mike Tushman Deadline for Submissions, December 1, 2009 Psychological Foundations of Strategic Management Psychological Foundations of Strategic Management Guest Editors: Craig 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

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