About the Journal

The Strategic Management Innovation Journal  (SMIJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, and open-access journal.  The Strategic Management Innovation Journal (SMIJ) stands as a beacon of scholarly excellence, fostering a global community of strategic management scholars committed to advancing the boundaries of knowledge in the field. As an international, peer-reviewed, and open-access journal, SMIJ serves as a dynamic platform for the dissemination of cutting-edge research that addresses pertinent questions, presents compelling evidence, and offers insightful conclusions relevant to strategic management theory and practice.

Furthermore, SMIJ welcomes studies that demonstrate a lack of statistical support for specific hypotheses or research propositions in a particular sample, recognizing the importance of transparency and empirical rigor in scholarly inquiry. We embrace a diverse range of research methods, including but not limited to statistical inference, qualitative data analysis, verbal theory development, computational models, and mathematical models. This inclusivity fosters methodological pluralism and encourages innovative approaches to studying strategic management phenomena.

Publication Scope and Philosophy:

At SMIJ, we embrace diversity in topics, framings, and methodologies, recognizing that innovation thrives on the plurality of perspectives and approaches. Our publication philosophy is rooted in the pursuit of the highest quality research that:

  • Addresses important and interesting questions:
  • Develops and/or tests theory
  • Replicates prior studies
  • Explores interesting phenomena
  • Reviews and synthesizes existing research
  • Evaluates methodologies

SUBJECT AREA AND CATEGORY

  • Business, Management and Accounting
    • Business and International Management
    • Strategy and Management

Publication Ethics Statement

Strategic Management Innovation Journal  (SMIJ) publishes high-quality work by enforcing a rigorous peer-review process and ensuring that high-quality scientific works are added to the field of scholarly publication. In cases of plagiarism, data falsification, and incorrect authorship credit, SMIJ takes these ethical publication issues very seriously and follows a zero-tolerance policy. SMIJ uses TURNITIN for all submissions to ensure the originality of the content.

Copyright / Open Access Policy

This journal is dedicated to offering immediate, free, open access to its scholarly content, grounded in the belief that accessible research enriches the global exchange of knowledge. Accordingly, all articles are freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) 4.0. In line with the Budapest Open Access Initiative's (BOAI) principles, this journal ensures that anyone can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of our articles for any lawful purpose without the need for prior permission from either the publisher or the author.

Copyright, Publication Rights, Licensing, and Repository Policy

  • The author(s) retain copyright over their work published by our journal, without restrictions.
  • Authors are granted the freedom to retain publishing rights without limitations.
  • The legal framework and formal attributes of articles published in our journal adhere to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To this effect, all published articles, including their formats (e.g., PDF), will bear the notation:
    • © Year by the author(s). Licensed and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
  • Authors are empowered to utilize their published articles in any manner they choose, provided they attribute the work to the journal using the specified citation format of the published article.

Repository Policy: Authors are explicitly authorized to deposit any version of their article—be it the author's original version, the accepted manuscript, or the version of record—on personal websites, institutional repositories, or other non-commercial repositories of their choice. Additionally, the policy extends to commercial platforms and social media, promoting broad dissemination.

Article Version Posting Permissions

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Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Inclusion in LOCKSS/CLOCKSS Archival System

Archival Policy

SMIJ is preserved in the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and PKP Preservation Network (PN) archival systems to ensure that our content is securely and permanently archived, safeguarding the accessibility of the journal's corpus for future generations. These initiatives provide a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. This collaboration reflects our dedication to the long-term availability and stability of scholarly records.  The URL to the LockSS Publisher Manifest for the journal is https://icrp.org.uk/journal/index.php/SMIJ/gateway/lockss.

Announcement and Advertisement

Call for papers, and all academic activities, such as conferences, are announced for free in the journal's News & Announcements section. Advertisements can be placed on the relevant website, through email marketing, and on social media.