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strategic-management-journal

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Use when targeting Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) or deciding whether a strategy / firm-performance manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

When to use

• targeting Strategic Management Journal (SMJ)
• deciding whether a strategy / firm-performance manuscript fits this venue
• competitive advantage, firm performance, corporate or business strategy
• diversification, alliances, M&A, governance, or capabilities
• re-framing a management paper around a strategy-theory contribution
• identifying SMJ desk-reject risks
• generating alternative journal lists

When not to use

• replacing the journal's current official submission guidelines
• OB or general-management studies without a strategy core
• pure strategy theory without data
• organization theory, innovation, or computational studies
• sociology of organizations
• broad management empirics or meta-analysis
• European theory-method tradition
• international or global strategy

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