Strategic Management Society

The Strategic Management Society (SMS) is an international professional organization dedicated to advancing strategic management as a field of research, teaching, and managerial practice. Its membership brings together academics, business practitioners, and consultants, creating a forum intended to connect scholarly inquiry with the strategic problems faced by organizations. The society has members from more than seventy countries and has been described as an important contributor to the establishment and development of strategic management as a recognized area of scholarly endeavor. The society originated in a series of meetings held in the early 1980s. An initial meeting took place in London in 1981, founding officers were elected at a second conference in Montreal in 1982, and a founding constitution was prepared and approved during a third meeting in Paris in 1983. The organization began with 459 founding members. Its institutional development was closely associated with the growth of strategic management as an interdisciplinary field spanning organization theory, economics, leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, international business, and competitive analysis. SMS operates primarily through publications, conferences, professional communities, awards and fellowships, and research support. Its principal journals are the Strategic Management Journal, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and the Global Strategy Journal. The Strategic Management Journal serves as the society's established flagship journal and addresses subjects including strategic resource allocation, organizational structure, leadership, entrepreneurship, organizational purpose, environmental analysis, planning, and strategic decision-making. The Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal focuses on the relationship between strategy and entrepreneurial processes, including innovation, uncertainty, technology, opportunity, creativity, growth, and the social role of entrepreneurship. The Global Strategy Journal addresses international and global strategy, multinational enterprises, global networks, location, comparative strategy, international innovation, knowledge, and emerging economies. The society also supports a book series published in cooperation with Wiley-Blackwell. The series is designed to connect strategic management theory with practice by presenting and testing concepts that can be applied to organizational decision-making. In addition to its publication program, SMS organizes an annual conference, generally alternating between North America and Europe, as well as special conferences focused on particular subjects or regions. These events typically combine a broad annual theme with tracks, research presentations, and practitioner-oriented sessions. Membership is open to people active in strategic management as scholars, teachers, practitioners, or consultants. The society has offered regular, student, and emeritus membership categories. Student membership is aimed at full-time doctoral students and can be held for a limited period, while emeritus membership is available to qualifying long-serving members over the age of 65. The SMS Fellows represent individuals recognized for substantial contributions to strategic management. Through the Strategy Research Foundation, an initiative associated with the society, SMS supports the creation and dissemination of new knowledge. The foundation has provided research grants through general and dissertation research programs, using calls for proposals to encourage work on important questions in strategic management. Taken together, the society's journals, meetings, professional network, fellowships, and research funding make it a field-building institution rather than a consumer-facing commercial brand.

The Strategic Management Society was formed during a period when strategic management was consolidating into a distinct academic and professional field. Its initial meeting was held in London in 1981. A second conference in Montreal in 1982 was used to elect founding officers, and the organization's constitution was drafted and approved at a third meeting in Paris in 1983. The society had 459 original founding members, reflecting an ambition to unite several communities that had often operated separately: university researchers, management educators, company practitioners, and consultants. From its beginning, SMS emphasized the interaction between theory and practice. Rather than functioning solely as an academic learned society, it created a membership structure and event program that allowed research findings, management experience, and consulting knowledge to circulate across professional boundaries. This orientation helped the society participate in the broader institutionalization of strategic management as a legitimate area of scholarly inquiry. Publishing became one of its central activities. The Strategic Management Journal, established in 1980, became the society's official journal and developed into its principal publication outlet. It covers a wide range of strategic management questions, including resource allocation, organizational design, leadership, entrepreneurship, organizational purpose, competitive and technological environments, planning, and strategic decision processes. The journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the society. The society broadened its publication portfolio with the creation of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal in 2007. This quarterly publication examines entrepreneurial activity through a strategic lens, covering innovation, risk and uncertainty, opportunity, technology, economic growth, organizational change, creativity, entrepreneurial behavior, and the relationship between entrepreneurship and strategy. Its subject matter reflects the increasing overlap between strategic management and entrepreneurship research. The Global Strategy Journal was established in 2011, with its first volume beginning with a double issue in May of that year. The journal extended the society's international scope by focusing on global and international strategy, multinational enterprises, inter-organizational networks, international performance, location, comparative strategy, global innovation, knowledge strategies, and emerging economies. SMS also developed a book series in cooperation with Wiley-Blackwell. The series is intended to present current concepts in strategic management and to maintain a connection between theoretical development and managerial application. The society's conferences provide another major channel for field development. Its annual conference has typically alternated between North American and European locations, with past meetings held in cities including Prague, Berlin, Vancouver, San Francisco, Paris, Baltimore, San Juan, Orlando, Vienna, San Diego, Cologne, and Washington, D.C. Special conferences complement the annual meeting by concentrating on specific themes or geographic regions. The membership base has expanded into a global professional network of roughly several thousand people, with participation reported from more than seventy countries. Membership categories have included regular, student, and emeritus options. The student category supports full-time doctoral researchers, while emeritus membership recognizes long-serving members who meet age and tenure requirements. The SMS Fellows program recognizes individuals who have made substantial contributions to strategic management. Research support is provided through the Strategy Research Foundation, an initiative associated with SMS. The foundation's purpose is to encourage the generation, preservation, and dissemination of new knowledge. Its programs have included general research grants and dissertation research grants, distributed through calls for proposals. Through this combination of publications, conferences, professional recognition, membership, and research funding, the society has continued to function as an international infrastructure organization for strategic management rather than as a conventional commercial enterprise.

• 2011

  Global Strategy Journal launched

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  The Global Strategy Journal began publication, expanding the society's journal portfolio into international and global strategy.

• 2007

  Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal launched

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  SMS added the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, a quarterly publication focused on entrepreneurial processes and their relationship to strategy.

• 1983

  Founding constitution approved in Paris

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  The founding constitution was drawn up and approved at the third meeting in Paris; the society recorded 459 original founding members.

• 1982

  Founding officers elected in Montreal

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  Founding officers were elected during the society's second conference in Montreal.

• 1981

  Initial founding meeting in London

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  The organization originated at an initial meeting in London, beginning the process that led to the formal creation of SMS.

• 1980

  Strategic Management Journal established

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  The Strategic Management Journal was established and later became the official journal of the Strategic Management Society.

An international bridge between strategic management scholarship and organizational practice, serving academics, executives, consultants, and doctoral researchers.

• Academic journal · 1980

  Strategic Management Journal

  The society's established flagship journal publishes research on strategic resource allocation, organizational structure, leadership, entrepreneurship, organizational purpose, competitive and technological environments, planning processes, and strategic decision-making. It serves as a major scholarly outlet for the strategic management field and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of SMS.

• Academic journal · 2007

  Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

  This quarterly journal examines entrepreneurial activity through a strategic management perspective. Its coverage includes economic growth, organizational change, risk and uncertainty, innovation, creativity, opportunity, technology, social dimensions of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial behavior, and the interaction between strategy and entrepreneurship.

• Academic journal · 2011

  Global Strategy Journal

  The Global Strategy Journal focuses on international and global strategy, including multinational enterprises, global networks, performance, location, comparative strategy, global innovation, knowledge strategies, and strategy in emerging economies. Its first volume began with a double issue in 2011.

• Professional and academic books

  SMS Book Series

  Published in cooperation with Wiley-Blackwell, the SMS Book Series presents developing concepts and topics in strategic management. The series is designed to connect theory and practice by explaining, testing, and applying ideas relevant to organizational strategy.

• Professional conference

  Annual SMS Conference

  The annual conference brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and consultants around a central strategic management theme. It generally alternates between North American and European venues and includes thematic tracks, research sessions, and presentations by specialists from multiple countries.

• Research funding

  Strategy Research Foundation programs

  The Strategy Research Foundation supports strategic management research through programs that have included general research grants and dissertation research grants. Its calls for proposals seek to encourage new knowledge and research on questions important to the field.

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