CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Scope & Guideline
Elevating Academic Discourse in Strategy and Management
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Open Innovation and Collaboration:
The journal emphasizes the importance of open innovation, exploring how organizations can leverage external ideas, technologies, and partnerships to enhance innovation processes and outcomes. - Digital Transformation and Technology Integration:
A core focus lies in understanding how organizations can effectively navigate digital transformation, incorporating emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain, and immersive virtual environments into their business models. - Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
The journal explores sustainable business practices and the role of CSR in driving organizational value and societal impact, highlighting innovative approaches to sustainability challenges. - Strategic Agility and Organizational Change:
Research often addresses the need for organizations to remain agile in the face of change, examining strategies for fostering agility within teams and across organizational structures. - Ecosystem and Network Management:
A consistent theme is the management of complex ecosystems, emphasizing strategies for navigating interdependencies among various stakeholders, including startups, incumbents, and other entities.
Trending and Emerging
- The Metaverse and Virtual Workspaces:
Recent publications highlight the exploration of the metaverse as a new frontier for organizational interaction, innovation, and collaboration, indicating a growing interest in how virtual environments can reshape business practices. - Digital Service Innovation:
There is a rising emphasis on digital service innovation, particularly in addressing the needs of underserved markets, indicating a shift towards leveraging technology to enhance service delivery. - AI and Human-Machine Collaboration:
The integration of AI into organizational processes and the dynamics of human-machine collaboration are emerging as significant themes, reflecting the increasing importance of technology in enhancing productivity and decision-making. - Agility in Organizational Structures:
Papers have increasingly focused on the concept of agility, examining how organizations can develop agile structures and practices to respond more effectively to market changes and disruptions. - Sustainability Innovations:
A notable trend is the exploration of innovative approaches to sustainability, particularly in how organizations can implement and measure impactful sustainability practices within their operations.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Management Theories:
There has been a noticeable decrease in papers focused on classical management theories and frameworks, as the journal increasingly prioritizes contemporary issues and innovative management practices. - Generalized Leadership Studies:
Research exploring broad, generalized leadership concepts appears to be waning, with a shift towards more specialized studies on leadership in specific contexts, such as agile teams or digital environments. - Static Business Models:
The exploration of static or traditional business models has diminished in favor of dynamic models that emphasize adaptability and innovation, particularly in the context of digital transformation. - Conventional Risk Management Approaches:
The journal has seen fewer articles on conventional risk management strategies, as it pivots towards more integrated and adaptive approaches that consider the complexities of modern business ecosystems.
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