Strategy Under Extreme Institutional Shock: Scenario Planning, Foresight, and Strategic Management in the Face of Radical Uncertainty

Call for Papers

Journal: Journal of Strategy and Management
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30 March 2027
Expected Publication: January 2029

The Journal of Strategy and Management invites submissions for its Special Issue on Strategy Under Extreme Institutional Shock: Scenario Planning, Foresight, and Strategic Management in the Face of Radical Uncertainty.

About the Special Issue

This Special Issue explores how organizations respond to extreme institutional shocks that fundamentally disrupt the assumptions, norms, and structures guiding strategic decision-making. It focuses on how organizations build resilience, maintain legitimacy, adapt to uncertainty, and make strategic choices during periods of profound institutional transformation.

The issue welcomes research on organizational responses to crises such as pandemics, geopolitical conflicts, climate change, cyber threats, and the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It seeks theoretical, empirical, and practical insights into strategic foresight, scenario planning, resilience, and governance that can help organizations navigate radical uncertainty and institutional disruption.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

Extreme institutional shocks and strategy
High-impact, low-probability (HILP) events
Dynamic capabilities under radical uncertainty
Organizational resilience and strategic adaptation
Strategic responses to pandemics, climate change, AI, and cyber threats
Institutional legitimacy and organizational trust
Managerial sensemaking and cognitive framing
Strategy-as-practice during institutional disruption
Real options reasoning under uncertainty
Strategic foresight and scenario planning

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

Original Research Articles
Empirical Studies
Conceptual Papers
Theoretical Contributions
Methodological Papers
Interdisciplinary Research

Submission Information

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30 March 2027
Expected Publication: January 2029
Manuscripts must be submitted through ScholarOne Manuscripts.
All submissions must follow the journal's official Author Guidelines.
Manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

Guest Editors

James Bezjian
Jose Godinez
Veselina Stoyanova
Arpit Sharma

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