Strategy Under Extreme Institutional Shock: Scenario Planning, Foresight, and Strategic Management in the Face of Radical Uncertainty
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Strategy Under Extreme Institutional Shock: Scenario Planning, Foresight, and Strategic Management in the Face of Radical Uncertainty
Journal: Journal of Strategy and Management
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 30 March 2027
Expected Publication: January 2029
This Special Issue invites scholarly contributions examining how organizations formulate and adapt strategy when extreme disruptions fundamentally alter established institutional conditions, assumptions, sources of authority, and decision-making frameworks.
About the Special Issue
Organizations increasingly operate in environments shaped by profound disruptions, including pandemics, geopolitical conflicts, climate-related disasters, cyber threats, and rapid developments in generative artificial intelligence.
The Special Issue seeks to advance understanding of how organizations respond to such extreme institutional shocks, particularly how they:
Make strategic decisions under radical uncertainty
Adapt to rapidly changing institutional environments
Build organizational resilience
Maintain or rebuild legitimacy and stakeholder trust
Use strategic foresight and scenario planning
Interpret uncertainty through managerial sensemaking
Develop dynamic capabilities in response to unprecedented change
The issue also connects these challenges with broader societal resilience and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 8, SDG 9, and SDG 16.
Key Research Areas
Extreme Institutional Shocks (EIS) and strategy theory
High-Impact, Low-Probability (HILP) events
Strategic decision-making under radical uncertainty
Dynamic capabilities under extreme novelty and uncertainty
Organizational resilience and strategic adaptation
Knightian uncertainty and strategic clarity
Strategic responses to pandemics and geopolitical disruptions
Climate tipping points and organizational strategy
AI discontinuities and algorithmic authority
Institutional legitimacy and trust erosion
Re-legitimation following paradigm shocks
Managerial sensemaking under extreme ambiguity
Cognitive framing during institutional disruption
Strategy-as-practice during periods of major disruption
Real Options reasoning under Knightian uncertainty
Strategic foresight and scenario planning
Strategic responses to paradigm-breaking events
Guest Editors
James Bezjian, Jose Godinez, Veselina Stoyanova, Arpit Sharma
Key Dates
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 30 March 2027
Special Issue Publication: January 2029
Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted through the Journal of Strategy and Management ScholarOne portal.
Authors should carefully review and follow the journal's submission and formatting requirements.
Guest Editor Contact
James Bezjian, PhD
The Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Email: jbezjian@citadel.edu
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