Olga Petričević, University of Calgary

Christos N. Pitelis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Stratos Ramoglou, University of Bristol

Catherine L. Wang, Brunel University of London

Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota

This special issue examines how entrepreneurial firms internationalize amid systemic disruptions from geopolitical, technological, and institutional shocks. Rather than treating disruption as occasional crisis, it positions persistent turbulence as the default operating condition reshaping how ventures compete globally. The focus shifts from traditional questions about early entry timing to how firms adapt, survive, and reconfigure while designing new competitive advantages.

The call seeks research integrating strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, and innovation to understand how entrepreneurial agency interacts with systemic shocks. It invites theoretical and empirical work examining strategic reconfiguration, dynamic capabilities, and knowledge mobility in fragmented global contexts, investigating how ventures develop dexterity, orchestrate cross-border relationships and digital infrastructures, navigate regulatory complexity, and build resilience amid technological volatility and geopolitical realignment.

Appel publié par Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Geopolitical bifurcation and regulatory fragmentation
• Timing and sequencing of internationalization
• Temporary, relational, and ecosystem-based advantage
• Foreign market entry modes under disruption
• Strategic dexterity and resource orchestration
• Dynamic capabilities in fragmented global ecosystems
• Digital infrastructures and interorganizational alliances
• Non-market and political capabilities
• Cross-border knowledge creation and protection
• Talent and digital capital mobility
• Location strategy and geopolitical safe zones
• Business model innovation in disrupted contexts
• Entrepreneurial judgment under persistent turbulence

Timeline

• January 1, 2027: Submission window opens
• March 31, 2027: Submission deadline

Associate editors

• Yong Li, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Susan Sharma, Deakin University

Zhenhua Zhang, Lanzhou University

Jinjun Xue, Nagoya University

Geopolitical tensions are causing significant disruptions in global energy markets, fundamentally affecting energy security and economic stability in emerging markets. These shocks create complex challenges including energy accessibility issues, imported inflation, trade imbalances, and capital flow disruptions that threaten macroeconomic stability and development trajectories.

This special issue seeks to understand how energy security and economic dynamics interact within emerging markets facing geopolitical pressures. The focus is on examining transmission channels between energy sector shocks and broader economic effects, as well as policy responses that emerging economies are implementing through energy diversification, financial hedging, supply chain resilience, and green energy transitions.

The special issue welcomes theoretical and empirical research exploring the interconnections between energy security and economic dynamics, with emphasis on implications for macroeconomic stability, financial resilience, industrial restructuring, sustainable growth, and socioeconomic development in emerging markets.

Appel publié par Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Geopolitical shocks: Transmission to energy markets and economic activities
• Energy security strategies and their impacts on investment, trade, and industrial dynamics
• Financial market volatility and energy security financing
• Cross-border capital flows, exchange rates, and the vulnerability of energy imports
• The role of hedging strategies in energy markets for mitigating economic risks
• Trade pattern restructuring, energy diversification, and economic resilience
• Financing the green energy transition amid geopolitical risks
• Energy price volatility, corporate productivity, and overall economic performance
• A comprehensive policy framework balancing energy security and economic stability
• The socioeconomic impacts of energy insecurity in emerging markets
• Geopolitical shocks, trade policy uncertainty, and international economic development
• The green energy transition and energy security resilience
• Accelerating energy transition through green innovation amid energy risks
• Supply chain resilience and economic development under trade policy uncertainty

Timeline

• August 1, 2026: Open date for paper submission
• July 15, 2027: End date for paper submission

This is a special joint initiative between the British Journal of Management and the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, focusing on how organisations and supply chains are being reshaped in response to interconnected polycrisis challenges involving climate, geopolitical, economic, and technological shocks.

Appel publié par British Journal of Management. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• November 1, 2026: Paper submission window opens
• January 31, 2027: Paper submission window closes

Jonathan Doh, Villanova University

Srividya Jandhyala, ESSEC Business School

Yadong Luo, University of Miami

Grazia D. Santangelo, Copenhagen Business School

Rising political turbulence globally—including violent conflicts, regime changes, geopolitical tensions, and trade wars—increasingly affects organizations across sectors. This special issue seeks evidence-based insights to help managers and organizations navigate these challenges, filling the gap between academic theory and practical managerial guidance on operating effectively under political turbulence.

The special issue welcomes rigorous submissions addressing how organizations and managers can understand, influence, and adapt to political risks and disruptions. Papers should provide actionable insights grounded in robust empirical evidence or conceptual frameworks, directly addressing real-world managerial and policy issues. The journal prioritizes practitioner-accessible work that guides organizational behavior and policy decisions rather than theory-driven research.

Appel publié par Academy of Management Perspectives. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Understanding different types and forms of political turbulence and their classification
• Rethinking corporate political strategies and integration of political activities
• Reorganizing and realigning geographically diversified operations in response to political change
• Managing stakeholder nationalism and organizational political positioning
• The role of new technologies (AI, blockchain, digital intelligence) in political risk management
• Managing corporate innovation while navigating national security and political constraints
• Navigating talent management and migration under anti-immigration political turbulence

Timeline

• September 1, 2026: Submission window opens
• September 30, 2026: Final submission deadline at 23:59 ET (DST+1, UTC-4)

Associate editors

• Tazeeb Rajwani, University of Surrey

Lydia Bals, Mainz University of Applied Sciences

Virpi Turkulainen, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

Organization design has been proposed to be contingent upon a broad spectrum of external and internal factors since the 1960s. Recent developments in technologies and geopolitical landscape offer a timely and important research area. Novel perspectives are needed on how processes and organization designs in operations and supply chain management (OSCM) are changing. Both sound theoretical base and appropriate methodology should drive novel perspectives on how OSCM processes and organization designs are evolving. Novel insights can pertain to the domain, the variables, variable relationships as well as predicted outcomes.

Appel publié par International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• OSCM processes: implications of emerging technologies and geopolitical disruptions on different aspects of OSCM processes, such as how absorptive capacity influences technology adoption, or how specific new technologies (e.g., regenerative AI, additive manufacturing, blockchain) or new regulations affect supply network dynamics
• OSCM organization design: incorporating technologies and geopolitics as contingency factors in models of organization design, managing division of tasks and coordination of work between IT and supply chain, operations, procurement and logistics functions, moving beyond human-centric organization designs toward designing systems composed of human and non-human knowledge workers, understanding how geopolitical disruptions affect organization design aspects on a global scale
• Technology-based decision-making: understanding factors affecting division of labor between humans and AI, coordinating work between technology and humans as decision-makers, integrating robot bosses into OSCM processes
• Competence development: identifying competences OSCM personnel need considering emerging technologies, understanding critical situations that OSCM professionals need to cope with

Timeline

• February 1, 2026: Closing date for abstract/proposal submission
• March 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscript submissions
• October 31, 2026: Closing date for manuscript submission