Writer’s Guidelines

strategy+business is published quarterly for a readership of senior executives, as well as academics and students of business and management. Our subject is the field of management and business decision making — particularly the trends, issues, insights, philosophies, and research that can affect significant decisions, and the ways those decisions play out in practice.

Our readers are sophisticated and pragmatic, conscious of the role that corporations play in the world at large, and willing to entertain ideas to go beyond conventional wisdom.

Our articles are strategic: They propose change or action over the long term, for the sake of sustained competitive advantage or to realize other forms of ongoing value. Within that context, they cover everything from policies and trends to applications of supply chain management, information technology, marketing, finance, and human resources.

We are always on the lookout for significant work that could make a difference to a company’s or an organization’s success. We like to be surprised by ideas that wouldn’t have occurred to us, but that are ideal for our audience.

We are interested in original research, analysis, and surveys, from academic or organizational researchers, that highlight trends and issues that have otherwise gone unnoticed. We prefer to publish clear, accessibly written articles that distinguish empirical data from the implications, and conclusions from speculation — but that could include all of the above.

We welcome queries from business journalists; we regularly publish profiles of significant management thinkers (in our Creative Mind series) and articles about companies undergoing deliberate transformation and change. We also publish “knowledge reviews” — essays on a single subject that critique and recommend information sources, such as books, magazines, and Web sites.

We consider excerpts from completed manuscripts that have not yet appeared in print.

We decline articles that seek primarily to market a product, consulting practice, or service, or that are limited to a narrow or functional focus.

The best way to know if your idea is a good fit is to read a recent issue, for example, on our Web site (www.strategy-business.com).

To have a proposal considered for inclusion in strategy+business, please send a three to four paragraph summary of your thesis, with a short author biography, to our editorial offices (strategy+business Editors, 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178) or to the following e-mail address: editors@strategy-business.com.

Because of the large number of submissions we receive, we cannot promise to reply to every proposal. But we are aware that every magazine depends, for its quality, on conversations with the world at large, and if you have something to say that cannot be ignored in a strategic context for business organizations, we are interested in hearing from you.