[ecrea] Special Issue on Strategic Management in the Media (Creative) Industries / Journal of Media Business Studies

Journal of Media Business Studies

Special Issue on Strategic Management in the Media (Creative) Industries

Guest Editor: Sabine Baumann

Call for Papers

The media (creative) industries are going through a period of 
accelerating change, transformation and disruption driven by rapid 
technology developments. Obviously, these developments have profound 
effects on management strategies and industry development. Articles from 
media management and media economics scholars have studied the 
phenomenon mostly from empirical angles, while general and strategic 
management scholars have used media abundantly as a field of 
investigation for theory-building, but not for advancing insights about 
the functioning of the industries per se. What seems to be missing is a 
stronger scholarly exchange in order to tap into the mutual synergies by 
introducing advanced theories of strategic management to studies of 
media (creative) sectors.

The aim of this special issue on Strategic Management in the Media 
(Creative) Industries is (1) to advance our understanding of the media 
(creative) industries by examining specificities of strategic management 
and strategy work in the media context, and (2) to shed light on the 
strategic approaches of media firms to manage the challenges and threats 
of a high-velocity business environment, in order to (3) advance 
strategic media management theory.

Specific topics of relevance to this special issue and upon which 
submissions are invited include, but are not limited to:

• How do ecosystems in the media (creative) industries differ from other 
industry sectors in terms of their strategic management?

• How does research on the specificities of the media (creative) 
industries challenge or expand theories in strategic management?

• How can media firms build and maintain competitive advantage in a 
changing world characterized by increasing uncertainty, complexity and 
competition?

• How can strategic management research in the areas of platform 
markets, networks, multi-sided markets, ambidexterity, sharing, and 
crowdfunding be applied to the media (creative) industries?

• How can theories from strategic management explain particular 
strategic leadership challenges faced by media companies?

• How can the strategic drivers of family firms and other ownership 
forms in the media (creative) industries be explained?

• What can other technology-driven industries affected by vertical 
unbundling and industry convergence learn from strategic management of 
media organizations?

The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2018. Please mark your 
submission as special issue submission. Questions regarding the special 
issue can be directed to the guest editor (sabine.baumann /at/ jade-hs.de) 
<mailto:(sabine.baumann /at/ jade-hs.de)>.

Full details about the journal and the prescribed format for manuscript 
submissions can be found at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/romb.

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