Call for Chapter Proposals
Teaching Strategic Management in the Digital and Societal Transformation Era
Edited book to be published by Edward Elgar Publishing
("Elgar Guides to Teaching" series)
Editor:
Sabine Baumann
Strategic management has long been a core element of management education across undergraduate, graduate, MBA, and executive programs. At the same time, the context in which strategy is taught has changed fundamentally. Digital platforms and ecosystems, artificial intelligence, sustainability imperatives, and heightened environmental uncertainty increasingly shape both strategic management research and practice. These developments not only redefine what is taught in strategy courses, but also how strategic management can be taught effectively.
This edited volume brings together contributions that engage with these shifts and explore how strategic management teaching can be adapted to contemporary conditions. Building on prior work on strategy education, the volume focuses on the intersection of evolving strategy content and pedagogical practice. The aim is to develop a set of contributions that are conceptually grounded, but at the same time practically useful for instructors designing and delivering strategy courses.
Scope and Topics
The volume is structured around three broad areas and invites contributions that speak to one or more of the following themes:
Contemporary strategy content and its implications for teaching
· Platforms, ecosystems, and networked competition
· Artificial intelligence and strategic decision-making
· Sustainability, responsibility, and long-term value creation
· Strategy under uncertainty, crisis, and geopolitical risk
Pedagogical approaches and teaching formats
· Simulation-based learning and interactive tools
· Live cases, industry collaboration, and practice-based formats
· Design thinking, foresight, and creative approaches to strategy
· Use of digital tools, data, and AI in strategy teaching
Learner groups and teaching contexts
· Undergraduate, graduate, and MBA strategy education
· Executive education and professional learning
· Online, hybrid, and international classroom
· Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary teaching settings
Chapters should go beyond general reflections and provide conceptually grounded contributions with clear implications for course design and classroom practice.
Publishing Information
The edited volume will be published in the "Elgar Guides to Teaching" series of Edward Elgar Publishing, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/book-series/business-and-management/elgar-guides-to-teaching.html
Chapters will be 5,000 to 7,000 words in length. All chapters will be peer-reviewed and included in the Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Index and Scopus.
Submission Guidelines
Prospective authors are invited to submit a chapter (approximately 800–1,000 words) outlining:
– the focus and contribution of the chapter
– its relevance for strategic management education
– the intended teaching approach or format
Please include a short author biography (3–5 lines).
Timeline
May 24, 2026: Proposal (approx. 800-1000 words) submitted to editor
August 30, 2026: First draft of chapter due
November 30, 2026: Reviewed first draft of chapter returned to contributors
March 31, 2027: Contributors deliver final work
Late 2027: Teaching Strategic Management in the Digital and Societal Transformation Era Publication
Submission and Inquiries
Please send the book chapter proposal to the editor:
Sabine Baumann
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (Berlin School of Economics and Law)
sabine.baumann@hwr-berlin.de
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Sabine Baumann
Full Professor
Berlin School of Economics and Law
Berlin
Germany
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