Guest Editors’ Introduction: The frontiers of strategic management research

This is an exciting time for scholarly research in the area of strategic management. After decades of lack of self-confidence about its intellectual heritage and influence, the field of strategic management has grown by leaps and bounds in the past two decades to establish itself as a distinct and well-accepted field of scholarly research in the field of management In light of the current growing pace and breadth in strategic management research, we believe this is an appropriate time to take stock of the considerable volume of research generated in the last two decades, draw some lessons and set an agenda for future research. Towards this end, this special issue brings together a team of leading experts to undertake a comprehensive in-depth review of five active research fronts in strategic management and to provide pointers for future research endeavours.