WELCOME LETTER

20^th INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

20^th International Strategic Management Conference will be held in Belgrade, Serbia at The Institute of Economic Sciences, between the dates of September 11^th - 13^th, 2025, Thursday through Saturday.The conference will be hybrid- both virtual and in-person. Organized by the International Strategic Management and Managers Association (ISMMA) in cooperation with Gebze Technical University, Yıldız Technical University, the Australian University- Kuwait, and the Institute of Economic Sciences, the 20th International Strategic Management Conference will focus on the theme of “Leveraging Strategic Management for a Sustainable Digital Economy”.
The principal impact of strategic management on the recent and future developments in the fields of economy and business will be highlighted. Our distinguished participants will have the opportunity to present their valuable scientific contributions and to establish an international network among those who volunteer to communicate and study together in the field of business administration and economy.

As part of the CEDIMES/CEDIFIRM network, we will also hold sessions in French (while the papers to be submitted to the review process and all communications with the authors will be in English).

Selected papers will have a chance to be published in the following journals (Please note that some of the journals below have their separate submission process):

• Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education - JWEE (indexed in Scopus - Q2, https://www.library.ien.bg.ac.rs/index.php/jwee)
• International Journal of Organizational Leadership (indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, https://ijol.cikd.ca/)
• International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus, https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijitm)
• Journal of Global Strategic Management (an internationally refereed journal published by the International Strategic Management and Managers Association and abstracted and indexed in several indexes and databases such as EBSCO Central and Eastern European Academic Source, Cabell's, Asos, and the Global Impact Factor, http://www.isma.info/category/1-jsgm)
• Journal of Economics, Finance, and Accounting (http://www.pressacademia.org/journals/jefa)
• Journal of Management, Marketing, and Logistics (http://www.pressacademia.org/journals/jmml)
• Research Journal of Business and Management (http://www.pressacademia.org/journals/rjbmb)
• Journal of Business, Economics, and Finance (http://www.pressacademia.org/journals/jbef)
• EMAJ: Emerging Markets Journal (http://emaj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/emaj/index)
• Economic Analysis (https://www.library.ien.bg.ac.rs/index.php/ea)

High-quality papers selected by the editor will be published by IGI Global as a book chapter. Details will be announced in advance.
Papers must be submitted electronically by using the online submission system. Please send your registration form to:
Ece Nur Polat
20^th International Strategic Management Conference
E-mail: [email protected]

We are looking forward to your valued contributions to the 20^th International Strategic Management Conference and hope to see you in Belgrade, Serbia, between the dates of September 11^th - 13^th, 2025

Mehtap Özşahin (Ph.D.)
Chair of the Conference

Alper Ertürk (Ph.D.)
Co-Chair of the Conference

Vladimir Simovic (Ph.D.)
Co-Chair of the Conference