WELCOME LETTER

21^st INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

21^st International Strategic Management Conference will be held hybrid- both virtual and in-person- at Bioterra University Bucharest, Romania between the dates of September 24^th – 26^th, 2026, Thursday through Saturday. Organized by the International Strategic Management and Managers Association (ISMMA) in cooperation with Gebze Technical University, Yıldız Technical University, the Australian University- Kuwait, and with the partnership of Bioterra University Bucharest and Simbound: Educational Simulations Company from Cluj-Napoca-Romania, the 21^st International Strategic Management Conference will focus on the theme of “Leveraging Strategic Management for Triple Transformation: Digital, Environmental and Societal Aspects”. 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 fields 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 Innovation and Technology Management (indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus) - https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijitm
• International Journal of Organizational Leadership - https://ijol.cikd.ca/
• InTraders International Trade Academic Journal (indexed in TRDizin) - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/intraders
• 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

Selected high quality papers 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.

We are looking forward to your valued contributions to the 21^st International Strategic Management Conference and hope to see you in Bucharest, Romania, between the dates of September 24^th- 26^th, 2026.

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

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