Post Graduate Consortium

 

Graduate Consortium

Graduate Consortium will take place during ISMC2026 Conference. This event will be open to graduate and doctoral students working in the field of strategic management and related areas. The ISMC2026 Graduate Consortium aims to facilitate a collegial and affirmative environment where graduate students currently working on their thesis in the area of Strategic Management and relevant fields can share and present their work and receive constructive feedback from the scholars working in Strategic Management and related fields. We would like you to encourage your students to attend and participate in our consortium during ISMC2026.

In this sense,

  • the submissions of the students will not be going through our regular paper evaluation process. Instead, those submissions will be evaluated by ISMC2026 Graduate Consortium Committee and the relevance of the submissions to the Conference will be checked by the Conference Organizing Committee.
  • accepted papers can be presented face-to-face in Cluj-Napoca, Romania or online.
  • accepted papers will be included in the conference booklet as an extended abstract.
  • presentations will be discussed and feedback will be provided by our expert panel of senior academics to improve those studies
  • best papers will be rewarded
  • participation will be limited to 15 students
  • for participation the candidates must submit a Structured Extended Abstract by July 13, 2026. Acceptance notifications will be sent via e-mail to all applicants by July 27, 2025.
  • the accepted students are asked to fill out attached registration form and submitted to Conference Secretariat by August 31, 2026.
  • the accepted students will not pay conference registration fee and will be able to attend regular conference sessions and other events during the conference.

The extended abstracts must be prepared by following the Structured Extended Abstract Guidelines for Graduate Consortium.

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

Sincerely,

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

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


KEY DATES FOR THE GRADUATE CONSORTIUM STUDENTS

July 13, 2026: Due Date for Submission of Structured Extended Abstract

July 27, 2026: Notification of Acceptance/Revisions of the Submissions

August 31, 2026: Deadline for Early Registration