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smj-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript within the live strategy conversation. Structures the framing and gap; it does not build the mechanism (see smj-theory-development) or frame the contribution claim (see smj-contribution-framing).
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# Literature Positioning (smj-literature-positioning)
## When to trigger
- Your literature review is a chronological list of "X found… Y found…"
- The introduction never names *whose conversation* you are joining
- You cite broadly but not the specific SMJ / strategy stream you extend
- Reviewers might say "I don't see what's new here" or "this ignores recent work in this area"
## The conversation principle
SMJ papers do not survey a field — they **enter a specific scholarly conversation** and move it forward. Your job is to identify the live debate (e.g., the boundary conditions of dynamic capabilities; whether alliance experience helps or hurts; the performance effects of board independence) and show precisely where it is stuck or unresolved.
## Positioning structure (funnel)