Open Access Policy

The Global Journal of Strategic Management and Business Development follows an open-access publishing approach to promote wider accessibility and dissemination of scholarly research in strategic management, corporate governance, and business expansion.

The journal aims to provide researchers, corporate strategists, management scholars, executive leaders, policy analysts, students, and the global business community with immediate, barrier-free access to valuable research contributions across diverse business disciplines.

Published articles are made available through the official journal platform to support global knowledge sharing, interdisciplinary academic collaboration, and strategic business development. Readers can access and use published content for educational, corporate, and research purposes while ensuring appropriate acknowledgment and formal citation of the original work.

The journal encourages the responsible use and distribution of scholarly information while respecting authors’ intellectual contributions and applicable copyright requirements. Authors grant the journal the necessary rights to publish, distribute, and make their accepted articles available through the official journal platform under a Creative Commons framework.

ACCESS MODEL 100% Gold Open Access
LICENSING PROTOCOL CC BY 4.0 Standard
PERMANENT CITATION Crossref DOI Assigned

Key Benefits of Open Access Publishing

Our open-access model maximizes the impact and global reach of published strategic management and business research:

Global Strategic Visibility

Free and unrestricted online access ensures strategic studies reach corporate executives, universities, consultancies, and research institutions worldwide without paywalls.

Higher Citation Trajectory

Open-access articles experience increased readership, download rates, and citation frequencies across scholarly management databases and business literature.

Executive & Practical Impact

Immediate accessibility allows corporate leaders, management consultants, and strategists to apply research directly to business decision-making and expansion.

Retention of Copyright

Authors retain ownership of their intellectual property under standard Creative Commons licensing while granting the journal publishing and distribution rights.

Licensing and Rights Parameters

Creative Commons License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), permitting sharing, copying, and adaptation with proper credit.
Author Copyright Ownership Authors retain copyright without restrictions and grant the journal non-exclusive first-publication rights.
Self-Archiving Rights Authors may deposit pre-prints, post-prints, or published PDF versions in institutional repositories and personal websites immediately upon publication.
Permanent Metadata Mapping Every manuscript is assigned a permanent Crossref Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and formatted for indexing library catalogers.

Scholarly Commitment: The Global Journal of Strategic Management and Business Development is committed to maintaining transparent and ethical open-access practices by supporting free access to scholarly knowledge, responsible publishing standards, and long-term availability of academic content. The journal believes that open access strengthens global research communication and encourages collaboration among scholars and institutions worldwide.