Continuing the dialogue about the use of special issues by journals in the field of management, this commentary focuses on McKinley's belief that the creation of special issues was motivated by the desire of journal editors to influence the flow of submissions to their journal and is thus a form of vertical integration. The author largely agrees with McKinley's belief but thinks that the analogy to vertical integration may be a bit of a stretch. If journal editors want to get serious about vertical integration, though, the author has several suggestions that might help them.
