Corporate Finance 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Financial Studies (ISSN 2227-7072).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 1109
Special Issue Editor
Interests: corporate finance; capital structure; equity offerings; hedge funds; financial education; personal finance; retirement planning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue covers the general theme of corporate finance and so seeks papers focusing on how companies address funding sources, capital structure decision-making, business growth, and investment decisions. Corporate finance is concerned with maximizing equity per share value through short-term and long-term financial planning and the implementation of sound management policies and financial strategies. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include:
- Literature review.
- Capital budgeting.
- Capital structure.
- Dividend policy.
- Working capital management.
- Security issuance.
- Costs of capital.
- Corporate governance.
- Valuation for all ownership forms: nonprofits, corporations, pass-throughs, etc.
- Pedagogical applications of corporate finance topics.
Prof. Dr. Rob Hull
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Financial Studies is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- corporate finance
- capital structure
- financial distress
- agency theory
- working capital
- investment banking
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