Emerging Topics in Business Risk
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Business and Entrepreneurship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1203
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The business environment is becoming increasingly complex, with new risks arising from various aspects, including technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, regulation intensity, decentralized finance, supply chains, and evolving consumer behaviors. Traditional risk management frameworks often struggle to keep pace with these changes, making it crucial for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to explore emerging trends in business risk. This Special Issue, titled “Emerging Topics in Business Risk”, aims to bring together cutting-edge research on contemporary and forward-looking risks facing businesses across different industries and regions. By assembling diverse contributions, it aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of novel risks, their implications, and innovative approaches to managing them. It should inspire further research into how businesses can navigate an increasingly uncertain world.
We seek research on the heterogenous effect of risk factors on corporations, the link between business risk and aggregate economic output, and how firms hedge against risk under various circumstances. We also encourage research on the effect of regulation conditional on firm-specific characteristics at the micro level and during different time frames at the macro level, which may potentially help us reconcile the positive and negative views of regulation on economic development. Both empirical and theoretical studies are welcome, with a preference for the former.
Dr. Hui Liang James
Prof. Dr. Vivek K. Pandey
Prof. Dr. Hongxia Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- business risk
- risk management
- geopolitical risk
- supply chain disruption
- technological disruption
- cybersecurity threats
- regulatory compliance
- reputational risk
- digital transformation risks
- ESG (environmental, social, and governance) risks
- emerging market risks
- M&A (mergers and acquisitions) risk
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