Driving Corporate and Economic Performance: Insights on Innovation, Sustainable and Digital Finance
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability and Finance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 337
Editors
Interests: asset pricing; corporate and risk governance; risk modelling; sustainable finance
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Interests: corporate finance; asset pricing; international finance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites original research contributions in the areas of corporate innovation, sustainable corporate practice, and financial technology (FinTech). Recognizing that each of these areas represents a significant field of study on its own, we welcome submissions in each area and papers that explore their intersections and combined impacts affecting corporate finance and investments.
The objective of the Special Issue is to advance theoretical and empirical understanding of how innovation, corporate social responsibility, ESG practices, SDG alignment, and FinTech-driven solutions are shaping economies and firms.
Topics of interest include
- Corporate governance, innovation and sustainable ecosystems, and digital transformation strategies;
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR), ESG integration, and stakeholder value creation;
- Sustainable finance, FinTech, and impact investing models;
- Empirical corporate finance or investment studies related to SDGs 8, 9, and 12, with potential links to SDGs 13, 16, and 17, primarily emphasize research on innovation, digital, and/or sustainable finance.
The Special Issue welcomes original empirical research articles, review papers, conceptual studies, and case analyses. Submissions addressing a single domain or multiple domains are equally encouraged.
Dr. Doureige Jurdi
Dr. Hui Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- innovations
- sustainable finance
- FinTech
- impact investing
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