Transformative Corporate Finance and Governance
A topical collection in Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This collection belongs to the section "Business and Entrepreneurship".
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Interests: corporate finance; corporate governance; quantitative finance; sustainable development
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Topical Collection Information
Dear Colleagues,
Corporate finance and governance are undergoing a profound transformation driven by evolving capital market structures, intensified information asymmetries, and the growing integration of sustainability considerations and technological innovation into corporate decision-making. This Topical Collection aims to advance rigorous theoretical and empirical research on how corporate financial policies and governance mechanisms jointly determine firm value, risk exposure, and long-term performance.
Firms operate within increasingly complex financial environments characterized by heightened market volatility, regulatory scrutiny, and evolving stakeholder expectations. In this context, corporate financial decisions related to capital structure, investment policy, liquidity management, and payout distribution have become increasingly complex and consequential. At the same time, governance structures—including ownership concentration, board effectiveness, managerial incentives, and disclosure quality—play a critical role in mitigating agency conflicts and shaping corporate financial outcomes.
Contributions employing advanced quantitative methods and rigorous empirical frameworks are encouraged, particularly those addressing key issues in corporate finance and governance, including capital structure dynamics, investment efficiency, payout and dividend policy, firm valuation, governance quality and performance, ESG integration in financial decision-making, and the transmission and propagation of financial shocks across firms, sectors, and global markets.
By integrating corporate finance theory with governance perspectives, this Collection seeks to deepen understanding of corporate financial behavior and value creation within increasingly complex and globally interconnected financial systems.
Prof. Dr. Ştefan Cristian Gherghina
Collection Editor
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Keywords
- corporate finance
- corporate governance
- ESG integration
- sustainable finance
- financial innovation
- digital transformation in finance
- fintech and financial technology
- artificial intelligence applications in finance
- risk governance and risk management
- behavioral corporate finance
- capital markets
- firm value and performance
- institutional investors
