Empirical Advances in Corporate Finance and Governance Under Emerging Risks and Strategic Challenges
A special issue of Risks (ISSN 2227-9091).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1939
Special Issue Editors
Interests: corporate finance; corporate governance; Asian financial markets
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In today’s volatile global landscape, corporate financial decision-making and governance structures are increasingly shaped by a wide array of emerging risks and strategic pressures. Inflationary pressures, climate transition policies, digitalization, and cybersecurity threats are fundamentally reshaping how companies structure their finances and design governance strategies to maintain resilience, competitiveness, and accountability.
This Special Issue seeks to explore recent empirical advancements in corporate finance and governance, with a particular focus on how organizations respond to emerging risk factors and adapt to evolving stakeholder expectations. We welcome empirical studies—drawing on archival data, experimental methods, or novel econometric approaches—that investigate the dynamic interplay between firm behavior, financial policy, and governance mechanisms under uncertainty.
We especially encourage interdisciplinary approaches and studies with practical implications for investors, policymakers, and corporate leaders. Submissions that bridge corporate finance with environmental economics, risk analytics, or strategic management are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Capital structure adjustments during financial shocks or crises;
- Board composition, ownership structure, and risk management;
- Institutional investors and shareholder activism;
- Risk-adjusted corporate performance and managerial compensation;
- ESG-related financial disclosure and governance response;
- Cross-country evidence on governance under systemic or regulatory risk;
- Corporate financial policies in the face of digital disruption and AI;
- Cybersecurity risk and corporate financial policies;
- Corporate response to green transition, carbon pricing, or sustainability regulation;
- Emerging market perspectives on governance and risk resilience.
Dr. Hsin-I (Daisy) Chou
Dr. Ha Truong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- corporate finance
- corporate governance
- systemic risk
- ESG disclosure
- capital structure
- shareholder activism
- risk management
- digital transformation
- sustainability regulation
- emerging markets
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