Risks in Corporate Finance
A Special Issue of Risks (ISSN 2227-9091).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1085
Editors
Interests: corporate finance; venture capital; security offerings; corporate governance
Interests: credit risk; credit derivatives; credit markets and investments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era marked by heightened uncertainty, rapid technological change, and increasingly complex global markets, understanding risks in corporate finance has gained even greater importance. Firms today face a multifaceted risk landscape that spans traditional financial exposures—such as leverage, liquidity constraints, and interest rate volatility—as well as increasingly more salient challenges including, but not limited to, geopolitical instability, regulatory transformation, cyber threats, and climate‑related disruptions. These risks shape corporate decision‑making across capital structure, investment policy, payout strategy, disclosure, and governance design, influencing both firm value and long‑term resilience.
This Special Issue aims to garner research that deepens our understanding of how firms confront and manage these evolving risks. We seek work that examines corporate risk‑taking, risk management practices, institutional and legal environments, and their implications for corporate financial management policies. Contributions that offer new empirical evidence, theoretical insights, or interdisciplinary perspectives are particularly welcome. By highlighting diverse approaches and global viewpoints, this Special Issue aims to advance scholarly discussion and provide practical insights for academics, practitioners, and policymakers working to understand risk in today’s financial environment.
Dr. Wei Wang
Dr. Xiaoling Pu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- corporate finance
- risk management
- financial risk
- business risk
- market risk
- corporate governance
- capital structure
- liquidity
- investments
- credit risk
- ESG risk
- legal institutions
- firm value
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