Concept of the conference
International online conference “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A SEARCH FOR EMERGING TRENDS IN THE PANDEMIC TIMES”, May 13-14, 2021
The upcoming international online conference is a splendid opportunity for scholars from all around the world to share ideas on corporate governance under the conditions of the pandemic. The event will focus on a broad range of crucial issues of corporate governance, in particular, on the emerging corporate governance trends in the context of the worldwide pandemic. The discussed topics will include, among others, corporate regulation, earnings management, IT governance, financial reporting, accounting, auditing, corporate social responsibility, board of directors’ practices, disclosure and transparency issues, shareholders’ rights, etc. The main goal of the conference is to analyse the new trends that are appearing in the corporate governance sphere and to invoke discussion of them that is a major value of the scholarly research. The upcoming international online conference will, therefore, become a platform for academics and practitioners from all around the world to investigate the following topics:
- Accounting systems, disclosure and transparency issues
- Auditing
- Bankruptcy, liquidation procedures
- Board of directors practices and performance
- Corporate governance in family firms
- Corporate governance in financial institutions
- Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises (SOE) and their role in the society
- Corporate ownership and control
- Corporate social responsibility and compliance
- Development of financial markets and market for corporate control
- Directors’ duties and liabilities
- Earnings management
- Environmental social governance disclosure
- Executive compensation and corporate governance
- IT governance and blockchain technology
- Laws, regulations and corruption
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Shareholder engagement and co-creation
- Shareholder Right Directive and effects on corporate governance processes
- Shareholder voting and institutional behaviour
- Shareholders’ rights efficiency of judicial system and shareholder protection
- Social norms and cultural values
The complete webpage of the conference is available here.
The conference proceedings book published in an Open Access form may be found and downloaded here.
