History
The history of the publishing house "Virtus Interpress" started in 2003 with the launching of the journal "Corporate Ownership and Control". Since that time we have published thousands of papers, cooperated with numerous experts from more than 100 countries of the world, arranged more than 15 international academic events, published dozens of books on corporate governance and cherished our network. We are constantly working on enhancing our standards and quality of services in order to deliver best services on the market and ensure customer satisfaction.
| 15 May, 2003 | Establishing a publishing house “Virtus Interpress” |
| May 2003 | Establishing a journal Corporate Ownership and Control |
| October 2004 | Establishing a journal Corporate Board: role, duties and composition |
| August 2005 | Launching a new business segment – book publishing. The First book, published by the publishing house was titled as “Corporate Governance in a Transition Economy” |
| September 2005-December 2006 | A work on a new book “Corporate Board Practices” |
| September 2007 | Publishing a textbook “Corporate Governance” |
| June 2010 | Publishing a book “Anti-crisis paradigms of corporate governance in banks: a new institutional outlook” |
| October 2010 | Establishing a journal Risk Governance and Control: financial markets and institutions |
| May 2011 | Publishing a book "Corporate Governance: An International Outlook" |
| June 2011 | Participating in the international research workshop “Managing the way out of crisis: between regulation and forecasts” (France) as an official publication |
| October 2011 | Publishing a book "Euroasian Perspectives Of The Banking Systems Development" |
| January 2012 | Establishing Journal of Governance and Regulation |
| April 2012 | Participating in International conference “Improving financial institutions: the proper balance between regulation and governance” in Helsinki, April 19-20, 2012, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| September 2012 | Participating in the International conference "Corporate Governance and Regulation: Outlining New Horizons for Theory and Practice", Pisa, September 19, 2012, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| April 2013 | Participating in the International conference "Governance & Control in Finance & Banking: A New Paradigm for Risk & Performance", Paris, France, April 18-19, 2013, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| October 2013 | Participation in the International conference "Financial Distress: Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Issues ", Rome, October 17-18, 2013, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| May 2014 | Participation in the International conference "Corporate Governance: a Search for Advanced Standards in the Wake of Crisis", Milan, May 8, 2014, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| September 2014 | Participation in the International conference "Global Financial Market and Corporate Governance: Issues of Efficiency and Performance", Nuremberg, September 25, 2014, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| January 2015 | Launching of the Corporate Governance Experts Global Repository |
| May 2015 | Participating in the International conference “Corporate and Institutional Innovations in Finance and Governance”, Paris, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| May 2015 | Organising of the PhD courses for researchers "Getting your research published in journals: exploring the recent world trends and disclosing the major formal and informal rules", Paris |
| November 2015 | Participation in the International Conference “Corporate Governance, Accounting and Audit: Crisis Challenges” Lüneburg (Germany), November 26, 2015, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| February 2016 | Launching an online platform for browsing, searching an accessing the papers published in the Journals of Virtus Interpress |
| May 2016 | Participation in the International Conference “Past and Future of Corporate Governance: Practices, Reforms and Regulations” Rome (Italy), May 26, 2016, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| July 2016 | Organisation of the special session on Corporate Governance at the 7th International Research Meeting in Business and Management (IRMBAM-2016) in Nice, France |
| August 2016 | All editors of the journals published by Virtus Interpress became members of the Council of Science Editors |
| November 2016 | Participation in the International conference “Reporting, Investor Relations, Capital Markets – Challenges and Opportunities in Financial Communication”, Leipzig (Germany) November 10, 2016, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| November 2016 | Signing the agreement with CrossRef and initiation of the process of DOIs assignment to all papers published by Virtus Interpress |
| November 2016 | Participation in the International workshop “Corporate Accountability: Major Actors, Innovative Instruments and Performance”, Paris, November 24, 2016, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| January 2017 | Launching of a new journal in cooperation with the University of Greenwich - Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review |
| February 2017 | Launching of the project on writing three books n the field of corporate governance (global perspectives, emerging countries and Arab countries) |
| March 2017 | Signing agreement with Portico to preserve content of the Virtus Interpress journals |
| April 2017 | Participation in the International conference “Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development – Industries, Higher Education, NGOs”, Hong Kong, May 4, 2017, as co-organizer and official sponsor |
| May 2017 | Signing the agreement with Crossref Similarity Check Service |
| June 2017 | Launching of a new journal in cooperation with the Sapienza University of Rome - Corporate Governance and Organizational Behavior Review |
| October 2017 | Two journals of "Virtus Interpress" become completely Open Access |
| October 2017 | Participation in the International conference "Corporate Governance and Company Performance: Exploring the Challenging Issues" that took place in Lisbon on October 26, 2017 |
| December 2017 | Launching of a new book "Corporate Governance: New Challenges and Opportunities" |
| February 2018 | The second book in the series, titled "Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies: Theory and Practice" was published |
| February 2018 | Participation in the International conference "Corporate Governance, Ownership and Control" that took place at Sapienza University of Rome |
| March 2018 | Three journals of “Virtus Interpress” were included in the 2018 edition of CABS AJG (United Kingdom) |
| March 2018 | The launch of the third book in the series, titled "Corporate Governance in Arab Countries: Specifics & Outlooks" |
| March 2018 | The representatives of our editorial team have become the members of the Society for Scholarly Publishing |
| March 2018 | “Corporate Board: role, duties and composition” journal was transferred to the complete Open Access model. |
| October 2018 | Co-organization and sponsoring the International conference “Corporate Governance: A New Perspective in Scholarly Research”, Turkey |
| January 2019 | Launching a journal Corporate Law & Governance Review |
| February 2019 | A new book, titled "Board of Directors and Company Performance: An International Outlook" was published |
| February 2019 | Co-organization and sponsoring the "International Conference in Rome”, Italy |
| May 2019 | A new book, titled "Corporate Ownership and Control: International Trends" was published |
| June 2019 | The eighth journal "Corporate & Business Strategy Review" was launched |
| September 2019 | A new book, titled "Challenges and Opportunities in Italian Corporate Governance" was published |
| October 2019 | Co-organization and sponsoring the "International Conference in Naples”, Italy |
