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CALL FOR PAPERS

Research Symposium on Corporate Governance in <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>

Sponsored by

Wiley-Blackwell Publishers and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Old</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Dominion</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

October 24-25, 2008

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Virginia Beach</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state></st1:place>

<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> are rapidly ascending as economic powers and are playing important roles in international trade and investment.  Increasingly, international investors are entering these markets, and Chinese and Indian firms are raising capital globally.  As these countries' interactions with the global economy increase, knowledge of corporate governance in <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> is becoming more critical for business executives, policy makers, and academic researchers.

Wiley-Blackwell and Old Dominion University are organizing this symposium to encourage research on corporate governance issues relating to <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.  We invite authors to submit papers about corporate governance for firms operating in <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, comparative governance studies of the two countries, or governance for firms based in one or both of these two countries that focus on various aspects of the following suggested topics:

l         Governance Environment: Formal (e.g., legal framework) and informal (e.g., culture) institutions that affect firm operations

l         Ownership Structure: Family-controlled, cross-shareholding, and shareholder's rights and protections

l         Role of Stakeholders in Corporate Governance: Relationship between government, society, international investors, and business

l         Disclosure and Transparency: Accounting standards, information quality and dissemination, and market pressure for good corporate governance

l         Responsibilities of the Board: Role, composition, independence, and impact

l         CEO and top management team: Roles, compensation, succession, and appraisal.

The Symposium will feature keynote speeches by prominent experts, research paper presentations, and round-table discussions. All papers submitted to the symposium will be double-blind reviewed for acceptance.  The best papers from the symposium will be considered for publication in a special issue of Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR). 

We especially welcome manuscripts that are (1) theoretically and methodologically rigorous and innovative, and (2) provide insights that are useful to executives, directors, and/or public policy makers engaged in corporate governance matters. 

Submissions must be made by March 30, 2008 through the CGIR Manuscript Central system http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/corg.  Please mark your submission to go to the "<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> & <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>" Special Issue.

Details of the symposium will be announced soon.  For inquiries, please contact Symposium Coordinators: Shaomin Li (sli@odu.edu), Associate Editor, CGIR, or Anil Nair (anair@odu.edu), Associate Professor, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Old</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Dominion</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>.