Call for Papers
PhD Workshop on
"Challenges in Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies"
Date and Venue
December 3, 2015
University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, UK, EH8 9JS
Conference Link: http://edinburghforum.weebly.com
A Corporate Governance: An International Review Special Issue Conference will take place at the University of Edinburgh Business School on December 4-5, 2015. Prior to this CGIR conference, there will be a pre-conference workshop for PhD students on December 3, 2015.
The scientific committee invites submissions from PhD students for the workshop. PhD students who are interested to present and discuss their research in this workshop are invited to submit their research papers to Tinghua Duan (t.duan-2@sms.ed.ac.uk) by October 15, 2015. The leading authors of submitted papers need to be (late-stage) PhD candidates. Notification of acceptance to the pre-conference workshop will be made by November 1, 2015. Presenters are also welcome to the CGIR conference on December 4-5, 2015. There will be no registration fee. Conference materials, as well as meals and refreshments will be provided free of charge, but participants will be responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Specific topics on corporate governance challenges in emerging economies include, but are not limited to:
Comparisons between emerging and developed economies
The role of institutions and national business systems in corporate governance
Convergence towards best practices versus path-dependence
Complementarities and substitution among governance mechanisms at different levels
Regulatory framework, market development and investor protection
Ownership and control structures and their dynamic evolution
Institutional voids and governance in business groups
The family-centric governance model and its organizational effects
The governance of financial institutions and institutional investors
The governance implications of corruption and bribery
The role of political connections and relational contracting in governance
The governance roles of reputation and culture
The integrity of executives, responsible leadership and business ethics
State corporatism and the role of the state as a shareholder
Law, regulation and enforcement
Timeline
| PhD workshop submission deadline: | October 15, 2015 |
| Notification of acceptance to the workshop: | November 1, 2015 |
| Pre-conference workshop: | December 3, 2015 |
| CGIR conference: | December 4-5, 2015 |
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Scientific committee
Joseph Fan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Seth Armitage and Wenxuan Hou, University of Edinburgh Business School; Till Talaulicar, University of Erfurt; Li Jin, University of Oxford and Peking University; Subrata Sarkar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Organizing committee
Tinghua Duan (Chair, t.duan-2@sms.ed.ac.uk), Jiafu An, Weiwei Cai, Susan Keatinge, Cong Wang, University of Edinburgh
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