The upcoming online conference is a brilliant opportunity for scholars from all around the world to share ideas on corporate governance trends in the wake of pandemic. The event will focus on a variety of crucial issues of corporate governance under conditions of global lockdown, i.e., corporate regulation, earnings management, IT governance, financial reporting, accounting, audit, corporate social responsibility and compliance, board of directors’ practices, disclosure and transparency issues, shareholders’ rights, etc. The main goal of the conference is to provide an interdisciplinary outlook on the above-mentioned themes 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

We invite the submission of theoretical and empirical studies that advance the understanding of the areas mentioned above and any other area related to corporate governance, even if not explicitly indicated.

Please submit an extended abstract of the paper (400-1000 words) or a full paper (up to 6000 words), including the title and affiliation.