The event will be a platform for sharing ideas on new trends that are currently shaping the concept of modern corporate governance. The conference will focus on a variety of crucial issues of corporate governance, i.e., corporate ownership and control, earnings management, audit, corporate social responsibility and compliance, disclosure and transparency issues, financial reporting, board of directors’ practices, 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 conference will therefore provide a platform for academics and practitioners to analyse recent trends and upcoming challenges in the following areas:

Accounting systems, disclosure and transparency issues
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 quality
Environmental social governance disclosure
Executive compensation and corporate governance
IT governance and blockchain technology
Laws, regulations and corruption
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 submissions 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.