• Public announcement of launching firms' new products/services including technology and firm's performance (e.g. Sorescu et al., 2007; Talay et al., 2017; Zhang and Choi, 2018)
• Stock market reactions to press notices by companies with wide economic moats
• Crashes/black days/reversal/correction in stock markets resulting from major corporate announcements
• Irrational exuberance resulting from major corporate announcements
• Corporate performance after the announcement of mergers and acquisitions
• Industry shocks resulting from mergers and acquisitions (e.g. telecommunications)
• Consequences of announcements concerning money laundering and corporate frauds
• Impact of whistleblowing on firm's performance
• Corporate announcements relating to initial public offerings
• Vaporware announcements (e.g. Prentice and Langmore, 1994; Bayus et al., 2001; Haan, 2003)
• Notifications concerning litigation, disputes and final verdict
• Business/banking/economy breaking news and firm's quick reactions and outcomes (e.g. unexpected top-level managerial deaths, Quigley et al., 2017)
• Political/jurisdiction breaking news and firm's quick reactions and outcomes
• World's breaking news and firm's quick reactions and outcomes (e.g. the effects of Brexit, Ramiah et al., 2017)
• Global financial crisis, corporate restructuring announcements and firm performance
• Budgetary remedies and central banks' policies in aftermath of the financial crisis
• Contemporary challenges and policy solutions in corporate performance and governance management

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 15 August, 2018

Notification to authors: 30 September, 2018

Final versions due by: 30 November, 2018

Notes for Prospective Authors

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