The British Journal of Management (BJM) will publish a special issue dedicated to the topic “Corporate governance in extreme institutional environments” in 2021. We welcome theoretical, conceptual, review, comparative as well as empirical contributions that explore corporate governance systems in extreme cultural, political and legal environments. With this special issue, we hope to offer a selection of studies from different disciplines as well as interdisciplinary research that will help reflect on and provide recommendations for how governance structures around the world should support the next technological revolution in an equitable, inclusive and sustainable way and to protect future generations. In particular, the special issue aims to advance our thinking on corporate governance by moving beyond the traditional conceptual and methodological approaches associated with the dominance of agency theory in corporate governance research, and to explore new perspectives that will allow us to respond more effectively to contemporary corporate governance challenges at a global level. We therefore invite contributions adopting a variety of theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches, and addressing a range of organisational and geographical contexts. We also aim to contribute to a critical appraisal of the strengths, weaknesses and consequences of the current set of rules, standards and institutions in light of the increased interconnectedness of global risks on the one hand, and the costs of uncoordinated responses of national governments on the other.

Some examples of extreme changes in institutional environments in recent years include but are not limited to:

·         The Global Financial Crisis

·         The rise of Fintech

·         Changes in political climates, such as that in the U.S. and the U.K.

·         Changes in legal conditions, such as bankruptcy legislation, quotas on boards, etc.

·         Climate change

·         Cultural changes, such as attitudes toward sustainability

Some research topics through which the impact of these changes could be studied include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

·         Corporate governance, strategy and culture

·         Gender and governance

·         The role of global-level corporate governance structures and solutions in preventing future financial crises

·         Sustainable corporate governance

·         Stakeholder engagement and corporate governance

·         Boards and governance

·         Executive compensation

·         Corporate disclosure

·         The role of institutional and alternative investors in corporate governance

·         Corporate governance in banks and other financial intermediaries

·         Corporate governance outcomes: financial and non-financial

·         New methodological approaches to studying corporate governance in the presence of extreme institutional environments

If you wish your paper to be considered for this Special Issue “Corporate governance in extreme institutional environments”, please indicate so in your submission.

Submission deadline: 5 May 2019. For more information on the ICGS conference please see: https://icgsociety.org/conferences/

High quality papers that do not make the final set of papers for the special issue may be considered for publication in a regular issue of the Journal.