Call for Papers - AFS 2023

Building Resilience in Emerging Markets:
The Role of Corporate Governance and Sustainability

Guest speaker

LEMMA W. SENBET

William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance, University of Maryland

Special Theme for:

AFS 2023 welcomes interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical research that addresses questions such as: what are the corporate governance practices in emerging market countries? What is the linkage between corporate governance, leadership and sustainability? Can innovation enhance corporate social responsibility and sustainability? Do institutional investors and foreign investors play an important role in aligning multiple stakeholders towards common sustainable goals? What roles can state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and multinational corporations play in designing and implementing sustainable recovery efforts? Do ESG practices matter in low-income countries, including in Africa? More broadly, AFS 2023 welcomes research that provides insights into the risks and opportunities posed to the sustainability paradigm in informing diverse stakeholders on how to navigate and lead the complex changes of the journey towards more sustainable economies.

AFS 2023 aims at bringing together leading scholars in the fields of business, finance, accounting, management, leadership, economics, entrepreneurship, sustainability, supply chain, and technology. AFS 2023 will feature paper presentations focused on sustainability and ESG issues of companies and financial institutions across the globe, in emerging markets, with particular attention to low-income countries in Africa, focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs)
Investor and creditor protection
Internal and external governance mechanisms, including board governance, incentive features of managerial compensation
Shareholder activism, the disciplinary role of capital markets, roles of financial and non-financial institutions
The role of corporate governance in financial regulation and risk management
Comparative governance and the international mobility of corporate governance
ESG challenges, opportunities, and corporate innovation and financial policies
SDGs, circular economy and the role of corporate governance
Asset pricing, ESG integration in portfolio selection process, portfolios' decarbonization and the role of institutional investors in building a net-zero economy
Soft information, ESG disclosure, data analytics, textual analysis, and sustainability performance
Greenwashing, ESG/sustainability ratings, and the materiality of sustainability performance
Green human resource management and the role of top management team in fostering diversity, gender equity, and environmental sustainability
Culture, accountability, political connections, social connections, and sustainability
Discretionary information in ESG investing
Managerial incentives, CSR, and financial performance
COVID-19, climate change, and multinational firms
The role of foreign investments in supporting the implementation of SDGs
The sustainability resilience of supply chain

Conference Dates and Venue

July 19-21, 2023

ESCA School of Management

Casablanca, Morocco

Conference Submissions

Conference submissions should be made at: [log in to unmask]. The due date to submit conference papers is February 28, 2023. Authors will be notified by March 31, 2023, whether their paper is considered to be presented and discussed at this conference.

Acceptance for the conference does not guarantee that the paper will be published in the special theme issue. In addition, submissions to the special theme issue are not restricted to scholars who present their papers at the conference. For information or questions about the conference, please contact the organizers at: [log in to unmask].

Journal Submissions

We have the privilege of providing publication opportunities for selected accepted conference papers that address related questions in a ‘special theme’ issue of the Emerging Markets Review.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Interested authors should submit through the journal’s website

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/emerging-markets-review and designate the submission for the Special Theme on “BUILDING RESILIENCE IN EMERGING MARKETS” in the cover letter.

EMR Submission Open Date: March 31, 2023

EMR Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: July 31, 2023 (Early submissions are encouraged)

Omrane Guedhami, Ph.D.

C. Russell Hill Professor

Sonoco International Business Department

Darla Moore School of Business

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