Contemporary Studies on Corporate Finance and Business Research

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 3781

Special Issue Editors

Department of Finance, College of Business and Economics, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
Interests: corporate finance; investments; fintech

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Department of Finance and Real Estate, School of Business, Southern Connecticut State University, 10 Wintergreen Ave., New Haven, CT 06515, USA
Interests: corporate finance; corporate governance; financial accounting; M&As; equity issuance; short selling; investment

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Graham School of Business, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 17403, USA
Interests: marketing analytics and interactive marketing; marketing-finance interface; marketing strategy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to extend an invitation to you to submit a paper for peer review and potential publication in a Special Issue of the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (www.mdpi.com/journal/jrfm), entitled "Contemporary Studies on Corporate Finance and Business Research". Given the broad scope of the topics and acceptance on a rolling window basis, we trust this Special Issue can potentially resonate with your expertise and align with your ongoing research interests.

This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest advancements in corporate finance and business research, highlighting innovative and diverse research that explores the dynamic landscape of financial management in today's corporate environment. This Special Issue welcomes empirical and theoretical papers that focus on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Financial decision making and investment strategies in corporate finance;
  • Capital structure and financing choices;
  • Mergers and acquisitions;
  • Corporate governance and shareholder value;
  • Risk management and hedging strategies;
  • Financial performance evaluation and value creation;
  • Emerging trends in financial technology (Fintech) and its impact on corporate finance;
  • Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations;
  • Corporate strategies in marketing and value creation;
  • Financial innovation and entrepreneurship.

We look forward to receiving your contributions related to these or any other pertinent topics that intersect with contemporary studies in corporate finance and business research.

Dr. Jian Huang
Dr. Han Yu
Dr. Minghui Ma
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • corporate finance
  • corporate decision making
  • corporate governance
  • risk management
  • fintech
  • ESG
  • corporate strategies in marketing
  • entrepreneurship

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Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance and Value Creation in Product Market: Evidence from Emerging Economies
by Yasmeen Bashir, Yiwei Zhao, Huan Qiu, Zeeshan Ahmed and Josephine Tan-Hwang Yau
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2023, 16(12), 517; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16120517 - 14 Dec 2023
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Using a unique sample of 13,412 firm-year observations from 19 countries of the emerging economies for the period of 2011 to 2019, we investigate the association between the firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and their value creation in the product market. [...] Read more.
Using a unique sample of 13,412 firm-year observations from 19 countries of the emerging economies for the period of 2011 to 2019, we investigate the association between the firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and their value creation in the product market. Specifically, we first used the pooled OLS regression model for panel data as our baseline model and found that ESG performance (as well as its pillars) has a strong positive effect on the future value creation of the firms in the product market. We also conducted some additional analyses using various regression models, as well as adopting multiple tests for endogeneity, and the additional analyses revealed that the results are robust under different scenarios. Overall, the findings of this study highlight the importance of firm-level ESG performance for the value creation of firms in the product market in emerging economies and have theoretical and practical implications for academic researchers, market participants, and government entities in studying, evaluating, and governing firms’ ESG performance and reporting. Full article
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An Attempt to Understand Stock Market Investors’ Behaviour: The Case of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Forces in the Pakistani Stock Market
by Samina Rooh, Hatem El-Gohary, Imran Khan, Sayyam Alam and Syed Mohsin Ali Shah
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2023, 16(12), 500; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16120500 - 5 Dec 2023
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The present study investigates the decision-making process of investors on the Pakistan Stock Exchange with regard to portfolio construction, explicitly focusing on the incorporation of ESG concerns. A quantitative research approach has been implemented for this paper. The hypotheses have been developed and [...] Read more.
The present study investigates the decision-making process of investors on the Pakistan Stock Exchange with regard to portfolio construction, explicitly focusing on the incorporation of ESG concerns. A quantitative research approach has been implemented for this paper. The hypotheses have been developed and tested through the adapted questionnaires. The data were collected from individual Pakistani investors. The present study employed SmartPLS-SEM to quantitatively assess data received from a sample of 421 out of 500 respondents. Based on the available data, investors participating in the Pakistan Stock Exchange are notably impacted by ESG aspects. The findings of this study hold significance for emerging economy firms, regulators, and investors, in terms of both theoretical and practical ramifications. The study’s findings demonstrate a clear indication of investors’ significant emphasis on ESG matters. This research made a significant contribution to the field of behavioural finance with a focus on ESG-related issues. This work contributes to the literature on ESG elements by using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to adapt the ESG components from the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Index (TRCRI). Furthermore, it provides valuable insights for stakeholders who are involved in the ever-evolving realm of sustainable finance within developing countries. Full article
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