Corporate Finance, Emerging and Global Financial Markets

Dear Colleagues,

The Journal of Risk and Financial Management is preparing to publish a new Special issue dedicated to the dynamics of corporate finance within global financial markets. As such, we solicit high-quality and impactful submissions. Previous research often emphasized corporate finance within developed economies, such as the US. However, the expanding influence of emerging markets introduces a range of complex and distinctive factors that significantly impact corporate financial strategies, demanding a thorough scholarly examination.

This Special Issue aims to explore and understand the influence of diverse institutional settings, governance structures, and market dynamics—particularly in emerging markets—on corporate finance decisions across varied economic landscapes. The goals of this Special Issue include the following:

• Providing detailed analyses that illuminate specific regional features affecting corporate finance, thereby deepening our comprehension of corporate finance in global financial markets.
• Offering new theoretical and empirical insights to shape future research and inform practices in corporate financial policies and decision making.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Regulatory implications in corporate finance;
• Corporate governance and financial decision making;
• Gender equity and executive compensation;
• Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and its impact;
• Corporate sustainability;
• Peer effects on financial behaviors and decisions;
• Board structures and characteristics across different markets;
• The impact of fintech innovations on corporate finance;
• Cybersecurity challenges and strategies.

Dr. Tianpei Luo
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Risk and Financial Management is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• corporate finance
• emerging markets
• corporate governance
• board dynamics
• financial regulation
• ESG integration
• peer effects
• fintech
• cybersecurity in finance
• financial and investment decisions