Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide additional insights into developments in corporate governance research, sustainability, social responsibility, and environmental issues in corporate growth. Under enormous pressures to pursue environmentally friendly and socially acceptable growth, corporate and business leaders face magnificent challenges to achieve both goals of shareholder value maximization and corporate sustainability. While the pursuit of sustainable growth is readily accepted, it is less clear as to which business models make sustainability benefits the key objectives of both the corporation and society. Accordingly, research in corporate governance represents an opportunity to enhance our understanding of these benefits of corporate accountability and transparency to stakeholders.

The Special Issue provides an opportunity for contributors to spotlight their contributions to the broad topics in contemporary corporate governance practices. Within business and economics, contributions from the sub-fields of accounting, finance, economics, law, international business and venture capital are all welcome.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

• The role of board and shareholder activism in general;
• ESG and the role of institutional investors;
• Corporate sustainability and climate change;
• Environmental issues and new business venturing;
• Sustainable growth with the corporate and government partnership;
• Capital market responses to ESG;
• Managerial incentives and ESG;
• ESG issues in emerging markets;
• Measuring ESG and the relation to firm performance.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Seoungpil Ahn
Prof. Dr. Young Kim
Guest Editors

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• corporate governance
• ESG
• board structure
• shareholder activism
• capital market