Topics: · Concrete ways to achieve the optimal degree of transparency for different intermediaries and markets · Mark to market accounting · Opacity of banks’ assets · The role of credit rating agencies · Corporate governance, risk taking and disclosure · Implications for market liquidity

Theoretical and empirical papers in all areas of corporate governance with implications to finance, accounting, or strategy, including papers with an international corporate governance focus, are welcome.

The Symposium will focus on “Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital Markets”. Topics suitable for the Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following:Different Sources of Entrepreneurial Finance, Bankruptcy, Entrepreneurial Finance in the Credit Crisis, Venture Capital, Private...

We encourage the submission of academic papers on all facets of risk management (corporate, credit, operational, derivatives, asset pricing).

Topics: - The current economic conditions and their impact on insolvencies and restructurings - Top tips for dealing with cross-border debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and DIP guarantees - Overcoming the challenges of D&O liability - Best practices for managing cross-border insolvencies &...