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Workshops > Special Interest Group on Innovation and Capital Markets
Chairs: Prof. Sabri Boubaker (EM Normandie Business School, FR /Swansea University, UK) and Prof. Juliane Proelss (Jacques Ménard-BMO Professor in Capital Markets, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, CA) This special interest group will provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners in Innovation and Capital Markets to discuss and exchange ideas with colleagues from around the world. All research topics in Capital Markets and Innovation are welcome. Accurately predicting the future direction in which Capital Markets will develop is extremely challenging due to the constantly evolving nature of industries. Thousands of start-ups have already raised capital, not only in traditional markets but also for cryptocurrency ventures, waiting to see how these ventures turn out and impact the markets. Low-interest rates and high expected growth have initiated the initial capital rush. Nevertheless, markets continue to shift profoundly, with interest rates and salaries increasing sharply, and the talent competition not only meaning more perks but more expenses and more cash needed; With ESG-related aspects gaining more importance to raise money and attract investors and discoveries of ESG-related fraud opening the field for related emerging risks. Players need to adapt themselves to a landscape where economic uncertainty looms large. However, at the same time, many spaces will not appear to slow down at all as remarkable advances emerge rapidly, including Fintech’s expected regeneration, environmental aspects going virtual with the development of virtual power plants or the development of super-apps with blockchain technology, open architecture, artificial intelligence as well as mobile computing rapidly accelerating technologic advancements in capital markets. In this vein, this Special Interest Group aims to address recent challenges in capital markets, including technological advancements and ESG-related issues, and explore potential solutions to overcome these challenges. Theoretical, empirical, and policy papers are welcome. The Special Interest Group focuses on but is not limited to, the following topics.
Contact the chairpersons to submit your paper to this SIG: sboubaker@em-normandie.fr and Juliane.Proelss@concordia.ca The special interest group is working together with a special Issue in Global Finance Journal and offers a fast-track publication opportunity in the Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting and is supported by the Jacques Ménard-BMO Professor in Capital Markets. References: Marina Brogi, Valentina Lagasio, Pasqualina Porretta, Be good to be wise: Environmental, Social, and Governance awareness as a potential credit risk mitigation factor, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, Volume 33, Issue 3, 2022, Pages 522-547 Francesco D’Acunto, Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Alberto G Rossi, The Promises and Pitfalls of Robo-Advising, Review of Financial Studies, Volume 32, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 1983–2020
Ali M. Fatemi, Iraj J. Fooladi, Sustainable Finance: A New Paradigm, Global Finance Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101–113
Christopher Godfrey, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Ming-Tsung Lin, Ser-Huang Poon, Women on Boards and Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Evidence from a Granger Style Reverse Causality Minimisation Procedure, European Journal of Finance, 2020, Pages 1–27.
Michael Halling, Jin Yu, Josef Zechner, How Did COVID-19 Affect Firms’ Access to Public Capital Markets?, The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 501–533
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