CGIR Special Issues

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12343
• Published date: 01 September 2020
• Date: 01 September 2020

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Call for Special Issue Proposals

Deadline for Submissions of Proposals: August 1, 2021

Corporate Governance: An International Review invites proposals for special issues

that focus on a specific area of research that has broad appeal and fits with the aims

and scope of the journal. The mission of CGIR is to publish cutting-edge international

business research on the phenomena of corporate governance throughout the global

economy. We define corporate governance broadly as the exercise of power over

corporate entities so as to increase the value provided to the organization’s various

stakeholders, as well as making those stakeholders accountable for acting responsibly

with regard to the protection, generation, and distribution of wealth invested in the firm.

Special issue subjects have to be broad enough to attract general interest and

sufficiently focused to be dealt within a single issue. In general, special issues should

avoid a too narrow geographic focus and be open to contributions with various

disciplinary framings, methods or levels of analysis. Special issues have to be the

outcome of an open call for papers and must not be restricted to scholars who can

attend a particular conference. Nonetheless, offering a paper development workshop

for submitted manuscripts or revised submissions could be helpful (but is not

necessary) in increasing the quality of contributions and meeting the high standards of

CGIR that accepts about 5% of all submissions.

Proposals of special issues have to be emailed to CGIR@wiley.com by August 1,

2021, indicating “CGIR Special Issue Proposal” in the header of the email. The

proposal needs to include:

1. A draft call for papers including the (provisional) title of the special issue and

outlining its subject, relevance and novelty, as well as the scope of articles sought

for (including potential subthemes to be addressed in the special issue);

2. Short CVs of the proposed Guest Editors (including contact information, major

publications and editorial experience);

3. A 2-page statement outlining the state of research in the area and justifying why

the special issue is needed and how is expected to entail theoretical, practical and

policy implications as well as to attract a wide audience (ideally from various

geographic areas and disciplines);

4. A proposed timeline for each stage of editing and publishing the special issue;

5. A list of scholars (including email addresses) who may be interested in submitting

to, or reviewing for, the special issue.

Proposals will be evaluated with regard to the following criteria:

§ Fit of the subject with the scope of CGIR;

§ Potential to attract high-quality submissions;

§ Relevance and novelty of the topic;

§ Incorporation of relevant literatures;

§ Projected theoretical, practical and policy implications;

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