Governance in Private Firms

This network will respond to calls from a multidisciplinary perspective by addressing concrete challenges within three main research topics: (1) start-up and scale-up governance, (2) corporate governance and family governance in family firms, and (3) heterogeneous financing and governance implications in private firms. This WOG brings scholars together from different disciplines, i.e., corporate finance, management, entrepreneurship and strategy. Improving the collaboration between and the internationalization of the different research units will advance the international recognition of Flemish scientific research that focuses on "Governance in Private Firms". Currently, research units work on their own or bilateral. The goal of this WOG is (a) to develop new theoretical and conceptual approaches to address these challenges, (b) to reflect on methodological approaches to examine these challenges, (c) to collect quality research datasets including private firms among the world, and (d) to exchange and discuss research proposals of the different research units to examine the complex research stream of "Governance in Private Firms" from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective with the result of joint research projects. The WOG will conduct a number of yearly activities, i.e., a "Young Researcher Workshop" and a guest lectures given by one of the foreign partners. Further, this WOG will organize PDW's (Personal development Workshop) at international conferences, will stimulate double PhD degrees and research visits among the different research units, involvement in external PhD committees and submit at least two joint and externally funded research projects. A clear research agenda is proposed: In the first year, a proposal of a special issue in a journal will be submitted. In the second year, the WOG will start with the organization of a conference organized in one of the Flemish research units. In the third year, the conference will take place. The best papers submitted to the conference get the opportunity to submit their paper for the special issue. In the fourth year, the members of the WOG start with the preparation of submitting a joint and large-scale research funding proposal. A symposium will be organized. In the fifth year, the WOG will submit its research funding proposal.

Keywords:CORPORATE FINANCE, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Disciplines:Financial economics, Business administration, Business management

Project type:Collaboration project