About Us

The Corporate Finance Center was founded in June 2006 at the Higher School of Economics. The lab focuses on high quality research in the application of financial theory and methods to real world corporate finance policy, corporate operations and corporate governance research. The purpose of the Lab is to develop new knowledge in companies and to provide a platform for the discussion of empirical results in corporate finance.

Research

Is focused on conducting research in the field of corporate governance, providing scientific results in the field corporate finance, and taking a leading role in the study of the specifics of corporate financial processes in the emerging capital markets and, in particular, in the BRICS countries.

Education

Is focused on systematic internal and open discussion of research projects and work with students.

Scientific and educational activities

Includes participation in international and all-Russian conferences, publication of the electronic journal "Corporate Finance Research", maintenance of specialised pages on the Federal Education Portal.

Communication activities

Are focused on developing international relationships with university centres and laboratories studying corporate financial decisions.

Corporate financial decisions within the framework of sanctions imposed on companies and individuals

In 2024, Lab members are focusing on the following research areas:

The project 2024 finalizes the research directions stated in 2022-2023 for a three-year horizon.

The goal of the project in 2024: Investigation of changes in corporate policies and practicies of corporate governance due to the imposition of individual and corporate sanctions, market segmentation and high uncertainty.

The objectives of the research:

Analysis of investors' reaction to the imposition of individual and corporate sanctions depending on changes in corporate governance and ownership structure of Russian companies.
Analysis of companies' strategies in response to the imposition of individual and corporate sanctions, depending on the specifics of the personal characteristics of the top management of Russian companies.
The study of ESG transformation practices, the role of boardjavascript:voids of directors of companies in Asian emerging capital markets and the identification of the specifics of corporate practices regarding conversion of Russian companies to the principles of ESG-IV in the context of sanctions.
Assessment of the relationship between digitalization and ESG transformation of companies, the role of digital technologies in improving the results in management of ESG risks in companies.

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