Nordic Corporate Governance Network
about The Nordic Corporate Governance network and database
We preserve the Nordic Corporate Governance Model through research, outreach, and data access. The Nordic Corporate Governance Network & Quantitative Database is a partnership between the leading business schools in Scandinavia.
The network is for Nordic researchers in corporate governance. It was founded in 2010 with the aim of contributing to a deeper international understanding of the Nordic Corporate Governance model.
The Nordic Database in Corporate Governance is a collaborative effort of leading universities in the Nordics to establish, build and maintain the most extensive Nordic database in the area of quantitative corporate governance research.
Nordic firms are known for their special corporate governance characteristics: two-tiered, transparent, and representative. And we aim to keep it that way.
EVENTS AND NEWS
INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS
The Nordic Corporate Governance Network (NCGN) is pleased to invite members and partners of the network to a:
2-day workshop at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo on September 11-12th, 2025
Registration please sign up here!
Deadline for call for papers is August 15th.
The workshop aims to be a forum for academics from the Nordic and Baltic countries to present and discuss ongoing corporate governance research. This year, we are calling on papers focusing on traditional corporate governance like board work, compensation issues, ownership and regulation. On the same time, we do also welcome more forward-looking papers in the cross field of AI and corporate governance, geopolitical risks and boards, or the need for different approaches in the area of regulation.
We consider this conference as multidisciplinary, typically with scholars having a background from Finance, Law or Accounting.
TOPICS
All kinds of corporate governance research are welcome, although we would particularly value studies of Nordic and Baltic corporate governance. Work in progress is welcome. PhD candidates are encouraged to submit their work and best paper awards will be given both for the main and PhD tracks. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to these topics:
- Ownership and block holdings
- Board work and board behaviour
- Compensation and incentives
- Regulation and its impact on board work or sectors
- Board work and geopolitical risk, a new reality?
- What impact will AI have on future board work and executives in the Nordics?
- ESG and Sustainability
- Is corporate governance in the Baltic countries converging, or diverging, in relation to the Nordic corporate governance model?
As always, our intention is to have an open discussion with several papers from each of the Nordic countries represented at the workshop.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Professor Lasse Lien, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
- Professor Tom Kirchmaier, London School of Economics and Copenhagen Business School
- Professor Sven-Erik Sjöstrand , Stockholm School of Economics, “Corporate Governance – An Owner Perspective”
SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE
Please send your paper or abstract (PDF) no later than August 15th, 2025, to ccg@cbs.dk
Representatives from the NCGN board and from the Centre for Corporate Governance Research (CCGR) at BI will be reading and selecting the papers. Notification of acceptance will be made shortly after this deadline. Papers will be selected based on their potential contribution to our understanding of Nordic corporate governance. Deadline for distribution of selected papers will be September 1st, 2025.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We will begin with an informal lunch on the 11th of September and will be ending with one on Friday the 12th. More details will follow.
Participation in the conference incl. a dinner is free of charge for members of the network, but registration is necessary. If you are not already a member, please visit the NCGN website for further information about the network and registration of membership. The full program will be shared shortly after the abstract deadline. You are also welcome to participate in the workshop without presenting a paper. Questions regarding the workshop may be directed to Trine Vestergaard, ccg@cbs.dk
REGISTRATION
For registration please sign up here!