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Call For Papers
6.3 Special Issue on XBRL: Implications for Reporting and Governance

In mid-2009 the International Journal of Disclosure and Governance will publish a special issue on XBRL and its impact on financial reporting and national and corporate governance worldwide. There will be a combination of invited papers from high profile members of the XBRL community and submitted papers from leading accounting practitioners, user groups and academic researchers.
The submission deadline is January 16th, 2009

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Advance Online Publication (AOP)

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance is now utilising our industry leading Advance Online Publication (AOP) service. This service enables us to publish online the final version of a paper, fully citeable and exactly as it will be published in the printed edition. In some instances papers are published AOP a significant number of months before appearing in print.
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Upcoming Conference

3rd International Journal of Disclosure and Governance Conference
13-14th March, 2009
Beijing, China

The JDG Conference brings together leading regulators, accountants, academics from China, the United States and the rest of the world to discuss the full spectrum of issue impacting governance, business ethics and reporting in China, and its interaction with the rest of the world.

All those interested in participating should contact Professor Michael Alles at alles@business.rutgers.edu. Submissions are invited of papers to be presented, or topics for panel discussions. All presentations at the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Disclosure and Governance.

MINI-CONFERENCE
XBRL: Implications for Reporting and Governance
May 18-19, 2009
Thessaloniki, Greece

In mid-2009 the International Journal of Disclosure and Governance will publish a special issue on XBRL and its impact on financial reporting and national and corporate governance worldwide. To accompany the special issue, the journal is hosting a mini-conference at the joint 6th International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Accounting and Logistics/17th World Auditing and Reporting Symposium that will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, May 18-19, 2009.

Interested authors should submit manuscripts to the journal editor, Professor Michael Alles at alles@business.rutgers.edu. The deadline for the special issue is January 16th, 2009, while submissions for the conference will be accepted till April 15, 2009.

The Journal

The International Journal of Disclosure and Governance publishes a balance between academic and practitioner perspectives in law and accounting on subjects related to corporate governance and disclosure. In its emphasis on practical issues, it is the only such journal in these fields. All rigorous and thoughtful conceptual papers are encouraged. A wide variety of topics will be suitable for this special edition which has, in the past, included:

• What every investor should know about investor relations
• Making Sarbanes-Oxley 404 work: Reducing Cost, Increasing Effectiveness
• As gate-keepers, independent directors of public company’s face additional scrutiny and liability in the post-Enron/Worldcom world
• International corporate compliance programmes
• Audit committee membership: the interplay with general corporate law
• The impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on SEC enforcement in public company disclosure cases

To date, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance has published articles by personnel, a former general counsel and a former commissioner of the SEC, practitioners from Cleary Gottlieb, Skadden Arps, Wachtell Lipton, and Latham & Watkins as well as articles by academics from Harvard, Yale and NYU. The readership of the journal includes lawyers, accountants, and corporate directors and managers.