Corresponding Manager: Giacinto Coniglio (giacinto.coniglio@uniroma1.it)
Track Manager(s): Nicola Cucari, Salvatore Esposito De Falco, Kurt Desender, Giacinto Coniglio
Description
Digital transformation is profoundly redefining corporate governance mechanisms, reshaping the role of boards, decision-making processes, and the modes of control and transparency within organizations. The emergence of technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, and predictive analytics is creating new opportunities while simultaneously introducing challenges related to ethics, accountability, and risk management.
This track welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions that examine how digital innovation is influencing governance practices, audit quality, risk oversight, and corporate sustainability in the context of ESG principles. Topics of interest include the impact of AI on board decision-making, the use of data and automation to enhance transparency and compliance, cybersecurity governance, and the evolution of digital competencies within boards of directors.
The objective is to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to understand how technological transformation can strengthen good governance mechanisms and reinforce stakeholder trust in the corporation of the future.
Keywords
Digital transformation and corporate governance; AI and corporate governance; Cybersecurity Governance; Board Decision Making and digital transformation; Board of Directors and Risk Oversight
Key References
1. Agnese, P., Arduino, F. R., & Di Prisco, D. (2025). The era of artificial intelligence: what implications for the board of directors?. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 25(2), 272-287.
2. Belloc, F. (2012). Corporate governance and innovation: A survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 26(5), 835-864.
3. Chen, P., & Hao, Y. (2022). Digital transformation and corporate environmental performance: The moderating role of board characteristics. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(5), 1757-1767.
4. Cortez, E. K., & Dekker, M. (2022). A corporate governance approach to cybersecurity risk disclosure. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 13(3), 443-463.
5. Cucari, N., Nevi, G., Laviola, F., & Barbagli, L. (2023). Artificial intelligence and environmental social governance: An exploratory landscape of AI toolkit. Available at SSRN 4629933.
6. de Enrique Arnau, L., & Pinillos-Costa, M. J. (2024). Board of directors and business transformation: a bibliometric analysis. European Journal of Management and Business Economics, 33(2), 212-236.
7. Desender, K. A. & LópezPuertas-Lamy, M. (2025), The Boardroom Firewall: Gender Diversity and Cybersecurity. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4838335 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4838335
8. Hartmann, C. C., & Carmenate, J. (2021). Academic research on the role of corporate governance and IT expertise in addressing cybersecurity breaches: Implications for practice, policy, and research. Current issues in auditing, 15(2), A9-A23.
9. Hickman, E., & Petrin, M. (2021). Trustworthy AI and corporate governance: the EU’s ethics guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence from a company law perspective. European Business Organization Law Review, 22(4), 593-625.
10. Hilb, M. (2020). Toward artificial governance? The role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of corporate governance. Journal of Management and Governance, 24(4), 851-870.
11. Manita, R., Elommal, N., Baudier, P., & Hikkerova, L. (2020). The digital transformation of external audit and its impact on corporate governance. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 150, 119751.
12. Nevi, G., Montera, R., Cucari, N., & Laviola, F. (2025). Integrating AI and ESG in digital platforms: New profiles of platform-based business models. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 78, 101913.
Research Partnerships and Promotion Channels
ICGS, AOM, EURAM, SIMA