Department of Corporate Finance

The department conducts scientific research in three main areas. The first one is devoted to   corporate finance, and especially to the  sources of financing, capital structure and its determinants, capital market and financial instruments.
The second research topic is corporate governance. Within this area scientific interests are focused on international corporate governance,   problems concerning  state-owned firms and on supervision in family businesses.
The third area of exploration is devoted to the analysis of financial statements and controlling. Research conducted within this framework focuses on the assessment of the financial standing of enterprises, the threat of bankruptcy and on selected aspects of controlling and budgeting.