Editorial

Abstract

The special issue of Decision carries a collection of carefully selected papers from amongst the papers that were presented in the second International Finance Conference held at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) during 9-12 January, 2011. The Conference saw the presentation of around 85 papers in various technical sessions. The key attraction of the Conference was a series of keynote speeches by world class academicians and practitioners. The Reflections section of this special issue includes discussions on financial crisis, executive compensation, corporate governance, corporate finance, news analytics and research in finance. The speakers touched upon the key challenges that the finance industry is facing now after the recent financial crisis and proposed a way forward to restore the confidence of the world in finance professionals, institutions, and their practices.