The International Journal of Disclosure and Governance is calling for papers for a special issue on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the 21st Century Board of Directors. This issue, planned for late 2012, will build on the success of previous special issues, devoted to Governance in India, XBRL, The Audit Profession and Financial Regulation.

Submission Guidelines: Interested authors should submit manuscripts to special issue coeditor Richard Leblanc at rleblanc@yorku.ca and also copy the journal editor, Michael Alles, at alles@business.rutgers.edu. Please note that the submission deadline for the special issue is July 1, 2012, though early submissions are highly encouraged to enable a timely review. All academic submissions will be peer reviewed. Final submission decisions will be announced by August 31, 2012