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Snapshot and Trends of Corporate Governance Research in the Past 5 Years: Statistics and Visual Analysis Based on CiteSpace

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  • Oleh Pasko

    (Sumy National Agrarian University, Sumy, Ukraine)

  • Fuli Chen

    (Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China)

  • Xuefeng Yao

    (Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea)

Abstract

Corporate governance is not only one of the important issues of modern enterprise management, but also a hot topic in academic research. Bibliometric analysis of the current status of global corporate governance research in the past five years can help researchers and decision-makers grasp the main trends in corporate governance at present and in the future. The purpose of this research is to analyze the current status, hot spots and trends of corporate governance research in the past five years. Using the core collection of the WOS database as the data source, we searched English language journals related to corporate governance and obtained 607 literature search results. We utilize bibliometric methods and use CiteSpace to conduct statistical analysis and visual analysis. Through statistical literature publication year, country (region), author and literature citation situation, draw keyword co-occurrence map, research hotspot map, clustering map, burst hotspot map, systematically show the corporate governance research field in the past 5 years Basic information, research hotspots and development trends.The research results show that the number of corporate governance-related documents has continued to increase in the past five years. The United States, the United Kingdom, China, Spain, and Australia are the five countries with the largest number of corporate governance studies. The top 5 most cited authors are M.C. Jensen, A. Shleifer, E.F. Fama, R.La. Porta and P. Gompers. Among the top 10 most cited documents, the most cited are 178 words and the least cited 65 times. Research hotspots in corporate governance include agency theory, emerging market, capital structure, family firms, and real earnings management. Future research trends include merger, ownership concentration, equity and institution.

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  • Oleh Pasko & Fuli Chen & Xuefeng Yao, 2020. "Snapshot and Trends of Corporate Governance Research in the Past 5 Years: Statistics and Visual Analysis Based on CiteSpace," Oblik i finansi, Institute of Accounting and Finance, issue 4, pages 120-129, December.
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    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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