Digitalization
and
Corporate
Governance

About

“AI is a cyclone in a perfect storm that affects economies, businesses and operation models in the 21st Century.
It is has the potential to serve as mechanism for creating sustained value over time.”
Peadar Duffy, 2021

Digitization creates a variety of benefits for organizations and has transformed business functions and processes. Despite the benefits and opportunities and the significant increase in up-take in recent years, not enough is known about digitization as a mechanism for good corporate governance.

 

This research programme showcases digitization as mechanism for corporate governance. 

 

Through global collaboration we will draw out best practice and produce research reports to assist policy makers, leaders and organizations in understanding and practicing good corporate governance in a changing digital landscape. We will explore how digitization transforms corporate governance, the challenges to digitalization as mechanism for corporate governance, analyze best practices and solutions, and make recommendations.

 

 

The research will be based on proprietary methodologies. Academic research as well as thought leadership will be considered when drawing conclusions. 

 

 

The project aims at combining the theory and with practical, actionable recommendations on a business level. It will be done in the context of society, economy and the natural environment.

By drawing out best practice, our reports will assist policy makers, leaders and organizations to understand and practice good Corporate Governance in a changing digital landscape.

Forum Leader:

Prof Sezer Bozkus

Activities

21 June 2022

This research initiative kicked off with its first programme meeting on 21 June.


Prof Sezer Bozkus and Dr Lindie Grebe presented two main streams of research to explore how digitalization transforms corporate governance. This is based on the philosophies of the King IV Report to achieve a sustainable value chain.


The meeting touched on the research rationale for digitalization and governance and set out a research development approach of:

  1. Introducing research practice in Good Governance data analytics.
  2. Interpreting research for impact on Good Governance performance analysis,
  3. Analysing the relationship between Digitalization and Good Governance.


Sezer explained the first, quantitative research stream by referring to the governance of digital transformation in terms of digital readiness, digital technology, a digital business model and innovation. Lindie introduced a qualitative research approach that relates to exploring the mechanistic effect of digitalisation towards better governance in developing economies in Africa.


Governance enthusiasts were invited to participate in the Digitalization and Corporate Governance research initiative in various capacities. Visit the research portfolio on our website to join this programme.


The Second Meeting of the programme will:

  • Identify research roles
  • Agree research topics

Approach

This programme will follow a phased approach consisting of mini-projects combining to contribute towards understanding Digitizing Corporate Governance.


Main objectives per phase will include:

  • Explore how  Digitalization has transformed Corporate Governance
  • Explore current challenges to Digitalization and Corporate Governance
  • Analyze best practices, international standards and solutions
  • Formulate findings and recommendations


Research will be based on proprietary methodologies. Academic research and thought leadership will be considered when drawing conclusions. The project aims at combining theory and with practical, actionable recommendations on a business level.

Deliverables

Develop an understanding of Digitalization and Corporate Governance to establish a compelling vision and change imperative, through recommendations reports, presentations at Good Governance Research Forum events, academic research publications.

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Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu

Associate Professor of Finance CIA, CFE, CFSA, CRMA, CICP, CPA Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University, Management Department, Kyrgyzstan University of South Africa, Financial Governance Department, South Africa University of Johannesburg, Commercial Accounting, South Africa

Assoc. Prof. Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu graduated from Bosporus University and earned the degree B.Sc. in Management. Sezer had an MA degree in Money Banking and Finance from Sheffield University and Certification in Retail Banking from Manchester Business School, both with a joint scholarship from the British Council and the Turkish Bankers Association. 

 

After finishing her doctoral studies, Sezer earned Ph.D. degree in Econometrics from Dokuz Eylul University in 2015. Sezer worked in the finance sector in various positions of the head office. Sezer worked in KPMG Risk Consulting Services as Senior Manager. Afterward, Sezer joined to Grant Thornton as the founding partner of advisory services and worked there in Business Risk Services. Afterward, Dr. Sezer worked in SMM Technology and Risk Consulting as Partner responsible for ERP Risk Consulting. Sezer worked as Associate Professor at Izmir Bakircay University from October 2018-March 2022. 

 

Currently, Sezer is working at Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and an academic associate of the University of South Africa and University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Her research interests mainly include Applied Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Financial Markets and Instruments, AI, Blockchain, Sustainability, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Fraud Accounting, Auditing, Ethics, Coaching, Mentoring, and NLP. 

 

Sezer has various refereed articles, books, and research project experiences in her professional field. She was among the 15 leading women selected from the business world within the scope of the “Leading Women of Izmir Project” which was sponsored by the World Bank and organized in cooperation with the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), Izmir Governor’s Office, and Metropolitan Municipality. Sezer is the associate editor of two indexed journals and the AI book series editor at Springer. Sezer is Steering Committee Member at Good Governance Academy Research Forum.

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