Institute of Management, Accounting & Finance

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Management, Accounting & Finance (IMAF) concentrates on sustainable management & control, (non) financial reporting, corporate finance and corporate taxation in research, teaching and practice.

Main research areas

The main research topics of the institute represent:

  • Professorship of Business Administration, esp. Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance (Prof. Dr. Patrick Velte): Financial, Sustainability & Integrated Reporting, Financial Audit, Sustainability Assurance and Sustainable Corporate Governance
  • Professorship of Business Administration, esp. Managerial Accounting (Prof. Dr. Rainer Lueg): Sustainability Management & Control, Strategy Implementation and Strategic Performance Measurement Systems, Diffusion and adoption of management innovations, role of top management teams and external consultants, customer profitability analyis
  1. 2013
  2. Mercator Research Center Ruhr (External organisation)

    Pelster, M. (Member)

    10.201303.2015

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  3. Conference presentation: The Relationship between the Internal Audit Function and the Audit Committee

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. 2012
  5. International Conference “Corporate Governance and Regulation. Outlining New Horizons for Theory and Practice” 2012

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    19.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. International Conference “Improving financial institutions. The proper balance between regulation and governance” 2012

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    19.04.201220.04.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Conference presentation: Audit Market Concentration in Europe and its Influence on Audit Quality

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Does European audit rotation regulation lead to increased audit quality?

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. The link between (non) audit fees and accounting/audit quality

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. The role of internal audit in modern corporate governance: A European perspective

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. 2011
  12. Conference „Managing the way out of the crisis: between regulation and forecasts“ 2011

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    10.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. The link between audit committees and corporate governance quality

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. 2010
  15. The link between supervisory board reporting and firm performance in Germany and Austria

    Velte, P. (Speaker)

    2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch