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
Assessing the association between joint audits, audit quality and corporate governance
Velte, P. (Project staff) & Gruchow, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.20 → 30.04.22
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the association between socially responsible investments, CSR disclosure, and firm performance
Kordsachia, O. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.03.20
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the impact of global warming and the transition to a low-carbon economy on stock performance: An empirical and conceptual inquiry into shareholders’ perception of climate risks
Schuster, M. (Project manager, academic) & Lueg, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → 30.09.26
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the link between ownership structure, management compensation and CSR performance
Focke, M. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the relationship between CEO narcissism and corporate sustainability outcomes
Zeppenfeld, J. (Project manager, academic) & Lueg, R. (Project manager, academic)
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the relationship between value-based management, underlying contingencies, and firm performance
Trautberg, M. (Project manager, academic) & Lueg, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.21 → 31.01.24
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the stock performance outcomes, antecedents and preventive measures of organizational misconduct: An empirical and conceptual inquiry into unethical firm practices
Bouzzine, Y. D. (Project manager, academic) & Lueg, R. (Project staff)
01.04.20 → 31.03.23
Project: Dissertation project
Audit reforms and accruals quality
Treptow, I. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Empirical Evidence from a European Perspective
Apel, J. M. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → 31.12.26
Project: Dissertation project