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. Fair Value Accounting, Earnings Management and Corporate Governance

    Thesing, J. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1830.09.22

    Project: Dissertation project

  2. Podiumsdiskussion "Neue Erwartungslücke

    Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Simon-Heckroth, E. (Partner, non-academic), Kolb, S. (Partner, non-academic), Ruhwedel, P. (Partner, non-academic) & Kirchhoff, K. R. (Partner, non-academic)

    01.03.1801.01.19

    Project: Other

  3. Extended auditor reporting (Key Audit Matters)

    Issa, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1831.05.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  4. E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)

    01.05.1730.09.17

    Project: Other

  5. European Harmonization of National Tax Accounting Rules – a conceptual and empirical analysis with a focus on the German setting

    Mock, O. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1630.09.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. Tax Avoidance, Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance. Agency-theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical investigation

    Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Kovermann, J. H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1612.12.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  7. Essays on Say-on-Pay: theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical evidence from Germany

    Obermann, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    15.04.1631.03.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  8. Social trading and the wisdom of crowds

    Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kapraun, J. (Project manager, academic)

    16.03.1631.12.17

    Project: Research

  9. Capital Structure and Tax Policies in German Family Firms: Empirical Focus on Bank Debt and Tax Avoidance

    Wendt, M. (Partner), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Prigge, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1631.01.19

    Project: Dissertation project