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
Social trading and the wisdom of crowds
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kapraun, J. (Project manager, academic)
16.03.16 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
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)
01.01.16 → 31.01.19
Project: Dissertation project
Financial penalties and the banking sector
Pelster, M. (Partner) & Köster, H. (Partner)
01.01.16 → 01.01.18
Project: Research
The Impact of audit committees on corporate governance quality
Weber, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 17.07.20
Project: Dissertation project
Determinants and consequences of goodwill impairments - Literature review and empirical evidence from Germany
Lazar, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Eine Simulationsstudie zur Krankenhausplanung in Deutschland
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic), Hagemann, V. (Project manager, academic), Wolf, S. (Partner) & Laporte Uribe, F. (Partner)
01.10.15 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Strategic Corporate Hedging
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic), Karam, A. (Partner) & Cox, C. (Partner)
01.10.15 → 30.09.16
Project: Research
Sustainable CEO compensation: Conceptual remarks, literature review and empirical analysis with a focus on climaterelated aspects
Winschel, J. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 07.02.22
Project: Dissertation project
CDS-LTD risk: Modellierung von Abhängigkeitsstrukturen
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic)
15.05.15 → 15.06.16
Project: Research
Audit reforms and accruals quality
Treptow, I. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project