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. Financial penalties and the banking sector

    Pelster, M. (Partner) & Köster, H. (Partner)

    01.01.1601.01.18

    Project: Research

  2. The Impact of audit committees on corporate governance quality

    Weber, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1617.07.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  3. Determinants and consequences of goodwill impairments - Literature review and empirical evidence from Germany

    Lazar, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1530.09.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  4. Eine Simulationsstudie zur Krankenhausplanung in Deutschland

    Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic), Hagemann, V. (Project manager, academic), Wolf, S. (Partner) & Laporte Uribe, F. (Partner)

    01.10.1531.03.16

    Project: Research

  5. Strategic Corporate Hedging

    Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic), Karam, A. (Partner) & Cox, C. (Partner)

    01.10.1530.09.16

    Project: Research

  6. CDS-LTD risk: Modellierung von Abhängigkeitsstrukturen

    Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic)

    15.05.1515.06.16

    Project: Research

  7. Audit reforms and accruals quality

    Treptow, I. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1430.09.22

    Project: Dissertation project

  8. Corporate governance and CSR/IR reporting

    Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.14 → …

    Project: Research

  9. Financial Decisions in Family Firms.Private Equity Investors, Capital Structure and Firm Identity

    Thiele, F. (Partner), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Prigge, S. (Partner)

    01.10.1430.09.17

    Project: Dissertation project