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. 2024
  2. Published

    Institutional dual ownership and voluntary greenhouse gas emission disclosure

    Barg, J. A., Drobetz, W., Ghoul, S. E., Guedhami, O. & Schröder, H., 12.2024, In: Journal of Corporate Finance. 89, 22 p., 102671.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Strategic cost management in new drug development

    Lueg, R., 01.12.2024, In: International Journal of Business Research. 24, 3, p. 14-23 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 2025
  5. Accepted/In press
  6. Accepted/In press

    Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für ein EU-Omnibus-Paket zur Änderung der CSRD, CSDDD und Taxonomie-Verordnung

    Velte, P., Wulf, I., Weber, S. C. & Fischer, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Der Betrieb.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  7. Accepted/In press

    Die Prüfung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten nach dem internationalen Prüfungsstandard ISSA 5000: Eine kritische Würdigung

    Velte, P., Borcherding, N. & Lackmann, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Der Betrieb.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  8. E-pub ahead of print

    Nachhaltigkeit und Bürokratieabbau: Vorschlag eines EU-Omnibus-Pakets zur Änderung der CSRD, CSDDD und Taxonomie-Verordnung

    Velte, P., Wulf, I., Weber, S. C. & Fischer, A., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Rechnungslegung.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  9. Accepted/In press

    Sustainable corporate governance and corporate carbon outputs: Status quo of empirical research and further improvements

    Velte, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Accepted/In press
  11. Published

    Corporate social responsibility sophistication: Company-specific drivers among early and late adopters

    Kunkel, K., Wigge, K. & Lueg, R., 01.2025, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 32, 1, p. 894-910 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Do audit committees impact corporate social responsibility? A review of empirical quantitative research and research opportunities

    Velte, P., 01.2025, In: Corporate Governance (Bingley). 25, 8, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch