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. 2025
  2. Published

    Female Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and Environmental Decoupling. The moderating impact of Sustainability Board Committees

    Velte, P., 01.2025, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 32, 1, p. 1147–1160 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Tax-related sustainability reporting: Theoretical and normative implications from a European perspective

    Muench, M. & Velte, P., 01.2025, In: European Taxation. 65, 1, p. 3-14 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sustainability performance measurement – a framework for context-specific applications

    Damtoft, N. F., van Liempd, D. & Lueg, R., 02.01.2025, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 16, 1, p. 162-201 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Value-based management: a review of its conceptualizations and a research agenda toward sustainable governance

    Wobst, J., Tanikulova, P. & Lueg, R., 02.01.2025, In: Journal of Accounting Literature. 47, 1, p. 150-200 51 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Nichtumsetzung der CSRD zum 31.12.2024: Konsequenzen für die Tätigkeit des Aufsichtsrats

    Arbeitskreis Corporate Governance Reporting der Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. & Velte, P., 13.01.2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 3, p. 67-71 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  7. Published

    Physical climate risk: Stock price reactions to the historically most extreme European and United States heat waves since 1979

    Schuster, M., Krüger, J. & Lueg, R., 24.01.2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1 , 21 p., e0318166.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Einfluss von CSRD und CSDDD auf Interne Revision, Aufsichtsrat und Abschlussprüfer. Normative Rahmenbedingungen und empirische Befunde

    Velte, P. & Wehrhahn, C., 25.01.2025, In: Zeitschrift Interne Revision. 58, 1, p. 28-34 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesTransfer

  9. Published

    Carbon performance and corporate financial performance during crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis

    Läger, F., Bouzzine, Y. D. & Lueg, R., 02.2025, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29, 1, p. 246-263 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published
  11. E-pub ahead of print

    Audit quality and materiality disclosure quality in integrated reporting. The moderating effect of carbon assurance quality.

    Velte, P., 14.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review