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. Accepted/In press

    Female Directors on Audit Committees and Corporate Environmental Decoupling: The Moderator Effect of Sustainability Assurance

    Velte, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Accepted/In press

    How to measure Integrated Reporting Adoption, compliance, and Quality: A Systematic Review of taxonomies, constructs, and measures toward a research agenda

    Rauschenberger, F., Gerwanski, J. & Lueg, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Management Review Quarterly. 100360.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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, In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Rechnungslegung. 20, 4, p. 145-147 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  5. Accepted/In press

    Narcissists and their influence on firm performance and reporting practices – a systematic literature review and future research agenda

    Zeppenfeld, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Management Review Quarterly.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published
  7. Accepted/In press
  8. Published
  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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