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. Published

    European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS): Überblick zu den Berichtsinhalten des neuen Nachhaltigkeitsberichts

    Wulf, I. & Velte, P., 29.09.2023, In: Zeitschrift für Corporate Governance (ZCG). 18, 5, p. 228-235 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Experteninterviews zur europäischen Reform der steuerlichen Gewinnermittlung, Teil I

    Velte, P. & Mock, O., 2018, In: FinanzRundschau. 100, 23, p. 1081-1091 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Experteninterviews zur europäischen Reform der steuerlichen Gewinnermittlung (Teil II)

    Velte, P. & Mock, O., 2018, In: FinanzRundschau. 100, 24, p. 1125-1135 11 p., 24.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Explaining the (Non-) Adoption of Advanced Data Analytics in Auditing: A Process Theory

    Krieger, F., Drews, P. & Velte, P., 01.06.2021, In: International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. 41, 24 p., 100511.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Extern berichten: Zu Wegen der Rechnungslegung und der Abschlussprüfung

    Velte, P., 2013, Die ZEIT erklärt die Wirtschaft: Betriebswirtschaft ; Was man wirklich wissen muss. Heuser, U. J. & Spoun, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Murmann Verlag, Vol. 2. p. 136-140 5 p. (Die ZEIT erklärt die Wirtschaft; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-review

  6. Published
  7. Published

    Family businesses and non-family equity: literature review and avenues for future research

    Thiele, F., 01.02.2017, In: Management Review Quarterly. 67, 1, p. 31-63 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Family firm identity and capital structure decisions

    Thiele, F. & Wendt, M., 10.07.2017, In: Journal of Family Business Management. 7, 2, p. 221-239 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. E-pub ahead of print

    Female directors, family firms, climate talk and climate walk: European evidence

    Bergmann, N., Velte, P. & Requejo, I., 21.05.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review