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

    Deutsches Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz

    Velte, P., 2024, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung. Mittelbach-Hörmanseder, S., Hummel, K. & Schneider, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Wien: LexisNexis ARD ORAC, p. 105-119 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Corporate biodiversity reporting and earnings management: Does a critical mass of female directors have an impact?

    Velte, P., 01.01.2024, In: Corporate Ownership and Control. 21, 1, p. 8-20 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Institutional ownership and board governance. A structured literature review on the heterogeneous monitoring role of institutional investors

    Velte, P., 16.02.2024, In: Corporate Governance (Bingley). 24, 2, p. 225-263 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Accepted/In press

    Sustainable Dividend Policies and CSR Disclosure: How Strategic Investors Influence Wealth Distribution

    Heinzel, N. & Lueg, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Accepted/In press

    Bank Responses to Physical and Transition Risks in Lending: A Diagnostic Framework From a Systematic Literature Review

    Brüggemann, T. & Lueg, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Business Strategy and the Environment.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Die Gesetzentwürfe zur CSRD-Umsetzung und zur Änderung des LkSG

    Wulf, I. & Velte, P., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 39, p. 2383-2386 4 p., DB1479171.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Female Chief Executive Officers and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Literature Review on Upper Echelons Theory

    Velte, P., 30.09.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Development. 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Market Valuation of Biodiversity Risk: Evidence from the EU Nature Restoration Law

    Bornhöft, S. C., 01.07.2025, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2025, 1, 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Corporate Governance im Rahmen der ESRS-Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: Erfahrungen aus 2024 und Anregungen für 2025

    Arbeitskreis Corporate Governance Reporting der Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. & Velte, P., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 31, p. 1841-1846 6 p., 31.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  10. Published

    Der neue Referentenentwurf eines CSRD-Umsetzungsgesetzes zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

    Wulf, I. & Velte, P., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 32, p. 1909-1915 7 p., DB1477199.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer