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. Published

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

    Bornhöft, S. C., 17.06.2025, Academy of Management Proceedings. 1 ed. Vol. 2025.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published
  8. 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

  9. Accepted/In press
  10. 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