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

    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

  2. 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

  3. Published
  4. Published

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

    Velte, P., 12.2025, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 34, 8, p. 10278–10295 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published
  6. 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

  7. Published

    Avoiding algorithm errors in textual analysis: A guide to selecting software, and a research agenda toward generative artificial intelligence

    Wobst, J. & Lueg, R., 10.2025, In: Journal of Business Research. 199, 9 p., 115571.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility: A literature review on critical mass theory and research recommendations

    Velte, P., 11.2025, In: Sustainable Development. 33, S1, p. 1233-1248 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Does ownership structure impact carbon performance and reporting? A literature review and a research agenda

    Velte, P., 09.2025, In: Accounting Research Journal. 38, 3-4, p. 443-473 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch