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

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

    Bergmann, N., Velte, P. & Requejo, I., 09.2025, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 34, 6, p. 7438-7468 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Determinants of the selection of sustainability assurance providers and consequences for firm value: a review of empirical research

    Velte, P., 06.2025, In: Meditari Accountancy Research. 33, 7, p. 443-465 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    The impact of environmental sustainability on willingness to invest in startups: A survey among private investors

    Voß, L., Cordes, H. & Lueg, R., 04.2025, In: Sustainable Development. 33, 2, p. 2672-2695 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Nichtumsetzung der CSRD zum 31.12.2024: Konsequenzen für die Tätigkeit des Aufsichtsrats

    Arbeitskreis Corporate Governance Reporting der Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. & Velte, P., 13.01.2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 3, p. 67-71 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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  7. Published

    Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für ein EU-Omnibus-Paket zur Änderung von CSRD, CSDDD und Taxonomie-Verordnung

    Velte, P., Wulf, I., Weber, S. C. & Fischer, A., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 14, p. 813-823 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  8. 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

  9. Published
  10. E-pub ahead of print

    Sustainable corporate governance and corporate carbon outputs: Status quo of empirical research and further improvements

    Velte, P., 14.04.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting. 47 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch