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
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    Physical climate risk: Stock price reactions to the historically most extreme European and United States heat waves since 1979

    Schuster, M., Krüger, J. & Lueg, R., 24.01.2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1 , 21 p., e0318166.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Carbon Accounting – Integrierte Strategien für Emissionsbilanzierung, Reporting und Optimierung: Die Praxis des Carbon Accounting bei the nature network

    Zeppenfeld, J., Petersen, M. & Lueg, R., 03.2024, Sustainability Reporting: Praxisnahe Informationen und Fallstudien. Theis, J. (ed.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag, p. 237-252 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsTransfer

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    Performance incentives in activity-based management

    Lueg, R., 01.06.2024, In: International Journal of Business Research. 24, 1, p. 62-69 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cost of quality reports and value engineering

    Lueg, R., 10.2024, In: European Journal of Management. 24, 2, p. 79-88 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Strategic cost management in new drug development

    Lueg, R., 01.12.2024, In: International Journal of Business Research. 24, 3, p. 14-23 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Die Prüfung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten nach dem internationalen Prüfungsstandard ISSA 5000 - eine kritische Würdigung

    Velte, P., Borcherding, N. & Lackmann, J., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 17, p. 1025-1031 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Sustainable Institutional Investors and Environmental Decoupling: Does Carbon Assurance (quality) have an impact?

    Velte, P., 03.03.2025, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 47, 1, p. 37-64 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Tax-related sustainability reporting: Theoretical and normative implications from a European perspective

    Muench, M. & Velte, P., 02.12.2025, In: European Taxation. 65, 1, p. 3-14 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review