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

    Fiskalpolitische Maßgeblichkeit bei der Rückstellungsbewertung: Kritische Anmerkungen zum BFH-Urteil vom 20.11.2019 – XI R 46/17

    Velte, P., 15.06.2020, In: Die Unternehmensbesteuerung. 13, 6, p. 360-363 4 p., 6.

    Research output: Journal contributionsNotes on court decisionsTransfer

  2. Published

    Financial penalties and banks’ systemic risk

    Köster, H. & Pelster, M., 2018, In: Journal of Risk Finance. 19, 2, p. 154-173 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Financial Penalties and Bank Performance

    Köster, H. & Pelster, M., 01.06.2017, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 79, p. 57–73 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Female Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and Environmental Decoupling. The moderating impact of Sustainability Board Committees

    Velte, P., 01.2025, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 32, 1, p. 1147–1160 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  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

    Family firm identity and capital structure decisions

    Thiele, F. & Wendt, M., 10.07.2017, In: Journal of Family Business Management. 7, 2, p. 221-239 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Family businesses and non-family equity: literature review and avenues for future research

    Thiele, F., 01.02.2017, In: Management Review Quarterly. 67, 1, p. 31-63 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published