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. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Einfluss der Corporate Governance auf die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: Bestandsaufnahme internationaler Forschungsergebnisse

    Dienes, D. & Velte, P., 2014, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 37, 4, p. 347-389 43 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Einfluss der Covid-19-Pandemie und des Strukturwandels auf die Goodwill Impairments: Eine empirische Analyse ausgewählter Unternehmen der Automobilbranche

    Tettenborn, M., Canipa-Valdez, M. & Velte, P., 2021, In: KoR : internationale und kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung. 21, 4, p. 159-166 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Empirical evidence of the disclosure and assurance of Integrated Reporting -: A content analysis of the IIRC Examples Database

    Stawinoga, M. & Velte, P., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 40, 1, p. 59-84 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Empirical Research on Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance (CSRA): A Literature Review

    Velte, P. & Stawinoga, M., 01.11.2017, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 87, 8, p. 1017 - 1066 50 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Entwicklungslinien des Stetigkeitsprinzips in der handels- und steuerrechtlichen Rechnungslegung

    Velte, P., 2014, In: Steuer und Wirtschaft. 91, 3, p. 240-257 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Entwicklung und Perspektiven des Maßgeblichkeitsprinzips: Das Ende eines deutschen Sonderwegs?

    Velte, P., 01.05.2015, In: Die Unternehmensbesteuerung. 8, 5, p. 265-281 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Environmental performance, carbon performance and earnings management: Empirical evidence for the European capital market

    Velte, P., 01.01.2021, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 28, 1, p. 42-53 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS): Überblick zu den Berichtsinhalten des neuen Nachhaltigkeitsberichts

    Wulf, I. & Velte, P., 29.09.2023, In: Zeitschrift für Corporate Governance (ZCG). 18, 5, p. 228-235 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Experteninterviews zur europäischen Reform der steuerlichen Gewinnermittlung, Teil I

    Velte, P. & Mock, O., 2018, In: FinanzRundschau. 100, 23, p. 1081-1091 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Experteninterviews zur europäischen Reform der steuerlichen Gewinnermittlung (Teil II)

    Velte, P. & Mock, O., 2018, In: FinanzRundschau. 100, 24, p. 1125-1135 11 p., 24.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Explaining the (Non-) Adoption of Advanced Data Analytics in Auditing: A Process Theory

    Krieger, F., Drews, P. & Velte, P., 01.06.2021, In: International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. 41, 24 p., 100511.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. E-pub ahead of print

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

    Bergmann, N., Velte, P. & Requejo, I., 21.05.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. 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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review