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

    CSR and tax avoidance: A review of empirical research

    Kovermann, J. H. & Velte, P., 01.01.2021, In: Corporate Ownership & Control . 18, 2, p. 20-39 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Reform der Corporate Governance nach dem Wirecard-Skandal: Grundlagen – Problemfelder – Lösungsansätze

    Velte, P. & Graewe, D., 2021, 1 ed. Herne: Verlag Neue Wirtschaftsbriefe (NWB), Herne/Berlin. 114 p. (nwb Brennpunkt)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Do chief sustainability officers and CSR committees influence CSR-related outcomes? A structured literature review based on empirical-quantitative research findings

    Velte, P. & Stawinoga, M., 12.2020, In: Journal of Management Control. 31, 4, p. 333-377 45 p., 4.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Compensation-related institutional investor activism. A literature review and integrated analysis of sustainability aspects

    Velte, P. & Obermann, J., 21.01.2021, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 12, 1, p. 22-51 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Effect of overlapping audit and compensation committee memberships on the readability of management compensation reports in the German HDAX

    Velte, P., 2021, In: Journal of Managerial Issues. 33, 1, p. 27-48 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Vergütungsbericht - Eine Komponente der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung

    Velte, P., 2021, Handbuch Unternehmensberichterstattung : Regulatorische Anforderungen - Entwicklungstendenzen - Perspektiven der Stakeholder. von Keitz, I., Wulf, I. & Pelster, C. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 101-118 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  8. Published

    Zur Symbiose von Integrated Reporting und Controlling: Einbettung in die empirische Forschung und Handlungsempfehlungen

    Velte, P., 01.01.2022, Handbuch Controlling. Becker, W. & Ulrich, P. (eds.). 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte ed. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, p. 1213-1231 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  9. Published

    The massive growth in ETF investments: Do they calm or distort the market?

    Pleye, T., Wigge, K., Gutzmer, F., Hänsch, M. & Zeppenfeld, J., 2020, In: Management Studies. 10, 4, p. 95-100 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Which is the ‘right’ choice of the market portfolio of the CAPM?

    Wobst, J., Gramlich, A., Röttger, P. & Spee, K., 31.03.2020, In: Management Studies. 10, 1, p. 25 - 29 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review