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

    Manager’s misinterpretation of goodwill impairments: Evidence from German listed companies

    Lazar, L., 2019, In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation. 15, 2, p. 168-190 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Bidirectional effects between organizational sustainability disclosure and risk

    Lueg, K., Krastev, B. & Lueg, R., 20.08.2019, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 229, p. 268-277 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Let’s talk about money! Assessing the link between firm performance and voluntary Say-on-Pay votes

    Obermann, J., 01.02.2020, In: Journal of Business Economics. 90, 1, p. 109-135 27 p., 1.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Managing Multiple Logics: The Role of Performance Measurement Systems in Social Enterprises

    Nielsen, J. G., Lueg, R. & van Liempd, D., 18.04.2019, In: Sustainability. 11, 8, 23 p., 2327.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    The bidirectional relationship between ESG performance and earnings management: Empirical evidence from Germany

    Velte, P., 23.10.2019, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 10, 4, p. 322-338 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Associations between the financial and industry expertise of audit committee members and Key Audit Matters within related audit reports

    Velte, P., 10.02.2020, In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 21, 1, p. 185-200 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Tax Avoidance in Family Firms: Evidence from Large Private Firms

    Kovermann, J. H. & Wendt, M., 08.2019, In: Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics. 15, 2, p. 145-157 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    BUSINESS MODELS IN BANKING: A CLUSTER ANALYSIS USING ARCHIVAL DATA

    Lueg, R., Schmaltz, C. & Tomkus, M., 20.03.2019, In: TRAMES-JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 23, 1, p. 79-107 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Key Audit Matters im neuen Bestätigungsvermerk: Eine quantitative Berichtsanalyse für HDAX- und SDAX-Unternehmen im Geschäftsjahr 2017

    Diederich, M. & Velte, P., 2019, In: Deutsches Steuerrecht. 57, 9, p. 461-468 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  10. Published

    Determinants of materiality disclosure quality in integrated reporting: Empirical evidence from an international setting

    Gerwanski, J., Kordsachia, O. & Velte, P., 07.2019, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 28, 5, p. 750-770 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review