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. 2026
  2. Published

    Investor heterogeneity and venture performance

    Mönkemeyer, M., Rennertseder, K. & Schröder, H., 01.2026, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 41, 1, 18 p., 106524.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Sustainable Dividend Policies and CSR Disclosure: How Strategic Investors Influence Wealth Distribution

    Heinzel, N. & Lueg, R., 01.2026, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 33, 1, p. 786-805 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Anhang zu § 10: Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

    Velte, P. & Wulf, I., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz. : Kommentar. Schall, A. & Theusinger, I. (eds.). 2 ed. De Gruyter Oldenbourg

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

  5. Published
  6. Accepted/In press

    Einfluss der nachhaltigen Corporate Governance auf die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

    Velte, P., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Der Prüfungsausschuss des Aufsichtsrats. : Praxisleitfaden für Finanzexperten und Aufsichtsräte. 4 ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag

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

  7. Accepted/In press

    Sustainability reporting regulations at the crossroads. A critical note on the EU Omnibus

    Velte, P., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Critical Perspectives on International Business.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Accepted/In press
  9. 2025
  10. Published

    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

  11. Published

    Female Directors on Audit Committees and Corporate Environmental Decoupling: The Moderator Effect of Sustainability Assurance

    Velte, P., 12.2025, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 34, 8, p. 10278–10295 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Measuring value-based management using natural language processing

    Wobst, J., Röttger, P. & Lueg, R., 12.2025, In: Management Accounting Research. 67, 17 p., 100946.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. E-pub ahead of print

    Sustainability-related co-operation among audit committees, internal auditors and external auditors: a survey-based study

    Wehrhahn, C., 21.11.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Meditari Accountancy Research. p. 1-30 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility: A literature review on critical mass theory and research recommendations

    Velte, P., 11.2025, In: Sustainable Development. 33, S1, p. 1233-1248 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  15. Published

    Avoiding algorithm errors in textual analysis: A guide to selecting software, and a research agenda toward generative artificial intelligence

    Wobst, J. & Lueg, R., 10.2025, In: Journal of Business Research. 199, 9 p., 115571.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Does ownership structure impact carbon performance and reporting? A literature review and a research agenda

    Velte, P., 09.2025, In: Accounting Research Journal. 38, 3-4, p. 443-473 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Market Valuation of Biodiversity Risk: Evidence from the EU Nature Restoration Law

    Bornhöft, S. C., 01.07.2025, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2025, 1, 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  20. Published
  21. Published

    Climate board governance and carbon assurance – European evidence

    Velte, P., 20.06.2025, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 16, 3, p. 594-621 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Determinants of the selection of sustainability assurance providers and consequences for firm value: a review of empirical research

    Velte, P., 06.2025, In: Meditari Accountancy Research. 33, 7, p. 443-465 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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