Professorship for Business Administration, esp. Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
The professorship for Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance works in the areas of financial accounting, external audit and corporate governance. The research activities involve the study of selected issues in regulation, in particular such topics as the economic impact of audit committees, integrated and CSR reporting, aspects of auditor independence and board diversity. The professorship also teaches in the Master’s and Bachelor’s programmes, including modules in the Business Administration Major as well as interdisciplinary modules in the complementary studies programme and integration modules.
Main research areas
A particular focus is on the preparation, monitoring and auditing of sustainability reports by listed companies on the European capital market. The research results have been published in the Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, European Management Journal, Business Strategy and the Environment, Review of Managerial Science and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, among others.
Research & Projects
- Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Empirical Evidence from a European Perspective
- Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Empirical Evidence from a European Perspective
- Determinants and consequences of climate risk disclosure - Empirical evidence from Europe
- Heterogeneity in Family Firm Finance and Accounting: The Role of Family Influence for Financial Decisions in Family Firms
- Assessment of tax avoidance in association with CSR- and Country-by-Country-Reporting
- Monitoring of Internal Corporate Governance Systems by Audit Committees, Internal Auditors and External Auditors
- 2023
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Sustainable institutional investors and corporate biodiversity disclosure: Does sustainable board governance matter?
Velte, P., 11.2023, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30, 6, p. 3063-3074 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Automated text analyses of sustainability & integrated reporting. A literature review of empirical-quantitative research
Velte, P., 31.10.2023, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 14, 4, p. 530-566 37 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Which attributes of audit committees are most beneficial for European companies? Literature review and research recommendations
Velte, P., 31.10.2023, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 14, 4, p. 403-430 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Berichterstattung nach Art. 8 der EU-Taxonomie-Verordnung. Eine empirische Untersuchung der Taxonomiefähigkeit und -konformität bei den Unternehmen des DAX, MDAX und SDAX
Garzen, M., Weber, S., Velte, P. & Fischer, A., 08.09.2023, In: KoR : internationale und kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung. 23, 9, p. 363-373 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate Climate Reporting of European Banks: Are these institutions compliant with climate issues?
Friedrich, T., Velte, P. & Wulf, I., 09.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 6, p. 2817-2834 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable institutional investors, corporate sustainability performance, and corporate tax avoidance: Empirical evidence for the European capital market
Velte, P., 09.2023, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30, 5, p. 2406-2418 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of external auditors on firms’ financial restatements. A review of archival studies and implications for future research
Velte, P., 09.2023, In: Management Review Quarterly. 73, 3, p. 959-985 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determinants and financial consequences of environmental performance and reporting: A literature review of European archival research
Velte, P., 15.08.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 340, 13 p., 117916.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Anhang zu § 5: Zur praktischen Umsetzung der Sorgfaltspflichten nach dem LkSG - Fallstudie zu einem Social Compliance Management System nach IDW PS 980
Merz, D., Stitteneder, S. & Velte, P., 05.06.2023, LkSG. Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz: Kommentar. Schall, A., Theusinger, I. & Pour Rafsendjani, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, Vol. 1. p. 316-333 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer
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Climate reporting quality following the recommendations of the task force on climate-related financial disclosures: A Focus on the German capital market: A Focus on the German Capital Market
Braasch, A. & Velte, P., 04.2023, In: Sustainable Development. 31, 2, p. 926-940 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeitsexpertise als Kompetenzprofil des Aufsichtsrats: Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex und Impulse durch die EU-Sustainable Finance-Regulierungen
Velte, P., 31.03.2023, In: Zeitschrift für Corporate Governance (ZCG). 18, 2, p. 78-86 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Chief sustainability officer expertise, sustainability-related executive compensation and corporate biodiversity disclosure: Empirical evidence for the European capital market
Velte, P., 23.03.2023, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 14, 2, p. 241-253 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zur Notwendigkeit von Nachhaltigkeit in der Corporate Governance
Velte, P., 01.02.2023, Corporate Responsibility. : Kompass für die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung. Freiberg, J. & Bruckner, A. (eds.). 2. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage ed. Freiburg, München, Stuttgart: Haufe Mediengruppe, p. 129-153 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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The link between corporate governance and corporate financial misconduct. A review of archival studies and implications for future research
Velte, P., 02.2023, In: Management Review Quarterly. 73, 1, p. 353-411 59 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does sustainable board governance drive corporate social responsibility? A structured literature review on European archival research
Velte, P., 06.01.2023, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 14, 1, p. 46-88 43 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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C 615 Integrierte Berichterstattung
Velte, P., 01.2023, Beck'sches Handbuch der Rechnungslegung: HGB und IFRS. Böcking, H.-J., Gros, M., Oser, P., Scheffler, E. & Thormann, B. (eds.). München: C.H. Beck Verlag, p. 1-25 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Which Institutional Investors Drive Corporate Sustainability? A Systematic Literature Review
Velte, P., 01.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 1, p. 42-71 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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§ 257 Aufbewahrung von Unterlagen. Aufbewahrungspflichten
Velte, P., 2023, Rechnungslegung und Prüfung der Unternehmen: Teilband 1 ; §§ 238 - 263 HGB. Anzinger, H., Oser, P., Schlotter, C., Graw, C., Kahle, H. & Mayr, G. (eds.). 7 ed. Stuttgart: Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, Vol. 1. p. 1223-1235 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer
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Auswahl des Prüfungsdienstleisters für Nachhaltigkeitsberichte nach der CSRD: Plädoyer für die integrierte Prüfung des Finanz- und Nachhaltigkeitsberichts durch den gesetzlichen Abschlussprüfer und für strategische Kooperationen mit Umweltgutachtern
Velte, P., 2023, In: WPg - Die Wirtschaftsprüfung. 76, 23, p. 1289-1296 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review