Professorship for Business Administration, esp. Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance
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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.
Topics
Audit Quality
Following EU legislation on reform of the audit market, provisions on mandatory firm rotation and limits to non-audit services raise issues of the impact of major regulatory measures on safeguarding the independence of the audit firm. Internationally, empirical research on auditor independence has seen considerable attention for a number of years, with mixed findings on its economic impact. This also holds for the impact of joint audits, even though European regulation did not make this a mandatory requirement. This research project studies the effect of audit and non-audit fees of German capital market oriented companies on audit quality.
Integrated-/CSR Reporting
After the most recent financial crisis 2008-9, there has been a decline in trust of stakeholders in capital-market oriented reporting by corporations. As a result, traditional financial reporting should be complemented by corporate sustainability reporting, which would ideally be unified into integrated reporting. While there has been considerable empirical research into CSR reporting, this is not yet the case for integrated reporting in the 2013-framework published by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). This research project examines the content elements investors demand and their relationship to the quality of integrated reporting in the German capital market.
Audit Committees
In both one and two-tier systems, the appointment of audit committees with independent financial experts is seen as a necessary measure to ensure good corporate governance. There has been considerable research undertaken into the Anglo-American board system and the impact of audit committees on financial reporting quality and on the cooperation with the external auditor and with the internal auditor. This research project studies to what extent characteristics of the audit committee as established by supervisory boards in German companies are able to contribute to the discussion on quality.
Board Diversity
Recently there have been a large number of reform efforts aiming at improving corporate performance by increasing board diversity. In addition to introducing the legal gender quota now at the focus of much political discussion, other diversity characteristics such as ethnicity or occupation are increasingly being studied in empirical research on corporate governance. This research project looks at the dual system of corporate governance in Germany and studies the effects of diversity in the management board and supervisory board on the capital market.
- 2024
- Published
§ 315d Konzernerklärung zur Unternehmensführung
Velte, P., 01.03.2024, HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). 4. ed. Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 2000-2002 3 p. (NomosKommentar).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Research
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Diversity Reporting im Spannungsfeld zwischen Nachhaltigkeits- und Corporate Governance-Berichterstattung: Normative Rahmenbedingungen, empirische Befunde und kritische Würdigung
Velte, P., 03.04.2024, In: Zeitschrift für Corporate Governance (ZCG). 19, 2, p. 84-93 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable board governance and environmental performance: European evidence
Velte, P., 05.2024, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 33, 4, p. 3397-3421 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable board governance and sustainable supply chain reporting. European evidence
Velte, P., 10.05.2024, In: Journal of Strategy and Management. 17, 2, p. 222-243 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ownership structure and corporate tax avoidance: A structured literature review on archival research
Velte, P., 28.05.2024, In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 25, 3, p. 696-731 36 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Archival research on sustainability-related executive compensation. A literature review of the status quo and future improvements
Velte, P., 07.2024, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 31, 4, p. 3119-3147 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- E-pub ahead of print
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management: A structured literature review with a focus on contextual factors
Velte, P., 09.07.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research