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.
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Das Controlling als Qualitätssicherungsinstrument der Corporate Governance: Schlussfolgerungen aus experimentellen Untersuchungsergebnissen
Eulerich, M., Velte, P. & Mohr, J., 2014, In: Zeitschrift für Corporate Governance (ZCG). 9, 2, p. 58-63 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Audit pricing in China and Pakistan: A comparative review of audit practices
Younas, Z. I., Velte, P. & Ashfaq, K., 2014, In: Accounting and Management Information Systems. 13, 1, p. 98-110 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impact of soft law regulation by corporate governance codes on firm valuation: The case of Germany
Stiglbauer, M. & Velte, P., 27.05.2014, In: Corporate Governance. 14, 3, p. 395-406 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of management board diversity on corporate performance: An empirical analysis for the German two-tier system
Eulerich, M., Velte, P. & van Uum, C., 2014, In: Problems and Perspectives in Management (PPM). 12, 1, p. 25-39 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Switching from a Managing to a Monitoring Function on the Board: Is a Cooling-Off Period Necessary?
Velte, P. & Stiglbauer, M., 2013, In: The IUP Journal of Corporate Governance . 11, 11, p. 7-16 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rechnungslegung und Rechnungslegungspolitik: Eine Einführung nach Handels- und Steuerrecht sowie nach IFRS in die Rechnungslegung und Rechnungslegungspolitik von Einzelunternehmen, Personenhandels- und Kapitalgesellschaften. Mit Beispielen und Abbildungen
Freidank, C-C. & Velte, P., 2013, 2 ed. München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl. 1027 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Reform der europäischen Corporate Governance: Praxisfolgen für die externe Abschlussprüfung
Velte, P., Weber, S. C. & Stiglbauer, M., 2013, 1 ed. Herne: NWB Verlag. 146 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
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Prüfung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten: Mögliche Implikationen für die handelsrechtliche Umsetzung der „EU-CSR-Richtlinie“ bei der nichtfinanziellen Erklärung vor dem Hintergrund internationaler Forschungsergebnisse
Velte, P. & Stawinoga, M., 2016, In: Der Konzern : Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht, Steuerrecht, Bilanzrecht und Rechnungslegung der verbundenen Unternehmen. 14, 1, p. 13-19 7 p., DK1169008.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Development and current criticism of asset impairment in German tax accounting
Velte, P., 01.01.2015, In: Corporate Ownership & Control . 13, 1CONT 7, p. 756-768 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mögliche Einbettung der neuen nichtfinanziellen Erklärung in die handelsrechtliche Unternehmenspublizität und -prüfung. Erkenntnisse aus den Stellungnahmen zum Konzeptpapier des BMJV zur nationalen Umsetzung der CSR-Richtlinie
Müller, S., Stawinoga, M. & Velte, P., 2015, In: Der Betrieb. 68, 39, p. 2217-2223 7 p., DB1046571.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer