Professorship for Business Administration, esp. Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance

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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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    The impact of key audit matter (KAM) disclosure in audit reports on stakeholders’ reactions: A literature review

    Velte, P. & Issa, J., 04.09.2019, In: Problems and Perspectives in Management. 17, 3, p. 323-341 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Determinants and effects of sustainable CEO compensation: a structured literature review of empirical evidence

    Winschel, J. & Stawinoga, M., 01.09.2019, In: Management Review Quarterly. 69, 3, p. 265-328 64 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Impact of Corporate Governance on Corporate Tax Avoidance. A Literature Review

    Kovermann, J. H. & Velte, P., 01.09.2019, In: Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation . 36, 29 p., 100270.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Net deferred tax assets and the long-run performance of initial public offerings

    Kovermann, J. H. & Velte, P., 08.08.2019, In: Corporate Ownership & Control . 16, 4, p. 111-127 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    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

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    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

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    What do we know about meta-analyses in accounting, auditing, and corporate governance?

    Velte, P., 18.02.2019, In: Meditari Accountancy Research. 27, 1, p. 17-43 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Corporate governance codes: How to deal with the bright and dark sides of family influence

    Prigge, S. & Thiele, F. K., 01.01.2019, The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms. Memili, E. & Dibrell, C. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 297-331 35 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Does Board Composition Influence CSR Reporting? A meta-analysis

    Velte, P., 01.01.2019, In: Corporate Ownership & Control . 16, 2, p. 48-59 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    § 289 c Inhalt der nichtfinanziellen Erklärung

    Velte, P., 2019, Bilanzierungsvorschriften: Spezialkommentar zu den §§ 238-342e HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag GmbH, p. 513-517 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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    § 289 e Weglassen nachteiliger Angaben

    Velte, P., 2019, Bilanzierungsvorschriften: Spezialkommentar zu den §§ 238-342e HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag GmbH, p. 519-520 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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    § 289 f Erklärung zur Unternehmensführung

    Velte, P., 2019, Bilanzierungsvorschriften: Spezialkommentar zu den §§ 238-342e HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag GmbH, p. 520-530 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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    § 315 c Inhalt der nichtfinanziellen Konzernerklärung

    Velte, P., 2019, Bilanzierungsvorschriften: Spezialkommentar zu den §§ 238-342e HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag GmbH, p. 745 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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    § 315 d Konzernerklärung zur Unternehmensführung

    Velte, P., 2019, Bilanzierungsvorschriften: Spezialkommentar zu den §§ 238-342e HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag GmbH, p. 745-748 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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    Harmonisierung der Klimaberichterstattung?! Einbettung in die EU-Regulierungsinitiativen, Forschungslücken und Handlungsempfehlungen

    Velte, P. & Stawinoga, M., 2019, In: Der Betrieb. 72, 37, p. 2025-2033 9 p., DB1307200.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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