Patrick Velte
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Business Administration, esp. Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance
- Institute of Management, Accounting & Finance
- Institute of Management and Organization
- Leuphana Law School (LLS)
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Research Center for Digital Transformation
- School of Sustainability

- Management studies - Financial Accounting, External Audit, Corporate Governance, Board composition, Board diversity, CSR Reporting, Integrated Reporting, Accounting regulation, Tax Accounting
- Sustainability Science - CSR Reporting, CSR Assurance, Integrated Reporting
- Law
Research areas
Assessing the association between joint audits, audit quality and corporate governance
Velte, P. (Project staff) & Gruchow, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.20 → 30.04.22
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the association between socially responsible investments, CSR disclosure, and firm performance
Kordsachia, O. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.03.20
Project: Dissertation project
Assessing the link between ownership structure, management compensation and CSR performance
Focke, M. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Audit reforms and accruals quality
Treptow, I. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Empirical Evidence from a European Perspective
Apel, J. M. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → 31.12.26
Project: Dissertation project
Capital Structure and Tax Policies in German Family Firms: Empirical Focus on Bank Debt and Tax Avoidance
Wendt, M. (Partner), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Prigge, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 31.01.19
Project: Dissertation project
Corporate governance and CSR/IR reporting
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → …
Project: Research
Deloitte-Stiftung Stipendienprogramm
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.24 → 30.09.25
Project: Individual grant
Determinants and consequences of climate risk disclosure - Empirical evidence from Europe
Stock, P. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Partner)
01.01.23 → 31.12.26
Project: Dissertation project
Determinants and consequences of goodwill impairments - Literature review and empirical evidence from Germany
Lazar, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Determinants and Consequences of Integrated Reporting Adoption, Quality and its Assurance: Empirical Evidence and Critical Voices From an International and German Perspective
Gerwanski, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.06.16 → 15.06.20
Project: Dissertation project
E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)
01.05.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Other
Essays on Say-on-Pay: theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical evidence from Germany
Obermann, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.04.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
European Harmonization of National Tax Accounting Rules – a conceptual and empirical analysis with a focus on the German setting
Mock, O. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Extended auditor reporting (Key Audit Matters)
Issa, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.05.20
Project: Dissertation project
Fair Value Accounting, Earnings Management and Corporate Governance
Thesing, J. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Financial Decisions in Family Firms.Private Equity Investors, Capital Structure and Firm Identity
Thiele, F. (Partner), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Prigge, S. (Partner)
01.10.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Förderung wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs Audit
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Gruchow, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.20 → 30.04.22
Project: Research
Förderung wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs Audit
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.22 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
Förderung wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs Wirtschaftsprüfung & Steuerwesen
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.22 → 31.08.26
Project: Research