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Thesis@ICG

The Institute for Corporate Governance supervises Bachelor- and Master Theses according to the current research focus of the named contact persons (please find a list of already supervised theses here).

If you are interested, please contact the respective supervisor. After the initial contact every student has to submit a proposal for the pursued research work. 

Requirements for writing a Bachelor thesis at the Institute

Current Topics

Currently, the following, specific topics are available:

Stefan Edlinger-Bach, PhD
(English)
  • The role of organizational transparency for strategy implementation
  • Predictive financial forecasting systems (ML/AI) and accounting innovation
  • The design of accountability systems and relative performance measurement
  • Information overload and deceptive ESG disclosure
Radhakrishnan Midhun Krishna, MSc.
(English)
  • How does the adoption of XBRL in financial reporting influence transparency and comparability among publicly listed firms, and what are the implications for regulatory compliance?
  • Investigation of how specific machine learning models (e.g., Anomaly Detection – Isolation Forest Model, Classification Model – Random Forest, SVM) improve the identification of control deficiencies.
  • How companies use Section 302 certification vs Section 404 for reporting Material Weaknesses. To what extent do companies provide early warnings of material weaknesses (MWs) in ICFR through Section 302 certifications prior to disclosing these weaknesses in their annual Section 404 reports?
Israt Jahan Oeeshi, MA(English)
  • How are compensation strategies and incentives tied to sustainability in the context of corporate governance?
  • Explore importance of employee motivation and employee engagement in achieving ESG targets/corporate sustainability objectives?
  • How different learning strategies (digital learning, formal training) in the corporate setting can shape employee mindset, attitudes, and behavior? 
  • Incentivization of employee’s intention to engage in learning, skill building tendency and ESG-relevant behaviors (reducing carbon footprint, advocating gender diversity). Explore whether this translates into an actual behavior?

Research Focus

If you are interested in a Bachelor's or Master's thesis topic from one of our disciplines, please contact your chosen supervisor directly:

Prof. Dr. Anne d'Arcy
  • Corporate Governance
  • Accounting
  • Risk Management
  • Capital Markets and
  • Internal Control
Stefan Edlinger-Bach, PhD
  • Informational Governance
  • Accountability System Design
  • Organizational Controls
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Of course, students are welcome to present own approaches for their Thesis.

As the supervision depends on available resources, we suggest to get in contact as early as possible with the probable supervisor.