Melanie Lucia Feldhues

Melanie earned her Ph.D. degree at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. She joined CBS in 2016 and was a visiting scholar at University of Melbourne in 2018. Melanie’s research is driven by individuals’ impact on accounting and decision outcomes. She is a member of both the American and the European Accounting Association. At CBS, Melanie teaches management accounting to both master’s and bachelor’s students. When teaching, she holds a special emphasis on interactive case methods.

Primary research areas

• Individuals´ impact on accounting and decision outcomes
• Management accounting

Courses

• Performance Measurement in Procurement Organizations (Part of Minor in Strategic Procurement), Graduate level
• Management Accounting and Control Systems, Undergraduate level

Supervision

Melanie supervises quantitative theses and projects with a special emphasis on major decision makers in the firm and/or using novel methods such as textual analysis.

Selected publications

• Melanie L. Feldhues; Morten Holm / CEO Life History Strategies and Earnings Management. Paper presented at 2021 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Virtual Midyear Meeting, 2021
• Henri Dekker; Melanie L. Feldhues; Nikolay Ivanov Georgiev / Working Apart Together: How Performance Information Supports Forced Working from Home after the COVID-19 Disruption. International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA) 2021, 51 s.
• Schneider, M. L. 2017. Professionals and Performance Measurement Systems: Evidence from the Health Care Sector. Dissertation thesis. WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.
• Spitzner, J., and M. L. Schneider. 2017. Warum das Controlling den systematischen Einsatz von Simulationen vorantreiben sollte. [English title: Why corporate controlling should be in charge of promoting simulation analysis"]. Controller Magazin Juli/August 2017:68-71.
• Schneider, M. L. 2013. Eine Frage des Stils – Das Einflusspotenzial des CFOs. [English title: A matter of style – The impact of the Chief Financial Officer]. Controlling Management Review 57 (Special Issue 2): 40–44.