Recommendations of the Impact of Research Task Force
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Recommendation #1: 
Extend and augment AACSB accreditation guidelines to require schools to demonstrate the impact of faculty intellectual contributions on targeted audiences.

Recommendation #2: 
AACSB should encourage and support efforts to create incentives for greater diversity in institutional missions and faculty intellectual contributions.

Recommendation #3: 
AACSB should support, perhaps in conjunction with professional associations such as the Academy of Management, studies examining the linkage between scholarly inquiry and education in degree and non-degree programs.

Recommendation #4: 
AACSB should develop an awards program to recognize and publicize high-impact research by faculty.

Recommendation #5: 
AACSB should develop mechanisms to strengthen interaction between academics and practicing managers in the production of knowledge in areas of greatest interest.

Recommendation #6: 
AACSB should study and make recommendations to the business and management journal community designed to highlight the impact of faculty research.

Recommendation #7: 
AACSB should identify and disseminate information about best practices for creating linkages between academic research and practice.