Impact of Research: A Guide for Business Schools

This report draws upon the experiences of ten business schools that volunteered to participate in an exploratory study following the release of the Final Report of the Impact of Research Task Force. The study was intended to determine the overall feasibility of schools undertaking more concerted efforts to assess the impact of intellectual contributions, assess the burden and costs to schools, and begin to explore appropriate measures of impact.

(2012). AACSB International.

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Impact of Research

In this report, the AACSB Impact of Research Task Force examines the nature and purposes of research in business schools, exploring not only how research is defined, but also its value proposition to different stakeholders and the incentive structures that influence research output. In doing so, it reaffirms business schools’ commitment to research, but also identifies five obstacles that inhibit that research from achieving its potential value and visibility. The Task Force offers several progressive, yet controversial, recommendations for helping to maximize the value and visibility of business school research to students, practicing managers, and society.

(2008). Impact of Research Task Force. AACSB International.

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Sustaining Scholarship in Business Schools

The Doctoral Faculty Commission was appointed by the AACSB International Board of Directors to assess the widespread concerns related to a significant and worsening doctoral faculty shortage. Their report, published in 2003, examined the management education industry’s capacity to replenish and grow the size of business doctoral faculty, and offered a series of recommendations to address the growing gap between production of and demand for these individuals who serve as the “lifeline of academic business schools.”

(2003). Doctoral Faculty Commission. AACSB International.

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