Innovations That Inspire
Each year, AACSB recognizes institutions around the world that are innovating to create relevant, equitable, and impactful business education.
2024 Call
For this year’s Innovations That Inspire theme, AACSB is turning a spotlight on the unique ways its member business schools are creating value for learners, businesses, and society. We want to know how your school is leading boldly to enable equitable access, empower problem-solvers, design timely curricula and credentials, deploy adaptive learning methods, create new knowledge, and develop societal impact leaders.
View past highlighted innovations, from 2016 to the present, below to see how AACSB member institutions are developing leading-edge programs and initiatives that define a new, promising future for business education and society.
Honorees
25 Results
25 Results

Act for Climate
2023
EMLYON Business School
France

Impact MBA Corporate Sustainability Fellowships
2023
College of Business, Colorado State University
United States

The Global Links Initiative
2023
Roy E. Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College
United States

Industry-Universities Collaborative Education
2023
School of Business Administration, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics
China

Bachelor of Commerce—Integrated First Year
2023
UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney
Australia

We Care: Civic Engagement Internship
2023
School of Business Management, SVKM’s NMIMS University
India

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (iCenter)
2023
Lewis College of Business, Marshall University
United States

Open University Business School Policing Excellence
2023
The Open University Business School, The Open University
United Kingdom

Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living
2023
Carson College of Business, Washington State University
United States

Social Robotics for the Good of Society
2023
School of Business and Public Administration, University of the District of Columbia
United States

Innovative Interdisciplinary Foundation Studios
2023
Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University
India

Towards a Real Sustainable and Transformative Future
2023
King Talal School of Business Technology, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Jordan
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Access all Innovations That Inspire submissions, including those from prior years, through DataDirect. To date, members of AACSB’s Business Education Alliance have shared more than 1,000 innovative practices within their curricular offerings, thought leadership, operations, and community engagement—creating a robust repository to inform and inspire fellow members. AACSB member login is required.

Influential Leaders
AACSB's member spotlight programs amplify the powerful impact of business education. The annual Influential Leaders initiative recognizes alumni of AACSB-accredited schools who are creating lasting impact in their communities, industries, and around the world. Read more to learn how each honoree represents business education's—and the business community’s—past, present, and promising future.