New Research Impact Framework for Business Schools

18 months ago, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) invited AIS, together with other leading scholarly societies, to join a taskforce to define, measure, and encourage business school research impact.

AIS is delighted to announce an exciting output from this taskforce: AACSB’s new Research Impact Framework

For IS scholars in business schools, the framework should help you to assess the research impact of your business school and plan for greater impact over time, tailored to your school’s context.

We believe the framework could be particularly helpful for IS researchers working in Dean’s offices or other university administrative roles, but it could also help any IS researcher interested in pursuing greater research impact.

Key ideas within the framework, such as the “spiral model” of impact, reflect direct contributions from AIS  (Rosemann et al. 2026, https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol57/iss1/83). We thank all IS scholars who have pushed for greater impact from IS research over many decades and we promote this new framework in their honour.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards this effort.

AIS Presidents (Dorothy Leidner, Andrew Burton-Jones, and Jan vom Brocke) and Michael Rosemann (VP Strategic Partnerships).