Business schools have the potential to become an important driver for sustainable development (SD) by broadening their research assessments beyond scientific performance. Assessment frameworks that expand the scope from academic performance to actual contributions to SD can support business schools in this regard. This article addresses the current lack of pluralistic conceptualizations of research impacts and aims to propose an assessment framework and indicators for business school research impacts on SD. It thus investigates the contributions of business school research to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through an explorative case analysis of Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) and grounded theory's constant comparative method. In doing so, it adds value to the discussion about the societal relevance of business schools and pluralistic assessments of their research impacts. The findings illustrate that business school research impacts the economy, policy making, and education by fostering organizational and systemic change and contributes to overcoming societal and environmental challenges. The proposed framework contributes to shifting the focus of research impact assessment of business schools toward SD. It shows that business schools must holistically recognize their impacts by considering key SD impact areas, impact scope and pathways, and their actual contributions to the SDGs.

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迈向研究影响的可持续性评估框架：商学院的贡献

通过将研究评估范围扩大到科学绩效之外，商学院有可能成为可持续发展 (SD) 的重要推动力。将范围从学习成绩扩展到对可持续发展的实际贡献的评估框架可以在这方面为商学院提供支持。本文解决了目前缺乏对研究影响的多元化概念化的问题，旨在为商学院研究对可持续发展的影响提出一个评估框架和指标。因此，它通过对维也纳经济与商业大学 (WU Vienna) 的探索性案例分析和扎根理论的不断比较方法，调查商学院研究对可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的贡献。在这样做，它为商学院的社会相关性和对其研究影响的多元化评估的讨论增加了价值。研究结果表明，商学院研究通过促进组织和系统变革来影响经济、政策制定和教育，并有助于克服社会和环境挑战。拟议的框架有助于将商学院研究影响评估的重点转向可持续发展。它表明，商学院必须通过考虑关键的可持续发展影响领域、影响范围和途径，以及它们对可持续发展目标的实际贡献，从整体上认识到它们的影响。和教育通过促进组织和系统变革，并有助于克服社会和环境挑战。拟议的框架有助于将商学院研究影响评估的重点转向可持续发展。它表明，商学院必须通过考虑关键的可持续发展影响领域、影响范围和途径，以及它们对可持续发展目标的实际贡献，从整体上认识到它们的影响。和教育通过促进组织和系统变革，并有助于克服社会和环境挑战。拟议的框架有助于将商学院研究影响评估的重点转向可持续发展。它表明，商学院必须通过考虑关键的可持续发展影响领域、影响范围和途径，以及它们对可持续发展目标的实际贡献，从整体上认识到它们的影响。