Institutional Services

Research intelligence & institutional excellence

Beyond individual studies, MAS Research works with universities, business schools, and institutes as a research-intelligence, analytics, benchmarking, and accreditation-readiness partner—supporting the whole research lifecycle, from deciding what to study to demonstrating institutional impact.

Institutional research turns a body of scholarship into evidence a university or business school can act on. MAS Research provides institutional research and analytics services—research-portfolio analysis, benchmarking, research-impact evidence, and readiness support for AACSB and EQUIS accreditation—connecting research output to institutional mission.

Research intelligence Research & data services AACSB / EQUIS readiness

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Research Intelligence Research Design Data Services Accreditation Readiness

01 · Institutional Service

Research Intelligence

Our most distinctive capability. Before deciding what to research, you can know what the field is doing—what journals publish, which themes are rising and fading, where the real gaps sit, and which questions are genuinely novel. It answers the first and hardest question in research: what should we study?

What we analyse

What journals are publishing
Emerging research themes
Declining research themes
Research gaps
Methodological trends
Frequently used variables
Frequently studied countries
Frequently used datasets
Econometric methodologies
Citation trends
Special issues
Journal-topic fit
Research novelty
Potential research questions

The research-intelligence workflow

Journal Mining Literature Mapping Research-Gap Identification Research-Question Development Methodology Selection Data Strategy Target-Journal Identification

02 · Institutional Service

Research Design & Statistical Planning

The decisions that determine whether a study can answer its question are made before any data is collected. We help you get the framework, the variables, and the statistical power right at the outset—the highest-leverage point in the entire research process.

Research design
Hypothesis development
Conceptual framework
Theoretical framework
Variable selection
Model specification
Sampling design
Sample-size calculation
Power analysis
Minimum detectable effect
Simulation-based power analysis
Pre-analysis planning
Research protocol development

03 · Institutional Service

Research Data Services

Most empirical projects live or die on data work that never makes it into the paper—acquiring, cleaning, harmonizing, and constructing the dataset. We support the complete research-data lifecycle, so the analysis rests on data that is clean, documented, and reproducible.

Data identification
Data acquisition
Secondary data research
Data cleaning
Data harmonization
Data transformation
Panel construction
Variable construction
Web data extraction
API data extraction
Database development
Research dataset creation
Codebooks
Data documentation
Reproducible research datasets
Data visualization

04 · Institutional Service

Accreditation Readiness (AACSB & EQUIS)

A dedicated vertical supporting business schools and management institutions pursuing international accreditation and quality improvement. We act as a readiness, research, analytics, benchmarking, and research-impact evidence partner—accreditation itself remains the responsibility of the accrediting body.

Further reading: How business schools can evidence research impact for AACSB & EQUIS accreditation →

AACSB Accreditation Support

Readiness, research analytics, benchmarking and evidence support for AACSB business accreditation.

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EQUIS Accreditation Support

Readiness, internationalisation and research analytics, and evidence support for EFMD’s EQUIS accreditation.

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AACSB-related support

Accreditation readiness assessment
Gap analysis
Strategic planning
Mission alignment
Faculty qualification analysis
Faculty sufficiency analysis
Intellectual contributions analysis
Research productivity analysis
Assurance of learning
Curriculum mapping
Learning-goal assessment
Continuous improvement
Societal impact
Stakeholder engagement
Internationalization
Learner-success analytics
Benchmarking
Evidence development
Accreditation documentation
Self-evaluation support
Peer-review preparation

EQUIS-related support

EQUIS readiness assessment
Gap analysis
Internationalization assessment
Programme portfolio analysis
Corporate engagement
Faculty assessment
Research assessment
Executive-education assessment
Student development
Ethics, responsibility & sustainability
International partnerships
Employer engagement
Stakeholder analysis
Impact assessment
Benchmarking
Self-assessment support
Evidence development
Peer-review preparation
Continuous-improvement planning

Additional institutional services

Business-school benchmarking
International benchmarking
Ranking analytics
Research-performance assessment
Faculty research analytics
Institutional dashboards
Curriculum analytics
Impact measurement
Accreditation evidence repositories
Quality-improvement frameworks

Discover & Impact

The bookends of the research lifecycle

Institutional services sit at both ends of the MAS Research Model—deciding what to research, and demonstrating the impact once it is done.

Before the research

Research intelligence, research design, and data services set a study up to succeed from the start.

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After the research

Accreditation readiness, benchmarking, and institutional analytics turn a body of work into demonstrated impact.

Publication support

Independent validation

Between the two, our statistical audit provides the independent check that protects institutional credibility.

Statistical audit

Building institutional research capacity?

Tell us your goals—research strategy, an accreditation cycle, or a data program—and we'll scope how we can support them.

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