Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and SSRN are pleased to announce WU Vienna University of Economics and Business as the 2022 WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award winner for the EMEA region.

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The WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award series elevates the visibility of impact-focused research and the institutions that conduct it. Each year, awards are presented to rising business schools from North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions to highlight innovation and research excellence. As a part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS provides global institutions with comprehensive thought leadership and targeted solutions that underpin research, reinforce learning, and enable discovery.

Together, WRDS and SSRN, the world’s leading scholarly research network, are advancing impact-focused research, changing policy and practice at regulatory, national, and global levels. In addition to the Innovation Award, the organizations developed the WRDS Research Paper Series, a searchable repository of all papers submitted to SSRN that cite WRDS in their work.

Dr. Victoria Kent, WRDS Director of international initiatives, presented the award to Dr. Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Rector of Vienna University of Economics and Business, during the AACSB EMEA Annual Conference. “On behalf of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), its academic and administrative staff, and its students, I would like to thank Wharton Research Data Services and the Social Science Research Network for the WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award for EMEA honoring rising business schools,” said Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger. “Given the excellence of previous awardees and being aware of the numerous excellent business schools in Europe, it is an immense honor to be receiving such an important award.”

“I am delighted to offer my congratulations to Vienna University of Economics and Business,” said Robert Zarazowski, Managing Director of WRDS. “It is exciting to recognize the excellent research taking place at the University, and the school’s commitment to growth and innovation in business education.”

“SSRN congratulates the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business for the diversity they bring to innovative research,” said Gregg Gordon, managing director of SSRN. “We look forward to seeing more of it in the future.”

About WRDS

For 25+ years, Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) has supported users with targeted solutions that underpin research, reinforce learning, and enable discovery. WRDS advances comprehensive thought leadership for 500+ institutions across 38+ countries—democratizing data access and giving users the power to analyze complex information through curated Classroom Teaching guides, Video Learning Pathways, Analytics/Linking tools, and Research Applications. WRDS resources map to Accreditation Standards, impacting an institution’s trajectory from learning and discovery to research and publication. As the world becomes more connected and the impact of policy reaches across borders, equity and access become more essential to research. WRDS is proud to play a leading role in reshaping how research, data access and researcher recognition can better reflect and support a truly global and networked community. www.whartonwrds.com

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About SSRN

SSRN is an open-access online preprint community providing valuable services to leading academic schools and government institutions. Specializing primarily in social sciences, including economics, law, corporate governance, and humanities, SSRN has grown to become the most interdisciplinary service of its kind. Representing disciplines across the full research spectrum, including the applied sciences, health sciences, humanities, life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences, SSRN provides opportunities for scholars to post their early research, collaborate on theories and discoveries, and get credit for their ideas before peer reviewed publication.

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