Business Resources

AREAS OF THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Center for Leadership, Innovation & Change – focused on producing vanguard research and programs and related activities that are instrumental in fostering effective leadership, building organizational capabilities that support and promote effective innovation and change, and promoting social stewardship in organizations.

Center for Social Value Creation – innovates at the intersection of public policy, non-governmental organizations and the commercial sector to address social market failures.

Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship – supports entrepreneurship and new-venture growth in the region.

Center for Electronic Markets and Enterprises – explores how the networked economy is transforming markets and businesses.

Center for Excellence in Service – studies and helps shape customer relationships in the digital age.

Center for Human Capital, Innovation, and Technology – explores the interface of key organizational resources to discover how they can be managed to create competitive advantage.

Center for Health Information and Decision Systems – researches, analyzes, and recommends solutions to challenges surrounding the integration of information and decision technologies into the health care system.

Center for International Business Education and Research – funded by the U.S. Department of Education, it enhances the international competitiveness of American business by integrating extensive international resources with those of National Capital Area institutions and organizations, including sponsoring international study trips and the development of a global perspective.

Supply Chain Management Center – researches and defines best practices in supply chain management.

Netcentricity Laboratory – models innovative business processes for global networks.

Netcentric Financial Markets Laboratory – simulates real-time stock exchange trading to support finance education and research.

Netcentric Behavioral Laboratory – includes both traditional and information technology resources to conduct experimental research on human behavior.

Netcentric eMarkets Research Laboratory – provides a technology-rich working environment to conduct research on electronic markets.

Office of Career Services – links employers with talented Smith undergraduates and MBAs and offers recruiters customized services.

Office of Executive Education – provides leadership development and management training for major organizations.