Core Capabilities

The reality of business is that innovation, technology, and human capital are complex phenomena emerging as interactions between people, structure, processes, financial resources and the external environment.

Toward better understanding contemporary organizations, the Center for Human Capital, Innovation and Technology focuses on:

• Macro and micro theories and levels of analyses, cross-functional business expertise in examining human capital, innovation, and technology.
• The blending of human capital, innovation, and technology within organizations to better understand more socially complex sources of competitive advantage.
• The perceptual and cognitive processes underlying how organizations manage the tension between their capabilities and limitations with respect to human capital, innovation, and technology.
• The management of the interdependencies and alignment of human capital, innovation, and technology at all levels of the organization.

Powering HCIT and its mission are:

• Members of Smith's management faculty, internationally recognized for their expertise and their scholarly leadership;
• The school's cross-functional research focus, which brings together Smith faculty from different business functions as well as University of Maryland colleagues from complementary disciplines and internationally recognized scholars;
• Established Smith School partnerships with leading global companies.