Our Mission

Our mission is to be an internationally recognized research center stimulating “state of the art” studies that enhance both theory and practice through examining the management of innovation, technology, and human capital. We strive to build rewarding relationships with organizations through inventive research collaborations that will contribute to our knowledge of contemporary organizations. Our goal is to translate this knowledge into actionable strategies that enable firms to enhance and maximize organizational effectiveness.

Center research explores the interface of key organizational resources to discover how they can be managed to create a sustainable competitive advantage.

Organizations can leverage HCIT research findings to:

  • Increase their capacity for innovation;
  • Enhance their ability to anticipate and respond to industry change;
  • Focus their people, processes, and systems on value-creating activities;
  • Integrate human capital and technological resources to grow productivity and profits;
  • Develop competitive strategies based on their unique combination of strengths.