Research Centers and Institutes

Smeal's research centers and institutes connect prominent researchers and senior executives from sponsoring organizations to impact society and transform business practices.

Our Penn State Smeal College of Business research centers and institutes forge connections among leading researchers, senior executives, and prominent business educators to address today's most pressing business challenges.

Sample Research Center Initiatives

The Smeal research centers and institutes provide a network of experts who collaborate to accelerate the development and application of new knowledge. These are just some of the ways that practitioners and researchers work together:

  • For almost three decades, the Center for Supply Chain Research® has successfully built a community of researchers and leading organizations in both the private and public sectors to further the supply chain discipline and provide the best in research, executive education, symposia, and talent development.
  • The Borrelli Institute for Real Estate Studies connects its members with the latest commercial real estate data from ReisReports, including metropolitan rankings and residential and commercial vacancy rates.
  • The Institute for the Study of Business Markets hosts biannual meetings for member firms focused on recent trends and challenges in B2B marketing. These meetings also facilitate connections among B2B marketing professionals--some of the leading executives in the industry.

  • The mission of the Center for the Business of Sustainability is to accelerate the integration of sustainability in business. A key element of our work is convening events where research faculty interact with industry, nonprofit and government leaders to develop business and market-mechanisms to address environmental and social issues.

The industry connections fostered through Smeal's network of centers and institutes enable our community of leading researchers and senior executives to shape the business practices that will achieve tomorrow's competitive advantages.