Centers of Excellence

The Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides the education, guidance, and potential partnerships for business visionaries to transfer their ideas into viable market opportunities. The Center brings together two dynamic business entities: a world-class research university and a vibrant economic location. Center activities include the annual business plan competition, entrepreneurship training workshops, and an entrepreneurship speaker series.

The Center for Global Leadership and Team Development offers opportunities to learn about leadership, to develop personal and managerial skills, and to work directly with corporate executives. In addition to offering a variety of workshops, the Center’s Distinguished Speaker Series features key business leaders who address ethics, effective leadership skills, the business-building process, and a variety of timely issues. Scheduled speakers for the upcoming season include: John Palmer, Regional President of Verizon, Greg Spierkel, CEO of Ingram Micro, and Scott Garrett, President and CEO of Beckman Coulter.

The Center for Real Estate is designed to produce highly qualified MBA graduates with specialty training in the real estate industry. The Center conducts research and proposes public policy solutions to challenges faced by real estate leaders. There is an annual real estate conference, an industry speaker series, an annual award dinner, and a variety of real estate-related activities throughout the year.

The Center for Health Care Management and Policy serves as a collaborative forum for policy development and interdisciplinary research. It connects MBA students, PhD candidates, and business executives - allowing them to enhance their knowledge of forces that shape the healthcare and medical industries today. Center activities include a breakfast speaker series and an annual health care conference. Students may also tailor their MBA to have a healthcare focus, or may attend the Health Care Executive MBA program for a more targeted experience.

The Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) is home to world-renowned researchers who study information technology (IT) issues, and how IT has transformed firms, industries, and the practice of management.

The Center for Investment and Wealth Management is our newest venture and has received overwhelming support from southern California business leaders. The Center will focus on investment and portfolio analysis, and will work with leading investment companies in the area. A further unique focus of the Center will be on intergenerational issues of wealth transfer - a growing field given the aging population demographics.

Center for Organizational Research (COR) facilitates research on new organizational forms and processes now taking shape in a variety of contexts

The Personal Computing Industry Center (PCIC) is a key source of knowledge, objective data, independent thought and networking about the rapidly changing PC industry. It brings together industry executives and researchers to discuss industry issues and new research findings. The center conducts basic and applied research and is an ongoing industry resource for understanding