Tuck’s research centers and initiatives bring a cross-disciplinary focus to the issues that drive today's economy. They leverage faculty research, enrich the curriculum and learning environment for students, and connect the school more directly with practitioners and thought leaders in each field. Each sponsors its own programs and qualified MBA students are invited to serve as fellows, research associates, roundtable members, or participants in independent study projects.

Center for Corporate Governance

The Lindenauer Center for Corporate Governance researches how international differences in capital markets, ownership structures, and legal traditions affect financial contracts and best practices in corporate governance. It also studies potential conflicts between shareholders and other constituents that arise in takeovers, bankruptcies, restructuring, and determining executive compensation. The center seeks to engage Tuck students in the governance debate through its International Corporate Governance course, and by hosting leading executives and board members from industry. (Director: Espen Eckbo)

Center for Digital Strategies

The Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies examines how technology-enabled processes harness an organization’s unique competencies, support its business strategy, and create competitive advantage. The center analyzes the impact of technology on management and strategy, conducts research, creates a dialogue between CIOs and their executive colleagues, and drives an understanding of digital strategies in the MBA curriculum. The center offers an MBA Fellows program for second-year students interested in digital technology and its broad impact on business today.
(Director: Eric Johnson)

Center for Leadership

The Center for Leadership has three main goals: to design and offer leadership development curricula and activities that accelerate the pace at which Tuck students assume leadership roles in business, to support and advance cutting-edge research on topics that deepen the current understanding of leadership, and to serve as a forum where business leaders and scholars exchange best practices and research findings and collaborate in developing innovative approaches to leadership development.
(Director: Pino Audia)

Center for International Business

The Center for International Business is dedicated to education and research on international issues facing business and national leaders. The center is a primary resource for Tuck students, faculty, alumni, and others interested in global opportunities and issues facing companies. Activities include managing the Tuck Global Consultancy course, bringing speakers to Tuck, and organizing on- and off-campus conferences. The Center also organizes the popular Learning Expeditions program, short-term visits to businesses and communities around the world.
(Director: Andrew Bernard)

Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship

The Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship advances the understanding of private equity investing and entrepreneurial ventures as it focuses on fast-growing companies and the interactions among entrepreneurs, industry participants, and financial markets. It is actively involved in practitioner communities of private equity, and its outreach facilitates the pursuit of venture-backed activities. The center seeks to educate Tuck students through such courses as Private Equity Finance, Advanced Entrepreneurship, and Field Studies in Private Equity, and through support of internships, fellowships, and independent studies.
(Director: Colin Blaydon)