Center for Research Excellence

The Center for Research Excellence at the LeBow College of Business is a central part of the College's vision of becoming one of the premier research institutions worldwide. The objective of the center is to raise and continually improve the level of research excellence to be competitive against top business schools, enhance the visibility and dissemination of the research output of the LeBow College of Business faculty, and utilize the research undertakings by faculty to enrich the quality of the student experience. Among the most important activities of the Center are:

• Provide faculty research seminars at the departmental level, faculty mentoring and support systems to enhance research effectiveness
• Provide College-wide faculty workshops to facilitate externally funded projects Enhance the visibility of faculty research and publication to the professional community
• Enhance the accessibility of LeBow Research outputs to academic community
• Encourage applied research focusing on problems relevant to commerce and industry
• Provide a vehicle to formally recognize, encourage and reward outstanding research by LeBow College faculty
• Develop linkages with Executive programs that lead to workshops and teaching modules based on the cutting edge research conducted by LeBow faculty
• Facilitate the knowledge and involvement of undergraduate students in the research process.
• Provide a linkage to LeBow alumni that focuses on "great moments in research by LeBow faculty" and consolidate into a publication for potential students
• Coordinate and promote other Drexel initiatives in research excellence.

Director of the LeBow College Center:
V.K. Narayanan
Stubbs Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship & Associate Dean for Research
308 Academic Building