Applied Research
The Center is a global leader in pioneering new approaches to business model creation, generating applied research geared toward the development of crucial new managerial skills and capabilities.
The Center’s programs and activities serve a variety of partners: companies, NGOs, multilateral organizations, government entities, entrepreneurs, students, and alumni. All are aimed at helping these partners achieve their goals — whether they are an entrepreneur seeking to create a new business for underserved markets; a business leader looking to commercialize a green technology; a practitioner interested in enhancing his network and knowledge base; an alumni looking to connect with the university; a current or prospective student seeking to enhance their education; or an academic involved in related research.
Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP)
STAMP is developing a global knowledge base, online professional and student training, as well as the research and technichal support for destinations to more effectively manage tourism assets in the face of endemic poverty, ecosystem degradation, climate change, and public health crises.
Integrated Venture Engineering Program (IVEP)

IVEP, a partnership between Cornell’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and venture design firm Half-Solved, was created to advance and disseminate a novel, systems engineering-based venture innovation methodology called Integrative Venture Engineering (IVE).
Publications & Research with Impact
The Center’s faculty and researchers look to publish their findings in peer-reviewed journals, books, and practitioner-oriented articles.
Funded Research
Using applied research methodologies, we engage in research that promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, and new market creation strategies for both developed and developing economies.
Sponsored Projects
Teams of students, under the guidance of Center faculty, work with companies and other organizations on sponsored projects that help address business sustainability issues.