The Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship (CVBE) engages in research, education, and outreach activities focused on improving the business of veterinary medicine. The CVBE leverages the strengths of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and thought leaders from across the veterinary ecosystem to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing animal health today.
Centers & Institutes
Our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives (C&Is) are an expansive ecosystem of impact, leveraging long and deep industry and societal connections.
Behavioral Economics and Decision Research
Study a wide variety of economic and psychological phenomena, including behavioral anomalies in public goods, the efficiency of energy markets, charitable giving, the funding of commodity advertising, the causes of obesity, and the impacts of stigma.
Center for Hospitality Research
Access rigorous and relevant research from leading faculty experts addressing issues of importance to the hospitality industry and related service industries.
Center for Real Estate and Finance
Learn from one of the largest and most esteemed faculty in the world and benefit from unparalleled industry experience.
Fintech at Cornell: An Initiative of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Among the world’s most influential research, education, and industry engagement leaders, the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is preparing students to be fintech leaders and contributing voices in the transformation of the financial industry.
Food Industry Management Program
Explore food industry education and research in the premier program of its kind in the United States.
Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance
Explore two important and expanding areas of financial economics through a network of academics, finance industry professionals, government agencies, and other financial research centers.
Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Help pioneer new approaches to business model creation that address environmental and social problems, and learn to create businesses that have the competitive advantage of sustainability.
Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations
Join the hospitality industry’s labor and employment thought-leaders in this unique working environment, which provides forums for both independent and collaborative analysis and strategy.
Cornell Institute for China Economic Research
Conduct cutting-edge economic research on the Chinese economy, promote evidence-based policy engagement, and take advantage of unrivaled educational opportunities.
Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management
Learn how CIFBM is advancing the food and beverage industry with teaching, research, and engagement.
Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures
Explore integrated hospitality, policy, and design thinking to enhance service excellence within healthcare, wellness, senior living, and related industries.
Emerging Markets Institute
Gain a competitive advantage as an expert in emerging markets, with in-depth knowledge of issues related to emerging multinationals, internationalization, and reverse innovation.
Initiative on Responsible Finance
A global leader in expanding expertise in managing the social and environmental impacts of financial activity, the Cornell IRF fosters scholarly research and teaching in impact investing, environmental finance and markets, corporate sustainability, and more.
Institute for Compensation Studies
The Institute for Compensation Studies™ (ICS) is housed jointly in the ILR School and the SC Johnson College of Business. ICS researches, teaches, and communicates about monetary and non-monetary rewards from work, for individuals, companies, industries, and economies
Parker Center for Investment Research
Gain a world-class education in security analysis and portfolio management using state-of-the-art analytical tools that will prepare you for a career as a business leader in investment research and asset management.
Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Engage with innovative faculty and entrepreneurs interested in advancing new ventures and offering immersive educational experience in all aspects of entrepreneurship.
SMART/EMP
The Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams is a unique service learning program within the Emerging Markets Program. Students work with international partners addressing specific needs.
Smith Family Business Initiative
Connect with family business professionals around the world as part of this network of students, owners, leaders, and alumni involved in family enterprises.
NY FarmNet
NY FarmNet assists New York State farms through periods of transition, opportunity, and challenge by providing consulting services to address financial and social stress. Through a team of farm consultants and educational programming, NY Farm Net helps train and inform the greater agricultural community in topics ranging from farm succession planning to identifying and managing stress to destigmatizing mental health.
NYS Tax Schools
The Cornell Tax School started in 1947 as the Farm Income Tax School to provide tax training to NYS farmers and their financial advisors. The School now offers a variety of intermediate-to-advanced tax training programs to meet the continuing education requirements of over 900 CPAs, tax practitioners, attorneys and other financial advisors annually through both in person and live on-line programs.
News and Highlights

Cornell Real Estate Club Visits Industry Leaders in Boston
By Dhruv Jetley ’26 and Amber de Saint-Exupéry ’26 In October 2023 the Cornell Real Estate Club (CREC) traveled to Boston, Massachusetts to engage with real estate industry professionals at […]

Brown Butter Rises to the Top at Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition
Jonah Gershon ’24 won the eighth annual Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition for his pitch to develop spekld, brown butter in a stick.

Professionals Navigate Rising Economies in Emerging Markets Certificate Program
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business faculty help professionals navigate rising economies in Emerging Markets certificate program.