Centers for Excellence

Thunderbird's Centers for Excellence provide students, scholars and the global business community with research, knowledge and information on issues that impact business, relationships and ethics in global business transactions. Faculty members are involved in scholarly projects and research programs to meet each Center's objectives and to promote synergies with Thunderbird's educational mission.

Garvin Center for the Cultures & Languages of Global Management

The Center's activities reinforce Thunderbird's heritage of integrating business, language and culture. It is a resource for students, scholars and executives for issues of cross-cultural and language competency and their relationship to international management effectiveness.
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Global Financial Services Center

The Thunderbird Financial Services Center develops, analyzes and disseminates strategic intelligence knowledge on global financial issues with a specific focus on: leadership and strategy in the globalization of financial services; identification and management of foreign exchange exposure and risks; global wealth management; global fixed income management; and private equity and alternative assets.
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Global Mindset® Leadership Institute

Thunderbird’s Global Mindset® Leadership Institute is the preeminent source of the science and practice of global leadership as it relates to the research and development of Global Mindset®. The Institute is home of the Thunderbird Global Mindset Inventory®, the world’s first and only psychometric assessment tool that allows companies and organizations to measure their capacity for success in global environments.
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Lincoln Center for Ethics In International Management

Unlike most ethics programs that focus on theology, philosophy and general theory, Thunderbird's Lincoln Center concentrates on individual and professional ethics: personal integrity and professional practice in international management, and company behavior: corporate governance, policy, social choice, and corruption.
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Thunderbird Global Private Equity Center

TPEC's vision is to create a globally-renowned platform for students, alumni and business executives to enhance understanding and advance knowledge in private equity investing. It forges and furthers research initiatives, business connections, educational opportunities and career advancement opportunities in the global private equity arena.
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Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship

The CGE develops and disseminates knowledge about Global Entrepreneurship with a specific focus on: innovation and creativity, global family business, global entrepreneurship (corporate ventures), global women entrepreneurs and global venture financing.
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