Center for Responsible Business
The Haas School's long tradition of exploring the ethical and social responsibilities of business is headquartered in the Center for Responsible Business. Topics such as strategic corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, stakeholder engagement, and business ethics are explored in a robust series of programs and through research, teaching, and experiential learning projects.

Institute of Management Innovation & Organization (IMIO)
IMIO encourages, promotes, and facilitates interdisciplinary research on matters of management, organization, policy and technology, especially as it relates to the impact of technological change, intellectual property regimes and competition on the economy and society. IMIO also supports related outreach and instructional programs that leverage its research strengths.

Institute of Business & Economic Research (IBER)
IBER facilitates faculty and graduate student research in economics and business. The Institute has established research centers in health economics, aging, competition policy, experimental economics, population, catastrophic risk management, and econometrics. IBER also has a small grants program for graduate student research.

Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)
IRLE scholars have focused on a variety of ongoing and emerging issues in industrial relations. These include a long-term interest in studying workforce education, the impact of new technologies on work, new forms of organization that permit greater participation in decision making, and the blurring of distinctions between supervisors and employees.

The Center for Financial Reporting & Management
The Center for Financial Reporting & Management brings together practitioners, faculty, and students around a broad range of issues associated with accounting. As accounting research has become more and more practitioner-oriented, the center focuses not only on traditional public accounting issues but also on related topics such as financial reporting and managerial accounting.

Clausen Center for International Business & Policy
The Clausen Center supports the school's international initiatives by providing research grants to faculty studying international topics, hosting international visitors who collaborate with the Haas community, and sponsoring student-initiated seminars on regionally focused topics.

Fisher Information Technology Center
The Fisher Information Technology Center aims to link corporate IT executives with UC Berkeley IT activities, interests, students and faculty in all possible ways. Membership in the Fisher IT Center helps IT executives become even more innovative and successful by collaborating with their CIO colleagues on an intimate and regular basis while also using the many resources at UC Berkeley.

Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
The Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics serves as a leading center for research on the California economy and excels nationally as a center for urban economic and public policy research. It also regularly provides a practical forum for academics, government officials, and business leaders. The center serves students as a liaison to industry leaders and professionals, a career resource, and a provider of research resources. For academics, the center provides financial support for research.

Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is the primary locus at UC Berkeley for the study and promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation in management and new enterprise development. The Lester Center promotes the extracurricular activities of Berkeley students interested in entrepreneurial careers and supports the entrepreneurial curriculum at the university. It is also a major focal point for entrepreneurial activities in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

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