Vision & Mission – CFSI

Students in presentation, vision and mission center for finance strategy and innovation

We develop innovative uses of capital while responding to disruptive technology.

Learn more about the vision and mission of the Center for Finance Strategy & Innovation. Curated outreach programs built around the examination of leading-edge practices and cutting-edge student internship projects.

Vision

The vision of the Center is to be an active, engaged partner to those developing and pursuing financial innovations. Our activities are structured to be of value to faculty and students in the Jindal School of Management, to a wider community of investors, finance professionals and corporations and to the state of Texas.

The Center’s approach of curated outreach programs built around the examination of leading-edge practices and cutting-edge student internship projects, all based on a serious financial discipline, benefits faculty, students and the business community.

Mission

The Center focuses on education and research programs in areas crucial to today’s economy and today’s financial context. These include:

  • Funding of innovation
  • Digitization of finance
  • Digital transformation
  • Competitive advantage
  • Business strategy
  • Restructuring and turnarounds
  • Recapitalizations
  • Fintech
  • Applications of machine learning in finance
  • Security of data and transactions
  • Risk Management
  • Private equity
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Project finance

The internship programs of CFSI are unique. Tied to advanced technologies and advanced finance, they provide students the opportunity to gain additional real-world experience, faculty guidance, recognition, owned intellectual property, academic credit and pay for contributions.

Research projects in support of financial innovation by either private or public actors are included in our mission.