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 more productive, responsible and innovative uses of capital as they respond to disruptive technology. 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
CFSI has an important role in a changing world. In our outreach programs relating to digital transformation, we feature guided discussion among those leading the process of unlocking and creating corporate value through disruptive strategies and technologies. We do this both to allow the innovators to learn from each other and to help educate our audience – decision makers in firms adapting to opportunities and disruption. In our programs, important topics are explored. Examples include recent technology trials, currently viable systems, project returns, implementation issues, opportunities created, and integrity of data.
Our conferences on private equity and public-private partnerships have historically provided important insights for professionals in the field. Capital formation and usage is always changing. Private equity often drives digital transformation. We promote discussion of relevant topics.
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 government policy makers and the publication of economic indexes are included in our mission.