CTI Overview

In today's global economy, companies must continuously improve and innovate - or their products and services become obsolete. In this dynamic environment, information becomes a key source of competitive advantage and technology becomes fundamental to economic growth.

In the Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, these trends have resulted in significant innovations in our curriculum, increased requests for applied research, and continued demand for technology-focused management training.

To coordinate all of these technology-related developments, the Lubar School Center for Technology Innovation (CTI) serves as an overarching structure and focal point for these activities.

The Center for Technology Innovation coordinates the School's management technology research and teaching initiatives. The Center also serves as the focal point for corporate support and government grant activity to fund faculty research and community outreach. In addition, the Center is the School's link to the business, campus and UW-System communities.

The immediate goal of the Center is to coordinate the interaction between the School and the business community in the areas of sponsored technology research, eBusiness, SAP, data warehousing, web development, and technology-focused management training.

Business community support at various levels of participation and the development of an Advisory Board and special interest advisory committees are in progress.