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We’re not only educating, we’re transforming minds and creating solutions for our community, our state and our world. Our centers offer valuable programs to help students, business leaders, entrepreneurs and policymakers across the state, nation and the world. 

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West Virginians know that our home is brimming with tremendous resources and opportunities, but the time has come for West Virginia to think differently about innovation and job creation to move into a future fueled by start-ups and entrepreneurship.

Meet the Change Makers

Vantage Ventures

Backed by world-class technology leaders, fortune class companies, and venture investors, Vantage Ventures is an initiative to launch high impact, scalable businesses that tackle complex challenges.

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News from Vantage
  • West Virginia University applauds passage of FinTech Sandbox bill to support entrepreneurs

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News From Encova
  • Rising West Virginia entrepreneurs own their futures during Bridging Innovation Week

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  • WVU to hold entrepreneurial contest through new Seed WV program

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  • West Virginia University’s Encova Center announces fall 2020 Grow with Google webinars as a resource for state businesses

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Encova center

The Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship promotes entrepreneurial education, community engagement, and economic development for our community and state through K-12 programming, higher education initiatives and business partnerships.

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Launch Lab

The LaunchLab applied innovation center provides WVU students and faculty with a community-based center offering hands-on idea development support, education, mentorship, prototyping facilities, resources, and connections to innovative entrepreneurs across the State of West Virginia.

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Research and outreach centers

Vantage Ventures

Founded in 2019, Vantage Ventures (VV) is an initiative of the John Chambers School of Business and Economics at West Virginia University to launch high impact, scalable businesses in the Mountain State.

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Data Driven WV

Data Driven WV connects organizations, including business, non-profits and government entities, with WVU students and faculty to provide data-driven, technical insights and solutions. We are bridging the skills gap in our West Virginia communities through service-oriented outreach, community projects and subject matter expertise in cybersecurity and data analytics, in partnership with WVU’s Management Information Systems, Business Data Analytics and Business Cybersecurity Management programs.

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Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship promotes entrepreneurial education, community engagement and economic development for our community and state through K-12 programming, higher education initiatives and business partnerships.

Located in Reynolds Hall Rm 3110 

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Kendrick Center for an Ethical Economy

The Kendrick Center’s mission is to promote prosperity and human flourishing in the Mountain State through ethics and economics education, research, and outreach.

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Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Since the 1940s, the BBER’s mission has been to serve the people of West Virginia by providing the state’s business and policymaking communities with reliable data and rigorous applied economic research and analysis that enables the state’s leaders to design better business practices and public policies.

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Center for Financial Literacy and Education

The Center for Financial Literacy and Education was established in 2015 to promote financial literacy throughout the state. The CFLE created a central mechanism for the outreach, programmatic, and research specific initiatives involving financial literacy and education within the college. Our mission is to bring awareness, resources, programs, and support to constituents across the region that will initiate change agents to promote the economic health and prosperity of the citizens of the State of West Virginia.

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Social Philosophy and Policy

The Social Philosophy and Policy Center supports scholarly research, editorial work, and academic programs at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University.  In collaboration with the Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation, Cambridge University Press, and editorial staff of the Center for Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona, the Social Philosophy and Policy Center produces Social Philosophy & Policy.

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Center for Asian Business

Dedicated to advancing research, education, and business practices related to Asia.

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Center for Free Enterprise

Our vision is for West Virginia students, citizens, policymakers, and the business community to understand the roles that the principles and institutions of a free society play in creating widely shared prosperity.

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Forensic Business Studies

The College of Business and Economics, mostly through collaborations with the WVU Forensic Science Initiative in the Research Office, has created a range of programs that fill previously unmet needs in the forensic community. They fall under two broad concepts: The business of forensics and the forensics of business.

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Research and Publications

Take a look at recent publications and research from our faculty. These works cover key developments and insights in business and economics, offering practical knowledge and real-world applications. Whether you’re focused on industry trends or academic analysis, these resources keep you informed and up to date. More publications can be found here and recent media mentions can be found in our In the Media archive.

Giving Organization Stakeholders Better Help: A Taxonomy for Making Sense of Workplace Mental Health Offerings
June 4, 2024 | Group & Organization Management | Dr. Kayla Follmer (Associate Professor of Management)
Certificate of Need and the Labor Market
April 22, 2024 | Southern Economic Journal | Kihwan Bae (Research Associate, Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation)
Dynamic capabilities measurement safari: A roadmap
January 27, 2024 | Journal of Management Reviews | Olga Bruyaka Collignon (Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Management)
Effective Stress Management: A Model of Emotional Intelligence, Self-Leadership, and Student Stress Coping
April 4, 2024 | Journal of Management Education | Jeff Houghton (Professor of Management)
Stadiums and Traffic Congestion Generated by Major Sporting Events
January 16, 2024 | Bryan Khoo (Former Economics Ph.D. Candidate, currently Visiting Assistant Professor at Berry College)
CEO International Background and Cross-Border M&As
July 1, 2024 | Journal of Banking & Finance | Busra Agcayazi (former Ph.D. Finance student, currently Assistant Professor at Howard University School of Business), Ann Marie Hibbert (Finance Department Chair)

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