CIDER provides a supportive and collaborative environment for faculty members and scholars from partner organizations who are keen to advancing their entrepreneurship research and writing skills.  The center research flagship program, CIDER Research Fellowship, offers technical assistance and co-working facilities for scholars and faculty member to conduct their research, to write and to publish their entrepreneurship research in reputable journals.

CIDER’s research agenda is centered around three key themes: (a) entrepreneurship organization, including the nature and the dynamics of entrepreneurial organizations; (b) entrepreneurship processes, such as value creation and value capture processes; and (c) entrepreneurship education.  The center also has a specific focus on socially driven entrepreneurial activities, such as those highlighted in the social entrepreneurship literature.