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UTRGV's Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship research includes two centers focused on topics that matter deeply to this region.
The Business and Tourism Research Center is devoted to examining, understanding, and disseminating information about indigenous and transient markets in the Rio Grande Valley to facilitate regional community and business planning and development.
While Center for Border Economic Studies (CBEST) provides contract services in policy research, survey design, data collection, data research analysis, data interpretation, presentations, and reports.
The Center is devoted to examining, understanding, and disseminating information about indigenous and transient markets in the Rio Grande Valley to facilitate regional community and business planning and development.
CBEST provides contract services in policy research, survey design, data collection, data research analysis, data interpretation, presentations, and reports.
Our faculty are thought leaders in their disciplines and publish regularly in top academic journals. They have won numerous professional awards including Best Paper and Reviewer awards. Some are also actively involved in their professional associations by serving as editors and editorial review board members of elite and high impact journals.