The Spiro Center draws from the expertise within the College of Business & Behavioral Science to explore entrepreneurial leadership in its various forms. Faculty researchers explore many topics including the behavior and characteristics of entrepreneurs, the process of new venture creation, the economic and public policy implications of clusters of new ventures, and the values and norms of families and communities that shape entrepreneurs. Faculty Publications include books, book chapters and articles in leading scholarly journals.

Dr. William Gartner, the Spiro Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership, co-founded the Entrepreneurship Research Consortium in 1995, which initiated, developed and managed the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED), the first major national longitudinal dataset on nascent entrepreneurship. In November 2004, he hosted the first annual Clemson University/Kauffman Foundation Symposium on the PSED, which focused on recent scholarly work on this dataset.

To support high quality research from faculty members acress the Clemson University campus, the Spiro Center sponsors three programs:

• A competitive research grant competition
• A working paper series
• Clemson's involvement in the Entrepreneurial Research Consortium project to profile nascent ventures in the U.S.