Research Centres are collectives of faculty members, who together with both PhD students and corporate partners, i.e. non-for profit and for-profit organizations develop an ambitious disciplinary or interdisciplinary research programme in line both the general mission of EMLYON Business School.

Four Research Centres are currently active at the international level.
 Entrepreneurship Research Centre
 The Organizations, Careers and New Elites Research Centre (OCE),
 The CEntre for Financial Risk Analysis (CEFRA),

The Research Institutes carry EMLYON Business School’s reputation. Faculty members develop their work at the interface of the academia, business world and overall society. They produce major innovations that lead to the development of new programmes, either in initial education and long-life learning. The Research Institutes are led by collectives of Faculty members with a truly international reputation, both in the academic and non-academic worlds.
 The French Institute on Corporate Governance (I.F.G.E)