Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations. CIRANO is an interuniversity centre of research, liaison, and transfer of knowledge on the analysis of organizations. It provides access to the best researchers in this field to any firm or organization, private or public, seeking innovative ways to improve the efficiency of its activities. CIRANO brings together over 180 professors-researchers active in a variety of disciplines, including economics, finance, management, information systems, computer science and operational research, psychology, sociology, political science, law, history, and medecine. These researchers belong to eight Quebec universities from outside the province, in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Recognized internationally, they produce high caliber scientific work and publish in the best journals?over twenty of them hold research chairs. CIRANO?s activities aim to : â?? bolster firms? efficiency and competitive edge through the rapid transfer of new knowledge generated by its research; â?? encourage the integration of organizations? knowledge and preoccupations and practitioners? experience into teaching and research programs; â?? develop and keep in Quebec world-class research teams in the scientific analysis of organizations and strategic behavior; â?? contribute to training a new generation of top-tier scientists and professionals in Quebec.