CENIT research activities are mostly aimed at analyzing the structural changes of the international economy and, particularly, the Argentine case and the main aspects of Argentina´s integration into the new globalized world.

Within this general framework, CENIT undertakes studies on the following areas:

Regionalization and Globalization, particularly the MERCOSUR case.
The productive, technological and environmental management strategies of Argentine  companies.
National Innovation Systems and technology policies.
The role of new technologies: software, informatics and biotechnology.
Crisis in emergent countries: the special features of the Argentine case.
Environment and sustainable development.
Foreign Policy.

With the purpose of carring out its research activities, CENIT has a specialized library and has closed links with researchers specialized in the above-mentioned areas both in Argentina and abroad.