Research

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The Fowler Center at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management is a leader in scholarship and research on business as an agent of world benefit. 

Discover some of the research initiatives and case studies the Fowler Center coordinates, find opportunities to learn more about sustainable value, or learn how you can serve as a fellow in the field of sustainability.

AIM2Flourish

AIM2Flourish is a worldwide action-research initiative that uses appreciative inquiry (AI) to learn more about the role of business in society. The best of the uncovered innovations are profiled on AIM2Flourish.com.

Sustainability Library

Search sustainability-themed business cases that serve as teaching resources for faculty across management disciplines through our Sustainability Library.

Sustainable Value Research

Check out this collection of Weatherhead faculty publications regarding sustainable value.

Fellowships

Discover opportunities to serve as a fellow in various offices of sustainability as a Weatherhead student.

Featured Case Study

Procter & Gamble: Children's Safe Drinking Water (A, B)

In 1995, Procter & Gamble (P&G) scientists began researching methods of water treatment for use in communities facing water crises. P&G was interested in bringing industrial-quality water treatment to remote areas worldwide, because the lack of clean water, primarily in developing countries, was alarming. With a long history of scientific research and innovation in health, hygiene, and nutrition, P&G considered ways it could address the safe drinking-water crisis as the new millennium approached.