Applied Research Collaborations

Organizations partner with Drexel LeBow to uncover insights that have a timely effect on their businesses and stakeholders. Applied research collaborations engage practitioners and faculty in generating knowledge for practical application to an organization or industry. Research focuses on questions that address specific needs in the marketplace, with an emphasis on applicability, relevance and viability.

Exploring domains such as emerging technologies, management and leadership, business analytics, and environmental, social, governance (ESG), collaborations intersect faculty research expertise and areas of interest across organizations, pursuing shared goals and mutually beneficial outcomes. Both parties actively participate, culminating in jointly delivered findings. In some cases, research output may lead to white papers, webinars or other opportunities to share knowledge.

Through applied research, organizations discover insights to advance current and future initiatives, such as understanding the relationship between data governance and organizational performance, determining how leaders can align human capital to create high performing teams and exploring how metaverse technologies influence organizational culture.