In 2007, the Institute launched WDI Publishing to develop, publish and distribute case studies and other teaching materials covering core business disciplines as well as international business topics. The initial strategy for the initiative — originally branded GlobaLens — was to work with Ross School of Business professors to document their research. Soon after, the staff began reviewing submissions from faculty around the world and publishing cases that closely aligned with WDI’s mission, especially those about organizations within or trying to do business in emerging markets. In the last decade, WDI Publishing has published teaching materials from over 300 academic authors. It also offers a range of services, including an iterative editing process, designing and formatting of finished products, and publishing them on the e-commerce site, wdi- publishing.com. The group markets its cases to top- tier business school faculty around the world. The initiative’s case studies have been adopted into courses at the Ross School as well as courses at more than 300 other renowned academic institutions worldwide. The WDI Publishing catalog, which numbered 30 entries at the outset, now contains more than 425 cases that cover all core business disciplines. It also has a special collection of cases that address issues relevant to social impact and inclusive business in emerging markets. Case writing and publishing has been integrated into WDI’s initiatives. One grant- funded project performed by the Institute’s researchers included a case writing component. WDI Publishing played a critical role in this five- year, U.S. government- supported project to assist professors from diverse universities in the Philippines in writing cases about local organizations and then teaching them within their own courses. In 2015, WDI Publishing entered into a non- exclusive agreement with Harvard Business Publishing, the world’s leading case study publisher, to distribute select business cases authored by University of Michigan faculty. Harvard regarded WDI’s collection as a valuable addition to its offerings, in part, because of the university’s standing as a leading global research institution and the work of its highly ranked school of business. WDI Publishing 70 William Davidson Institute