Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear: Deciding Whether to Join Partners Healthcare
Bundorf, Mary, K; Pathipati, ACase SGSB-P92-EEconomicsThis case follows John Fernandez, CEO of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, as he evaluates whether or not his organization should join Partners HealthCare, the state’s largest healthcare provider. Starting in the mid-2000s, there was a growing trend towards provider consolidation in health care. Many physician practices joined larger groups or hospitals, while independent hospitals integrated into larger health systems. The case explores the causes an...Starting at €8.20
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Knights Apparel and the Alta Gracia Factory: Paying a Living Wage - Teaching Note
Paul Brest, Debra SchifrinnTeaching Note SGSB-SM237TN-EStrategyIn 2014 The Alta Gracia clothing factory in the Dominican Republic was doing something quite unusual in the industry; it was paying its employees a living wage, which was 350 percent higher than the country’s minimum wage. Knights Apparel, which owned the four-year old factory, also provided benefits, health care, and allowed the workers to unionize. Most apparel factories paid employees a minimum wage, which in some places was not enough to pay...Starting at €0.00
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Knights Apparel and the Alta Gracia Factory: Paying a Living Wage
Paul Brest, Debra SchifrinnCase SGSB-SM237-EStrategyIn 2014 The Alta Gracia clothing factory in the Dominican Republic was doing something quite unusual in the industry; it was paying its employees a living wage, which was 350 percent higher than the country’s minimum wage. Knights Apparel, which owned the four-year old factory, also provided benefits, health care, and allowed the workers to unionize. Most apparel factories paid employees a minimum wage, which in some places was not enough to pay...Starting at €8.20
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The Elephant in the Room
Meehan, William; Prober, Charles; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-ETH32-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a fictional roleplay based on the experiences of Daryn Dodson, the managing director of Illumen Capital, an investment firm that aims to leverage its power as an investor to deliver capital combined with evidence-based bias-reduction training and coaching for its portfolio of fund managers. Through Illumen Capital, Dodson worked to train portfolio fund managers to discern and eliminate implicit and explicit biases, thereby helping them to...Starting at €8.20