Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
-
Illuminate Ventures: Rising a Venture Fund
Bernstein, S; Korteweg, A; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E473-EEntrepreneurshipIt was the spring of 2010 and Cindy Padnos had just been named to Fast Company’s list of “The Most Influential Women in Technology in 2010.” Cindy had worked in the venture capital (VC) space for over a decade, launching her own firm, Illuminate Ventures, in 2009 with a focus on early-stage companies in the enterprise cloud computing space. Cindy’s portfolio of personal investments was performing well, and if she could perform as well for Illum...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
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