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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Impact America Fund: Challenges of New Fund Formation
Krauel, Patel, H; Ewald, C; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI139-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn July 2013, Kesha Cash transitioned out of her stable role as co-founder of and fund manager for Jalia Ventures (“Jalia”), an initiative investing in early-stage mission driven “businesses operated by entrepreneurs of color,” to launch her own impact venture fund focused on underserved communities. Because Jalia had been funded and supported by Serious Change, L.P., a global impact investment fund, Cash was new to the process of fund formation...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar, Inc. in 2013
Burgelman R; Siegel R; Hallmon MCase SGSB-SM190B-EStrategyAn update to First Solar (A), this case highlights changes to the solar energy market between 2010 and 2013 and the resulting challenges that First Solar had to overcome. In addition to increased competition from highly subsidized Chinese manufacturers, First Solar lost its pricing advantage due to a steep decline in material costs for the competing solar cell technology, c-Sci. The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a dramatic decline in de...Starting at €8.20