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Reference no. E350A
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
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Abstract

This case series explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990. The case follows then-Vice President of Operations Pete Thigpen and his team as they wrestle with the economic and human capital impact of closing the US-based plant and outsourcing the manufacture of the company''s Dockers line to a contractor in Costa Rica.
Location:
San Antonio TX, Costa Rica, San Francisco, CA
Teaching note
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Reference no. E350TN
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
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Reference no. E350B
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
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Reference no. E350C
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
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Reference no. E350D
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
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Abstract

This case series explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990. The case follows then-Vice President of Operations Pete Thigpen and his team as they wrestle with the economic and human capital impact of closing the US-based plant and outsourcing the manufacture of the company''s Dockers line to a contractor in Costa Rica.

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Location:
San Antonio TX, Costa Rica, San Francisco, CA

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Teaching note
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Reference no. E350TN
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. E350B
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
View full details
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Reference no. E350C
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
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Reference no. E350D
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mark Leslie (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Katherine Ann Rudolph Bose (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 20 January 2010
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Clothing manufacturing; Offshoring / offshore labor; Outsourcing / outsourcing overseas; Labor relations; Fair business practices; OSHA and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards; Plant shutdown, layoffs, downsizing; Layoff packages, training, severance packages
View full details