Avodah Global (Avodah) was a social enterprise headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, with manufacturing operations in Cambodia. Co-founders Liz Henderson and Karine Emanouel had a vision to provide safe employment, vocational training, and long-term career opportunities for at-risk women and survivors of human trafficking. They positioned Avodah as a socially responsible alternative to traditional garment manufacturers. However, as Avodah scaled, .....more

In January 2017, the founder of Sunton Manufacturing in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, boarded a flight to Cambodia. He had to tackle the performance issue of the company’s garment manufacturing joint venture (JV) there—after two years in operation, it had run out of cash. After meeting with his JV partner, he concluded that the existing JV in Sihanoukville was beyond repair. He now needed to decide whether to exit Cambodia or to remain there, albeit .....more