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Charles Axelrod (B): Afrontando decisiones
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-767Leadership and People ManagementCharles "Chuck" Axelrod, CEO de Spartan Capital Management, un famoso hedge fund o fondo de cobertura londinense, estaba valorando despedir a Taylor Dillon, director de Inversiones y uno de los autores intelectuales del reciente éxito del fondo. El buen clima en Spartan se estaba erosionando rápidamente. El conflicto de Dillon con Damian Akerman, director de una de las divisiones más importantes de Spartan, estaba alcanzando dimensiones insoport...Starting at €5.74
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Bulb 2017: Launch
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-719441-EStrategyRapid Growth" (719-442). It describes the launch of Bulb, a renewable energy supplier entering the highly competitive UK market in August 2015. By the end of March 2017, Bulb had grown to supply 29,311 properties, well ahead of its Launch Plan of 23,166 and beyond the point of breakeven. It had been a slow start, and growth had been volatile, reaching a rate of over 3,000 new members per week at one point, putting severe strains on service level...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Axelrod (A): A CEO's Dilema
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-766-ELeadership and People ManagementCharles ("Chuck") Axelrod, the CEO of Spartan Capital Management, a well-known London hedge fund, was considering firing Taylor Dillon, the chief investment officer and one of the masterminds behind the fund's recent success. The good atmosphere that had existed at Spartan was rapidly deteriorating. Dillon's conflict with Damian Akerman, the head of one of the fund's most important divisions, was becoming unbearable. Moreover, rumors of Dillon's ...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Axelrod (B): Confonting Decisions
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-767-ELeadership and People ManagementCharles "Chuck" Axelrod, CEO of Spartan Capital Management, a famous hedge fund in the City of London, is forced to dismiss Taylor Dillon, Spartan's director of investments and one of the masterminds behind the fund's recent success. The collegial climate at Spartan was eroding quickly. Taylor's conflict with Damian Akerman, the director of one of Spartan's most important divisions, was reaching unbearable dimensions. Plus, it was no longer possi...Starting at €5.74
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Bulb 2015: Foundation
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-719440-EStrategyRapid Growth" (719-442). It describes the foundation of Bulb, a renewable energy supplier entering the highly competitive UK market in August 2015. Founders Hayden Wood and Amit Gudka were hoping to capitalize on the hundreds of thousands of customers switching their energy provider each month, by promising excellent customer service, a simple, low-price tariff, 100%-renewable electricity, and services to reduce energy consumption. At the time t...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Axelrod - Teaching Note
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierTeaching Note DPOT-117-ELeadership and People ManagementCharles "Chuck" Axelrod, CEO of famous hedge fund Spartan Capital Management, was considering firing Chief Investment Officer Taylor Dillon, the mastermind behind the fund's recent success. A simmering conflict with Damian Akerman, an important division director, was threatening to boil over, while Charles ("Chuck") Axelrod, the CEO of Spartan Capital Management, a well-known London hedge fund, was considering firing Taylor Dillon, the chief inve...Starting at €0.00
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Charles Axelrod (A): El dilema de un CEO
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-766Leadership and People ManagementCharles "Chuck" Axelrod, CEO de Spartan Capital Management, un famoso hedge fund o fondo de cobertura londinense, estaba valorando despedir a Taylor Dillon, director de Inversiones y uno de los autores intelectuales del reciente éxito del fondo. El buen clima en Spartan se estaba erosionando rápidamente. El conflicto de Dillon con Damian Akerman, director de una de las divisiones más importantes de Spartan, estaba alcanzando dimensiones insoport...Starting at €8.20
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Making UK Energy Smarter
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-719438-EStrategyThis case describes the history of the United Kingdom's domestic energy industry and the country's efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), published a report listing 29 actions to be taken to "remove barriers to smart technologies," "enable smart homes and businesses," and "improve acc...Starting at €8.20
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HelloSelf: Foundation
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-719492-EStrategyOn January 6, 2019, HelloSelf, a London-based "BrainTech" company, founded a year earlier by Charles Wells, soft launched. The proposition was simply to help its members "Be your Best Self." The company provided its registered members with access to a clinical psychotherapist, a life coach, and an AI engine that personalized advice. The platform provided members with the ability to set goals, track progress, and discover new things about themselv...Starting at €8.20
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Bulb 2018: Rapid Growth
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-719442-EStrategyLaunch" (719-441). After a wild and volatile year, Bulb, a new entrant in the UK residential energy market, ended March 2018 with 329,127 properties, 1.2% of the total residential energy market. This was 150% ahead of a plan for 130,000 properties and almost ten times the size the founders, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, had imagined in August 2015 when they first launched. Bulb was now one of the top 12 energy suppliers in the UK. Gudka and Wood w...Starting at €8.20