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      Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?
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      • June 30, 2020
      • Article

      Bipartisan Tax-Free Solution to Health Care Financing: Coupling HRAs With a Public Option

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard Boxer and James Wallace
      A combination of health insurance initiatives by the presumptive 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees could expand health care coverage and significantly reduce costs, without raising taxes. Along the way, the combination could revitalize private...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Care Financing; Public Option; Health Reimbursement Arrangement (hra); Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., Richard Boxer, and James Wallace. "Bipartisan Tax-Free Solution to Health Care Financing: Coupling HRAs With a Public Option." Health Affairs Blog (June 30, 2020).
      • April 2020
      • Case

      The Board's Role in Refocusing Bahrain Development Bank

      By: Paul M. Healy and Alpana Thapar
      In March 2016, Bahrain Development Bank’s (BDB) existing board term came to an end and Khalid Al Rumaihi was appointed the new chairman. Determining a need for change, he immediately overhauled the board and replaced BDB’s long-standing CEO. The new board quickly...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Banking Industry; Bahrain
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      Healy, Paul M., and Alpana Thapar. "The Board's Role in Refocusing Bahrain Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 120-099, April 2020.
      • September 2018 (Revised October 2018)
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      Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform

      By: Chiara Farronato and Elena Corsi
      Lexoo, a UK-based online marketplace for legal services, was facing the strategic choice of how to grow from early start-up to mature platform. Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo's CEO, and web developer Chris O'Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo to help Small and Medium-Sized...  View Details
      Keywords: Marketplaces; Legal Services; Growth Strategy; Technology Ventures; Pivot; Service Operations; Market Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Platform; Small Business; Decision Making; Legal Services Industry
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      Farronato, Chiara, and Elena Corsi. "Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 619-701, September 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
      • April 2018
      • Teaching Note

      InsideSales.com (A) and (B)

      By: Frank Cespedes
      Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 817-018 and 817-042. InsideSales.com (ISC) has been successful selling its software to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB). But for various reasons, the founders see “the next stage of growth” as building a scalable sales and service...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Customer Relationship Management; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Salesforce Management; Talent and Talent Management; Technology Industry
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      Cespedes, Frank. "InsideSales.com (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 818-122, April 2018.
      • January 2018 (Revised October 2019)
      • Case

      ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)

      By: Feng Zhu, Weiru Chen and Shirley Sun
      ZBJ.com (ZBJ), an online platform that connects knowledge workers to small- and medium-sized enterprises, is China’s largest outsourcing platform. Founded by Mingyue Zhu in 2006, ZBJ had grown into a unicorn with 4,000 employees and a daily transaction volume of RMB15...  View Details
      Keywords: Outsourcing; Disintermediation; Two-Sided Platforms; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Information Technology Industry; China
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      Zhu, Feng, Weiru Chen, and Shirley Sun. "ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-044, January 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
      • March 2017 (Revised October 2018)
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      Catalant: The Future of Work?

      By: Thomas Eisenmann, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Christine Snively
      Catalant, founded in 2013 as an online marketplace where MBAs could bid on consulting projects posted by small- to medium-sized businesses, had expanded by 2016 to provide Fortune 1000 companies with access to over 35,000 independent experts. The founders envisioned...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Recruitment; Labor; Market Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
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      Eisenmann, Thomas, Jeffrey F. Rayport, and Christine Snively. "Catalant: The Future of Work?" Harvard Business School Case 817-103, March 2017. (Revised October 2018.)
      • February 2016
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      Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

      By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
      Partnerships that foster the translation of scientific advances emerging from academic research organizations into commercialized products at private firms are a policy tool that has attracted increased interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish...  View Details
      Keywords: Economic Development; Technological Change; Government Policy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Technology; Policy; Technology Industry; Denmark
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      Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih. "Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships." Research Policy 45, no. 1 (February 2016): 148–158.
      • January 2016 (Revised July 2017)
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      HourlyNerd

      By: Jill Avery and Joseph Fuller
      HourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for matching freelance consultants with small companies looking for help, struggles to define a growth plan for the future. The company, started as a class project in HBS' FIELD 3 course, is assessing three growth paths:...  View Details
      Keywords: Startup; Lean Startup; Two Sided Markets; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Consulting Industry; United States
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      Avery, Jill, and Joseph Fuller. "HourlyNerd." Harvard Business School Case 316-134, January 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
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