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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
should stop granting them. Jay Lorsch has written extensively about boards of directors. His book, Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America’s Corporate Boards, with Elizabeth MacIver (1989), is regarded...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership
work in the field. Perhaps best known for his landmark volume Organization and Environment (with HBS professor Jay W. Lorsch), Lawrence also produced the definitive work on matrix organizations (with Stanley...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
effective relationships with boards of directors. In addition to Porter, other HBS faculty members teaching in those sessions included Professor Jay W. Lorsch, a leading expert on corporate governance and...
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Jon Prestage
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
today's shareholders aren't quite up to making shareholder capitalism work. —Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS. Justin Fox is editorial director of the HBR Group. The...
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- 12 May 2009
- News
Schumer's Shareholder Bill Misses the Mark
- June 2005
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (DVD)
By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane, Kelly Mulderry and Jay W. Lorsch
Davis, John A., Dwight B. Crane, Kelly Mulderry, and Jay W. Lorsch. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (DVD)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 805-704, June 2005.
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
McKinsey & Co.—Protecting its Reputation (A) and (B)
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
McKinsey & Co—Protecting its Reputation (A&B) is a field case written from the perspective of the Firm's Managing Director Dominic Barton. The two cases describe the actions McKinsey & Co took to protect the firm's reputation after the Rajat Gupta matter.
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Keywords:
Consulting Firms;
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Leadership And Change Management;
Leadership And Managing People;
Leading A Global Business;
Corporate Culture;
Professional Service Firms;
Professional Service Firm;
Leadership;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Consulting Industry;
United States
- November 2014
- Case
Jazztel
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
In October 2004 Fernández Pujals, founder of Telepizza, an international home delivery pizza business, bought 24.9% of Jazztel (€90 million), a telecom company. At the time, Jazztel was near bankruptcy and needed a capital injection to finish the year. Over the next...
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Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "Jazztel." Harvard Business School Case 415-042, November 2014.
- July 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (B)
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
On Tuesday March 15, 2011, all 1,200 global Partners of McKinsey & Co. gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center near Washington, DC for their annual Partners' conference. The atmosphere was tense as Partners, in addition to their normal agenda,...
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Keywords:
Board;
McKinsey;
CONSULTING Firms;
Risk;
Risk Assessment;
Partnerships;
Insider Trading;
Confidentiality;
Personal Investing;
Reputation;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk Management;
Construction Industry;
United States;
California
Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-022, July 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- May–June 1999
- Article
Changing Leaders: The Board's Role in CEO Succession
By: J. W. Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana
Lorsch, J. W., and Rakesh Khurana. "Changing Leaders: The Board's Role in CEO Succession." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 3 (May–June 1999).
- 1983
- Book
Decision Making at the Top: The Shaping of Strategic Direction
By: Gordon Donaldson and J. W. Lorsch
Donaldson, Gordon, and J. W. Lorsch. Decision Making at the Top: The Shaping of Strategic Direction. New York: Basic Books, 1983.
- 1989
- Book
Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards
By: J. W. Lorsch and Elizabeth MacIver
Keywords:
Management Teams
Lorsch, J. W., and Elizabeth MacIver. Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1989.
- November 1992
- Article
A Modest Proposal for Improved Corporate Governance
By: Martin Lipton and J. W. Lorsch
Keywords:
Corporate Governance
Lipton, Martin, and J. W. Lorsch. "A Modest Proposal for Improved Corporate Governance." Business Lawyer 48, no. 1 (November 1992).
- 1974
- Book
Organizations and Their Members: A Contingency Approach
By: J. W. Lorsch and John Morse
Keywords:
Organizations
Lorsch, J. W., and John Morse. Organizations and Their Members: A Contingency Approach. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
- December 1990
- Article
Restructure Boardrooms
By: J. W. Lorsch and E. MacIver
Lorsch, J. W., and E. MacIver. "Restructure Boardrooms." Supplement Institutional Investor (December 1990).
- 1969
- Book
Organizational Development: Diagnosis and Action
By: J. W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence
Keywords:
Organizational Design
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
University Elections
Ed.M. ’84; BS ’74, University of New Hampshire. Head of School, Castilleja School. Palo Alto, CA. Andres W. Lopez, AB ’92, JD ’95. Attorney; Senior Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Jay A. Garcia-Gregory. San...
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- 1970
- Book
Studies in Organization Design
By: J. W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence
Keywords:
Organizational Design
Lorsch, J. W. and Paul R. Lawrence, eds. Studies in Organization Design. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1970.