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- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
they conclude, "Exercising leadership is a way of giving meaning to your life by contributing to the lives of others." Jay Lorsch and Thomas Tierney focus on the...
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by James Heskett
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
Leadership and Organizational Behavior. The key developments include the original teaching of scientific management by Frederick W. Taylor; the change in perspective from Taylorism to the Human Relations...
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- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves. Leading from the Boardroom Authors:Jay View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
values by sharing stories about their institutions. Indeed, they have discovered that pastors of so-called megachurches publish an unusually large number of books, not only to connect to church members, but to spread the message to an...
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by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
its own right. But it was also crucial for the resumption of European integration in the 1970s. Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Chap. 1 in Boardroom Realities:...
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Martha Lagace
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Placement - Doctoral
Edmondson (Chair), Karim R. Lakhani , Michaela Kerrissey , and Jay W. Lorsch Michael Anne Kyle Health Policy (Management), 2021 Placement: Harvard Medical School, Post-Doctoral...
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- 2008
- Book
On Competition
By: M. E. Porter
Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it...
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Porter, M. E. On Competition. Updated and Expanded Ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.
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MBA Experience - Leadership
Corporate Governance & Boards of Directors Professor Jay W. Lorsch and Professor and Senior Associate Dean Lynn S. Paine Spring Leadership Execution & Action Planning Senior...
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- May 2013 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
McKinsey & Company
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
In early 2013 the leaders of McKinsey & Co., were reflecting, as they did periodically, on the path forward for their firm. Founded in Chicago in 1926 by James O. McKinsey (Mac), with only a small staff in one office, the firm had grown to be a global company with more...
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CONSULTING Firms;
McKinsey;
Professional Service Firm;
Marvin Bower;
Strategy;
Governance;
Consulting Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "McKinsey & Company." Harvard Business School Case 413-109, May 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
- 2023
- Book
How the Harvard Business School Changed the Way We View Organizations
By: Jay W. Lorsch
The story of the field of organizational behavior (which overlaps considerably with the origin story of Harvard Business School) and how it created the “medical model” of systems thinking—anchored in the practices of listening, observing, testing, and only then...
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Organizational Behavior;
Systems Thinking;
Medical Model;
Organizations;
Behavior;
System;
History
Lorsch, Jay W. How the Harvard Business School Changed the Way We View Organizations. Business Expert Press, 2023.
- November 2005
- Case
Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Company (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
Faced with the need to hire a new president, The Walt Disney Co. pursued Michael Ovitz, a founder of the Creative Artist Agency. Although initially disinterested, Ovitz engaged in negotiations with Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Co., in the summer of 1995...
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Corporate Governance;
Management Teams;
Selection and Staffing;
Negotiation;
Organizational Culture
Lorsch, Jay W., and Alexis Chernak. "Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-065, November 2005.
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CEO Leadership - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Business Review Seven Surprises for New CEOs by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch, & Nitin Nohria As a newly minted CEO, you may think you finally have the power to set...
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- April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
- Supplement
RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
The special committee of the RJR Nabisco board has extended the bidding deadline for the company by 10 days. The case explains the process by which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the management group bid against one another for ownership of RJR Nabisco. The board of...
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Leveraged Buyouts;
Situation or Environment;
Bids and Bidding;
Decision Making;
Managerial Roles;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Lorsch, Jay W. "RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-121, April 1991. (Revised July 1991.)
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Faculty & Research - Leadership
Toffel Technology and Operations Management 16 results Das Narayandas Marketing 16 results Hubert Joly General Management 15 results Jay W. Lorsch 15 results Initiatives focus...
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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Keeping the Corporate Image: Public Relations and Business , 1900–1950. Industrial Development and the Social Fabric, vol. 3 (Greenwich: JAI Press, 1979), xvi. 9 AISI was founded in 1908, and Elbert H. Gary served as its first chief...
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
activity-based costing to determine open radical cystectomy and ileal conduit surgical episode cost drivers by Janet Baack Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.a,b, Mohamed A. Seif, M.D.a, Marissa W. Mery, M.D.c, James R....
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The New CEO Workshop - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
CEO, you may think you finally have the power to set strategy, the authority to make things happen, and full access to the finer points of your business. But if you expect the job to be as simple as that, you're in for an awakening. Michael E. Porter, View Details
- July 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Digitas (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Raises issues about how the nature and function of a board changes as its company moves from ownership by its employees (including the founder) to ownership by a private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman, to public ownership. Teaching Purpose: To consider changes in...
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Private Equity;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Organizations;
Employee Ownership;
Public Ownership
Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "Digitas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-023, July 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jay W. Lorsch and Quinn Pitcher
Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied...
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Governance;
Information Technology;
Transportation;
Venture Capital;
Organizational Culture;
Technology Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, Jay W. Lorsch, and Quinn Pitcher. "Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride." Harvard Business School Case 117-070, June 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
medical services at Stanford. Duncan (MBA 1986) Family Doctoral Fellowship The Duncan Family Doctoral Fellowship was established by Charles W. Duncan Jr. and Charles W. Duncan...
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