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- October 1995 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Cambridge Consulting Group: Bob Anderson
By: Jay W. Lorsch and John J. Gabarro
Describes the situation facing the head of a rapidly growing industry-focused group within a consulting company. Highlights the dilemmas of being a "producing manager" (i.e., a professional who has both individual production as well as management responsibilities)....
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Lorsch, Jay W., and John J. Gabarro. "Cambridge Consulting Group: Bob Anderson." Harvard Business School Case 496-023, October 1995. (Revised September 2021.)
- 1967
- Book
Organization and Environment
By: Paul R. Lawrence and J. W. Lorsch
Lawrence, Paul R., and J. W. Lorsch. Organization and Environment. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, Division of Research, 1967. (Reissued as a Harvard Business School Classic, Harvard Business School Press, 1986.)
- 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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Keywords:
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.
- Web
Leadership - Faculty & Research
Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch on organizational integration , sparked the field of Organizational Behavior. Early work by Michael Beer on leading organizational change , Rosabeth Kanter on innovation for...
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- Web
Course History - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and preparing for the most challenging issues that a new CEO is likely to face. The Harvard Business Review article “Seven Surprises for New CEOs,” by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch, and Nitin Nohria,...
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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Development, David J. Dunn Fund Jay Goyal, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellowship Fund Jamie Gresh, Hospital for Special Surgery, Horace W. Goldsmith...
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- 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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Keywords:
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.)
- 1970
- Book
Organizational Structure and Design
By: Gene W. Dalton, Paul R. Lawrence and J. W. Lorsch
Dalton, Gene W., Paul R. Lawrence and J. W. Lorsch, eds. Organizational Structure and Design. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1970.
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
an insider's view of the action, the Bulletin asked five members of the class who have been involved in a variety of banking endeavors to share some personal and professional insights and to reflect on the lessons, losses, and phenomenal gains of their industry over...
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Keywords:
Deborah E. Blagg
- Web
Campaign Leadership Committee - Alumni
Kraft MBA 1965 Jeannie Bachelor Lavine MBA 1992 Jonathan S. Lavine MBA 1992 Jay O. Light DBA 1970 John H. McArthur MBA 1959, DBA 1963 John A. Paulson MBA 1980 Arthur Rock MBA 1951 C. D. Spangler Jr. MBA 1956** Howard H. Stevenson MBA...
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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations . 2 vols. London: Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1776. Smith, Adam. Vizsgálódás a Nemzeti Vagyonosság Természetérol és Okairól . 5 vols. Translated by Enyedy Lukács and Pólya Jakab....
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- October 2012 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Olympus (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Suraj Srinivasan and Kathleen Durante
As 2012 approached, the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual, and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in...
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Lorsch, Jay W., Suraj Srinivasan, and Kathleen Durante. "Olympus (A) ." Harvard Business School Case 413-040, October 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
in investment banking. The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century edited by Jay W. Lorsch (Harvard Business Review Press) Edited by...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Back to the Drawing Board by Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch (Harvard Business School Press) Corporate boards are frequent targets of criticism in the wake of recent...
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- September 2013
- Case
United Rentals (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Kathleen Durante and Emily McTague
In December 1997 United Rentals (URI) went public on the NYSE. Ten years later, during the peak of the economic meltdown, the company's performance was in decline. United Rentals had experienced its share of problems in the prior years and was still struggling to... View Details
Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Board Dynamics;
Accounting Fraud;
Governance;
Board Committees;
Merger;
Corporate Governance;
Construction Industry;
United States
Lorsch, Jay W., Kathleen Durante, and Emily McTague. "United Rentals (A)." Harvard Business School Case 414-043, September 2013.
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
century, J. Walter Thompson, E. C. Allen, N. W. Ayer & Son, and others eventually developed into full-service agencies taking on the responsibilities for copy, art, design, layout, and advertising campaigns previously done by companies...
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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Lasting Value . He serves on the board of directors of Exxon, Goldman Sachs, and Novartis and is chair of the Global Center for Leadership and Business Ethics. Profile Jay W. Lorsch, Louis Kirstein Professor...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
from company performance as critics imply? Not at all, according to HBS professor Jay W. Lorsch, whose 1998 working paper, "Compensating Corporate CEOs: A Process View," examines the procedures and forces...
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Judith A. Ross
- Juillet–Aout 2005
- Article
Commentaire critique de "Leadership Passages"
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Keywords:
Leadership
- April 1994
- Supplement
American Express (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Supplements the (A) case.
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Lorsch, Jay W. "American Express (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-094, April 1994.