Publications

July 2003
Article

Building A Bench

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney

2003
Other Unpublished Work

Limits to Board Effectiveness

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards

2002
Other Unpublished Work

Making Sure Independent Doesn't Mean Ignorant

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Colin Carter

Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage

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fall 2002
Article

Creating Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Economy

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Knowledge; Economy

July 14, 2002
Article

Add CEO Salaries to The Corporate Reform List

Keywords: Management; Compensation and Benefits; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

June 2002 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Delphi Corporation (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez

The Delphi Corp.'s board of directors faces a transition as lead director Thomas Wyman approaches mandatory retirement. Chairman and CEO J.T. Battenberg reflects on Delphi's history and its successful reinvention by Wyman and Battenberg when it separated from its... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Management Succession; Management Teams; Relationships; Corporate Strategy

May/June 2002
Article

A Modest Proposal for Dealing with the Enron Crisis

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Martin Lipton

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Crisis Management

2002
Book

Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney

Keywords: Success; Outcome or Result

September 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Coca-Cola Company: The Quaker Oats Acqisition (B), The

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Sonya Sanchez

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

September 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Coca-Cola Company: The Quaker Oats Acquisition (A), The

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Sonya Sanchez

Discusses how CEOs should think about bringing strategic issues to the board, what issues to bring, how to position them, and which information to provide. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Corporate Governance; Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Food and Beverage Industry

February 2001
Teaching Note

RJR Nabisco Board, The: Guardians of the Gate? (A) and (B) TN

Teaching Note for ((9-491-120) and (9-491-121). View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry

February 2001 (Revised October 2006)
Case

McDuffy, Arms & Ginsberg

Describes the musings of the managing partner of a law firm as he returns from an executive education program. He thinks about the many issues confronting him and his firm. Teaching Purpose: To prepare executive education participants to return to their companies and... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership; Management; Legal Services Industry

August 2000
Case

Mannesmann AG

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Explores the functioning of a German supervisory board in the context of a takeover bid made by a British company. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Germany; United Kingdom

June 2000
Background Note

Note on CEO Evaluation

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Discusses the trend toward formal evaluations, by boards of directors, of CEO performance. The benefits and challenges of CEO evaluation are discussed and a particular process of CEO evaluation at Dayton Hudson Corp. is described. Teaching Purpose: To introduce issues... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Business Processes; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Valuation

October 1999
Teaching Note

Ray Corey at Norton TN

July 1999 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. faces a hostile takeover bid from its competitor, Mentor Graphics. Mentor makes the bid at a moment when Quickturn's stock price is depressed and the company is defending against a patent suit filed by Mentor. The two companies have a... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry