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  • 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... View Details
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  • 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,... View Details
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
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  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Ideas: Books

innovations in management practices and production technology in the Thyssen firms. Restoring Trust in American Business edited by Jay W. Lorsch, Leslie Berlowitz, and Andy Zelleke (MIT Press) HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: 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... View Details
  • May–June 1999
  • Article

Changing Leaders: The Board's Role in CEO Succession

By: J. W. Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana
Keywords: Change; Leadership; Governance; Management
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  • 1983
  • Book

Decision Making at the Top: The Shaping of Strategic Direction

By: Gordon Donaldson and J. W. Lorsch
Keywords: Management Teams; Decision Making
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  • 1989
  • Book

Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards

By: J. W. Lorsch and Elizabeth MacIver
Keywords: Management Teams
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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... View Details
  • June 2005
  • Supplement

Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (DVD)

By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane, Kelly Mulderry and Jay W. Lorsch
Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Real Estate Industry
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  • 1969
  • Book

Organizational Development: Diagnosis and Action

By: J. W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence
Keywords: Organizational Design
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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 special challenge of leading... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 1974
  • Book

Organizations and Their Members: A Contingency Approach

By: J. W. Lorsch and John Morse
Keywords: Organizations
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  • December 1990
  • Article

Restructure Boardrooms

By: J. W. Lorsch and E. MacIver
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  • November 1992
  • Article

A Modest Proposal for Improved Corporate Governance

By: Martin Lipton and J. W. Lorsch
Keywords: Corporate Governance
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  • 1992
  • Chapter

Corporate Governance and Investment Time Horizons

By: J. W. Lorsch and E. MacIver
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Investment; Time Management
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  • October 2012
  • Supplement

Olympus (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Suraj Srinivasan and Kathleen Durante
This case outlines Michael Woodford's awards and honors, after having been fired from Olympus in October 2011. It discusses the repercussions following an investigation into the fraud and the report that was released thereafter. It also discusses the lawsuit that... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Health Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan
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  • 2005
  • Book

Restoring Trust in American Business

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Leslie Berlowitz and A. Zelleke
Keywords: Trust; Business Ventures; United States
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  • 11 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 11

Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Executive Counsel 7, no. 1 (February/March 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Preview the Article:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace