Publications

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

01 Jun 1999
News

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

have made an important contribution to both the democratization and the strengthening of the American economy," says HBS professor Jay O. Light, an expert on the financial services industry. And now, according to Light and other... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

October 2010 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Hewlett-Packard Company: CEO Succession in 2010

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Krishna G. Palepu and Melissa Barton

Mark Hurd resigned as the CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2010 after the board discovered that he had misfiled expense reports and paid an H.P. contractor for unsubstantiated work. After Hurd left H.P., he joined Oracle, an H.P. competitor. Soon thereafter, the H.P. board... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Management Succession; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry

November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
Case

Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Eliot Sherman

In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out an extended investigation of its own employees, board members, and journalists outside the company. The investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Communication Technology; Conflict and Resolution; Newspapers; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

1972
Book

Managing Group and Intergroup Relations

By: J. W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Groups and Teams

November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
Supplement

OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Andrew Hill and Kaitlyn Simpson

Keywords: Insurance Industry

November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
Case

OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Andrew Hill and Kaitlyn Simpson

Describes the dilemma faced by Emmanuel Ferreira, a fund manager at OppenheimerFunds. As the largest shareholder and a long-time investor in software publisher Take-Two Interactive, Ferreira contemplates whether or not to get involved with other investors in trying to... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

other alternatives. Sebenius specializes in multiparty negotiations, especially in international, financial, and public-private contexts. With Professor Jay O. Light of the Finance unit and Professor Richard F. Meyer, he is exploring ways... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

firm commitment to both sustainability and high quality-a commitment rooted in Hirshberg's dedication to spreading the "gospel" of organic production to consumers. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/312122PDF-ENG Olympus (A) View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2018
News

HBS Fund Council

Andreas E. Stavropoulos (MBA 1997) Jehad Verjee (MBA 2011) COUNCIL MEMBERS James A. Attwood (JD/MBA 1984) Brent W. Gledhill (MBA 1997) Ian D. Highet (MBA 1994) Ian K. Loring (MBA 1993) Andrew M. Paul (MBA 1983) William A. Shutzer (MBA... View Details

25 Mar 2021
News

Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

million to the School in his name. With characteristic humility and honoring a process set by his predecessor, Dean Jay Light, Nohria stressed the importance of allocating these funds to advance the future priorities of his successor,... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Coming Full Circle

(MBA 1972) has parlayed a lifelong interest in the field of organizational behavior into two careers. Encouraged by HBS professors Jay Lorsch and Paul Lawrence, Nadler pursued a PhD in the subject at the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 23

PublicationsChallenges to Business in the Twenty-First Century Authors:Gerald Rosenfeld, Jay W. Lorsch, and Rakesh Khurana, eds. Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011 An... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

our three colleagues, I would serve as the inaugural head of the organization, which we named the Afro-American Student Union. WILLIS: All of us worked with the HBS administration and faculty—especially Professors Paul Lawrence, Jay... View Details

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

and electricity supply. Is this the direction for private equity in the future? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812019-PDF-ENG Boardroom Change in Norway Jay W. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2001
Article

Building a Better Board

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Duke K. Bristow, Paul D. Lapides, Chuck King and T.K. Kerstetter

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards