Case | HBS Case Collection | 2008 (Revised from original 2007 version)
by Jay W. Lorsch, Eliot Sherman and David Chen
Describes the governance issues facing the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. After a series of issues--FDA consent decree on its blood operations; the response to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina--the Red Cross board was under pressure to fix its governance from the public, the media, and from Congress. Describes the Red Cross governance structure and practices in place and the process used to examine them.
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Business Processes; Non-Governmental Organizations; Service Industry;
Citation:
Lorsch, Jay W., Eliot Sherman, and David Chen. "The American National Red Cross (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-040, October 2008. (Revised from original December 2007 version.)
Teaching Plan | HBS Case Collection | 2013
The American National Red Cross (TP)
Jay W. Lorsch and Michael Norris
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Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2012 version)
Olympus (A)
Jay W. Lorsch, Suraj Srinivasan and Kathleen Durante
Keywords: accounting; corporate governance; Accounting; Corporate Governance; Electronics Industry; Health Industry; Japan;
Article | HBS Alumni Bulletin | December 2012
Shareholder's Value?: Reassessing Investors' Functions
Jay W. Lorsch and Justin Fox
Keywords: ＂shareholders,＂ investors; Business and Shareholder Relations;