Jay W. Lorsch Quotes

Jay William Lorsch is an American organizational theorist and the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School, known for his contribution of contingency theory to the field of organizational behavior. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. October 1932
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“Most of the time when these things go public… private-equity firms want to get the hell out of there. They want to monetize their investment and get their guys off the board, because they don't want to be caught in a conflict of interest.”

Jay W. Lorsch, quoted in: "[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-02-26/going-private Going Private: Hotshot managers are fleeing public companies for the money, freedom, and glamour of private equity," in bloomberg.com, February 27, 2006

“I think a lot more decisions are made on serendipity than people think. Things come across their radar screens and they jump at them.”

Jay W. Lorsch, quoted in: Peter Barge (2006), The Little Book of Big Decisions, p. 12

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