Publications

Teaching Note to (9-804-001). View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Investment; Sales; Entrepreneurship; Success; Production; Marketing; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Russia; Scotland

January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Multinationals as Engines of Growth?

Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Growth and Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Iran; United States; Malaysia; Japan

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11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

Development, edited by Thomas G. Cummings. Sage Publications, Inc., 2007 Abstract When it comes to transforming big corporations, there are two fundamentally different strategies, says Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Entrepreneurship and the History of Globalization Authors:G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani Publication:In The Act of Accumulation. Essays in Honor of Gyorgy Kover, edited by J. Klement, K. Halmos, A. Pogany,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

PublicationsRenewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:Istanbul: Is Bankasi Kultur Yayinlari, 2010, Turkish ed. Abstract Unilever's brands can now be found in one out of every two households in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806071 PublicationsMerchants to Multinationals Authors:Geoffrey G. Jones Publication:Athens: Alexandria Publications, 2008, Greek... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2006 (Revised October 2006)
Teaching Note

L'Oreal and the Globalization of American Beauty (TN)

Teaching Note to 805086. View Details

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Background Note

Multinationals and the First Global Economy before 1914

Reviews the literature on the growth of globalization before 1914 and examines the role of multinationals in the process. View Details

Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

lie in research by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou, Shelley Xin Li, and George Serafeim. Power from Sunshine: A Business History of Solar EnergyThis paper by View Details

24 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

(Study 1). Product priming also increases the speed with which product-relevant individuals come to mind (Study 2). In Study 3, consumers felt subjectively closer to networks primed by specific products, and this felt closeness predicted... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2022
Teaching Plan

Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Mona Rahmani

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 811-017. View Details

June 2005 (Revised January 2008)
Case

Good Technology: Empowering Mobility Around the Globe (A)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Adam Minnick

Describes the global growth of Good Technology, a Silicon Valley start-up in wireless handheld computing software and service. Reviews the evaluation of wireless standards, the emergence of the world wireless market for voice and data, and the growth of the major firms... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion; Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Technology Industry; California

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June 2005 (Revised July 2009)
Supplement

Good Technology: Empowering Mobility around the Globe (B)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Adam Minnick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Globalization

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May 2005 (Revised January 2008)
Case

Inniskillin and the Globalization of Icewine

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Jillian Hirasawa

Deals with the growth of the icewine industry and follows Vincor International as it creates an international market for its Inniskillin Icewine--a luxury alcoholic beverage consumed as a dessert wine. Gives the history of the alcoholic beverage industry in Canada and... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Luxury; Food and Beverage Industry; Canada

November 2003 (Revised September 2016)
Case

Creating Global Oil, 1900-1935

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Daniel Wadhwani

Taught in the elective MBA course entitled The Evolution of Global Business. Examines the development of an international cartel in the oil industry in the 1920s and 1930s. Focuses on the decisions and actions of the leading multinational oil companies—particularly... View Details

Keywords: History; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Alliances; Cooperation; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry

July 2003
Background Note

Expropriation in International Business

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine

Covers several important expropriation cases in international business from the 20th century and highlights the legal and political difficulties these companies faced. Serves to explain expropriation, to stress the vulnerability of foreign direct investments to... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Common Law; Risk Management; Property; Risk and Uncertainty