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  • 2005
  • Book

Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of Unilever over the last half century. Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision-making, marketing, brand... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Globalization; Transformation; Human Resources; Business Strategy; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Consumer Products Industry
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Jones, Geoffrey. Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • News

What Gandhi believed is the purpose of a corporation

  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

Faculty Books

The Oxford Handbook of Business History edited by Geoffrey Jones and Jonathan Zeitlin (Oxford University Press) This handbook surveys research in business history, a broad area of study generating empirical... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • Research Event

Research Trends Discussed at India and South Asia Conference

provides) ways of building bridges. A lot of the things historians are discussing, to me as a non-historian, are all intensely interesting and easy to relate to." “History matters. It matters to the future,” said Geoffrey G. Jones, the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • 28 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

Professor Geoffrey Jones, faculty chair of the Business History Initiative, and Chilean shipping entrepreneur Sven von Appen (HBS AMP 76). "I was talking to Sven about the role of history at HBS," Jones... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Overview

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details
  • July 2005 (Revised April 2007)
  • Teaching Note

Brazil at the Wheel (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Teaching Note to (9-804-080). View Details
Keywords: Brazil
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Jones, Geoffrey G. "Brazil at the Wheel (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-033, July 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
  • July 2005
  • Teaching Note

Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-Era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Teaching Note to (9-804-027). View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Globalized Firms and Management; South Africa
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Jones, Geoffrey G. "Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-Era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-034, July 2005.
  • July 2005 (Revised August 2007)
  • Teaching Note

Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Teaching Note to (9-805-003). View Details
Keywords: China
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Jones, Geoffrey G. "Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-027, July 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
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Evolution of the Global Beauty Industry

By: Geoffrey G. Jones

This research examines the global beauty industry, which includes cosmetics, deodorants, fragrances, hair care, oral hygiene and skin care. Today global sales of cosmetics and toiletries are in excess of U.S. $380  billion. This research examines the growth of this... View Details

  • July 2005
  • Teaching Note

Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914 (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
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
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Jones, Geoffrey G. "Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-026, July 2005.
  • January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
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Multinationals as Engines of Growth?

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
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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Jones, Geoffrey G. "Multinationals as Engines of Growth?" Harvard Business School Case 803-108, January 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China

By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolving, complex and multifaceted relationship between the real estate industry and the education sector in China. The current crises in the private education and real estate sectors caused by policy shifts reflect the inter-meshing of... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Policy; Government and Politics; Economic Sectors; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-065, May 2023.
  • January 2022
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Elia Nuqul and the Making of a Middle Eastern Business Group (A)

By: Geoffrey Jones and Mona Rahmani
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 813-052. View Details
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Mona Rahmani. "Elia Nuqul and the Making of a Middle Eastern Business Group (A)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 822-070, January 2022.
  • July 2021 (Revised October 2023)
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K.C. Li: The Tungsten King

By: Geoffrey Jones and Casey Verkamp
This case examines the business career of Kuo-Ching Li, who was born in China in 1892, and built a successful minerals trading business called Wah Chang in the United States during the interwar years. He acquired a prominent role in tungsten, the strongest natural... View Details
Keywords: Immigration Acts; Racial Bias; Globalization; Government and Politics; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; China; United States; Latin America
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Casey Verkamp. "K.C. Li: The Tungsten King." Harvard Business School Case 322-024, July 2021. (Revised October 2023.)
  • September 2022
  • Article

Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality

By: Valeria Giacomin and Geoffrey Jones
This article discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States, and has... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Foundations; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Emerging Markets; Values and Beliefs; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East
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Giacomin, Valeria, and Geoffrey Jones. "Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality." Journal of Business Ethics 180, no. 1 (September 2022): 263–282. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04875-4.)
  • January 2021
  • Teaching Plan

Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany

By: Geoffrey Jones and Grace Ballor
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Grace Ballor. "Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 821-066, January 2021.
  • November 2019
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Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emilie Takayama
Teaching Note for HBS No. 320-006. View Details
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Emilie Takayama. "Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 320-049, November 2019.
  • November 2019
  • Teaching Plan

Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emilie Takayama
Teaching Note for HBS No. 807-155. View Details
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Emilie Takayama. "Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 820-066, November 2019.
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets

By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
This working paper highlights the benefits that rigorous use of oral history can offer to research on the contemporary business history of emerging markets. Oral history can help fill some of the major information voids arising from the absence of a strong tradition of... View Details
Keywords: Oral History; Business History; Research; Emerging Markets
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Rachael Comunale. "Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-056, November 2018.
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