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Evolution of the Global Beauty Industry
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)
Teaching Note to (9-804-001). View Details
- 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
Jones, Geoffrey G. "Multinationals as Engines of Growth?" Harvard Business School Case 803-108, January 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?
By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj
This working paper examines why a significant number of businesses have made non-profit investments in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database at the... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; CSR; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Education; Reputation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History
Giacomin, Valeria, G. Jones, and Erica Salvaj. "Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-039, October 2019.
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Using Oral History in Research - Creating Emerging Markets
University of Pennsylvania). Each session was followed by 30 minutes of discussion and debate to continue building a community of scholars engaged in research using oral history collections and archives. The event was organized View Details
- 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
History's Guiding Light
by Professor Geoffrey Jones. This seminar provided me with a foundation on the role of business in advanced and emerging countries’ economic trajectories, from Medici Italy to China and India in today’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Popular Series Returns
For the fourth year, HBS Club members can dial in to hear a faculty member speak on a topic of current interest, followed by a Q&A session. The Virtual Learning Series resumes September 15 with a talk on social networking View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism Course Number 1130 Professor Geoffrey Jones Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 sessions Exam with Paper option Career Focus The course will equip students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Modern World by Geoffrey Jones (Edward Elgar Publishing) Individual firms have rarely been identified as significant independent actors in the history of globalization and... View Details
- 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
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
plantations to local growers, transforming itself into a marketing company. The firm’s shareholders opted for lower risks but also lower profits. Multinationals and Global Capitalism by Geoffrey View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series
developed by HBS Professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna. To date, the CEM project has conducted deep and impactful interviews with business leaders in 30 countries across... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Banks as Multinationals edited by Geoffrey Jones (Routledge) This comparative, international study, edited by View Details
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Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies - Creating Emerging Markets
Colombia), Marcelo Bucheli (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Tarun Khanna (Harvard Business School). The online conference was organized by CEM Faculty Co-Chairs Tarun Khanna and Geoffrey... View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
from Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry By Geoffrey Jones (© 2010). Reprinted by Permission of Oxford University Press. All... View Details
- August 2006 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Rwanda and the Thousand Hills Coffee Co.: Breaking New Grounds
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Michelle McDonald
Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International Coffee Agreement, and the subsequent collapse in producer prices after 1989. Also describes the... View Details
Keywords: History; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Food and Beverage Industry; Rwanda; Boston
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Michelle McDonald. "Rwanda and the Thousand Hills Coffee Co.: Breaking New Grounds." Harvard Business School Case 807-004, August 2006. (Revised July 2008.)
- July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Global Fun: The Internationalization of Theme Parks
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Steven Shaheen
A fictitious private equity firm considers whether to buy the international theme park business of the LEGO Group. Considers the origins of theme parks in the United States; the international expansion of Disney theme parks to Tokyo and Paris since the 1970s; and the... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Globalized Markets and Industries; Globalized Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Germany; Tokyo; Great Britain; Denmark; United States; Paris
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Steven Shaheen. "Global Fun: The Internationalization of Theme Parks." Harvard Business School Case 806-018, July 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
while at HBS, sparked by a case she coauthored with Professor Geoffrey Jones on female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the true story of an... View Details
Keywords: April White