by Geoffrey Jones - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Sustainability and Green Business in Latin America During Globalization Waves

01 Aug 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence

Portrait Project

Phillip Jones

On June 26, 2015, I remember three things: My mother held tightly to my arm, my uniform stuck to my skin, and my cousin, a leader, dedicated father, and South Carolina state senator, was dead. That June day, I sat in the fourth row of the congregation, listening to a... View Details

18 Oct 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Loubna Bouamane; Energy; Utilities

11 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Globalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

Video

Geoffrey Jones, Author of Beauty Imagined, Part 1

Profile

Phillip Jones

Phillip Jones was in a sixth-grade classroom when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. His parents, like other parents that day, sat him down for a talk. But they were also both Air Force pilots who were obligated to explain that they would not... View Details

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

sustainable businesses can be built even in the most challenging of circumstances. Additional interviews are scheduled in India, Turkey, and on the HBS campus over the next several months. Note To Readers Do you find information from Harvard Business School's Creating... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

Video

Geoffrey Jones, Author of Beauty Imagined, Part 2

Profile

Kristen Jones

All her life, Kristen Jones has been singing. As an undergraduate at Harvard, she transitioned into arranging music and directing musical theater. “I enjoyed putting the pieces together,” Kristen says. “Directing went beyond just being on... View Details

21 May 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Business, Governments, and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America Since 1970

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

23 Apr 2018
Video

Jones and Khanna on Lessons of South Asian Business

20 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Chemical

March 2007 (Revised March 2012)
Case

Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success

By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith

When Jim Weddle took over as Managing Partner of Edward Jones in January 2006, the brokerage firm was at a critical juncture. The firm's distinctive strategy had enabled it to grow from its roots in small-town America to become the 4th largest broker in the U.S. Weddle... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry; United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase

24 Jun 2010
News

Interview with Professor Geoffrey Jones, author of Beauty Imagined

01 Oct 1997
News

Brice Cutrer Jones

general who was a wine buff. In 1970, after nine years as a fighter pilot, he traded his cockpit for a seat at HBS, where he gained the credentials and expertise to pursue his entrepreneurial dream. Initially rebuffed by financiers on... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross