by Geoffrey Jones - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2011
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Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy

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

29 Sep 2017
Working Paper Summaries

International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective

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

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

01 Aug 2017
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Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

21 May 2018
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Business, Governments, and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America Since 1970

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

20 Sep 2013
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Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Chemical

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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

05 Jul 2006
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Bringing History into International Business

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Tarun Khanna; Financial Services

14 Jun 2012
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“Power from Sunshine”: A Business History of Solar Energy

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

Video

Geoffrey Jones, Author of Beauty Imagined, Part 2

11 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Globalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

29 Mar 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurs, Firms, and Global Wealth since 1850

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

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

07 Aug 2013
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Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

08 Aug 2006
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Managing Governments: Unilever in India and Turkey, 1950–1980

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

23 Apr 2018
Video

Jones and Khanna on Lessons of South Asian Business

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

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