Publications

Educators

2006
Working Paper

Nationality and Multinationals in Historical Perspective

2005
Book

Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

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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30 Sep 2019
News

What Gandhi believed is the purpose of a corporation

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

ridiculed Babson's forecasting methods, which were informed by his belief, based on his reading of Isaac Newton, that economic "actions and reactions" (or depressions and expansions) would always be equal. But Babson was able to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2015
News

Serving with Purpose and Pride

Ashley Garrett and Alan K. Jones (both MBA 1987) As the School’s chief fundraising volunteers for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation, Ashley Garrett and Alan Jones (both MBA 1987) are eager to share... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance

Constance “CJ” Jones (MBA 2008) had a tough time as a student at her middle school in Durham, North Carolina. Often the only person of color in the academically advanced classes, she felt rejected by both... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; public education; leadership; charter schools; career paths; work-life balance; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

November 2018
Supplement

Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets

2006
Working Paper

Managing Governments: Unilever in India and Turkey, 1950-1980

2006
Working Paper

Globalizing the Beauty Business before 1980

1989
Book

Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah

This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Economics; Central Banking; Policy; Political History; Resignation and Termination; Biography; Books; Surveys; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Iran

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1993
Book

British Multinational Banking 1830-1990

This book provides the first modern history of British multinational banking. It analyses their emergence, growth and performance from their origins in the 1830s until the present day. It is based on a wide range of confidential banking records, which are placed in the... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Information Management; Performance; Great Britain; United Kingdom

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24 Aug 2024
News

Eiichi Shibusawa, “The Father of Japanese Capitalism” Who Believed That Morality and Economics Are Inseparable

06 Oct 2022
News

The History of the Beauty Industry

29 Jan 2019
News

Beautiful Builders

03 Apr 2014
News

Cross-Class Connection

When Alexander C. Crisses stepped up to cochair his 5th Reunion, he decided to couple his own ideas about what would appeal to his classmates with the tried-and-true strategies used by HBS alumni with experience leading their successful... View Details

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

2021
Working Paper

Spiritual Philanthropy in Emerging Markets

By: Valeria Giacomin and G. Jones

This working paper 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,... View Details

Keywords: Foundations; Philanthropy; Business Leaders; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Emerging Markets; Ethics; Values and Beliefs