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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Mel Tukman Faculty Fellow Richard Hame rmesh , MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice Felda Hard ymon , MBA Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice Gordon Jones , Director, Harvard Innovation Lab William Kerr ,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
leadership intelligence essentials. Faculty Books Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership By Geoffrey Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
strategies used by HBS alumni with experience leading their successful reunion campaigns. So he turned to Alan Jones (AJ), who has been involved in HBS fundraising since graduating, and together they forged... View Details
- Fall 2021
- Article
Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991
By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
This article examines how the film industry influenced prevailing gender and skin color stereotypes in India during the first four decades after Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India, shared Hollywood's privileging of paler skin... View Details
Keywords: Bollywood; Film Industry; Hollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Stereotypes; Social Impact; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; United States
Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991." Business History Review 95, no. 3 (Fall 2021): 483–515.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Entrepreneur Named Director of Harvard i-lab
Gordon Jones (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Related Links: Follow i-lab news on Twitter Find the i-lab on Facebook Gordon Jones didn’t tailor his career path to become the ideal... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
says. Once at law school, Jones immediately “missed talking about corporate strategy and hearing lectures by business leaders. When someone suggested applying to business school, I said, ‘That’s an option?’... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- November 2022
- Teaching Plan
Ken Durham and Unilever as a 'Multi-Local Multinational'
By: Geoffrey Jones and Mona Rahmani
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 808-025. View Details
- December 2018
- Teaching Plan
John Chambers, Cisco and China: Upgrading a Golden Shield
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
- October 2018
- Teaching Plan
Helena Rubinstein: Making Up the Modern Woman
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
- October 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Teaching Plan
Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century
By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin
Teaching Plan for HBS No. 805-010. View Details
- October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Teaching Plan
Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph
By: Geoffrey Jones and Jessica Burch
- 2011
- Book
El impacto histórico de la globalización en Argentina y Chile: Empresas y empresarios [The Historical Impact of Globalization in Argentina and Chile: Enterprises and Entrepreneurs]
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
This book presents new research on the historical impact of globalization on Argentina and Chile. The authors focus on the role of entrepreneurs and firms. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Business History; Research; Argentina; Chile
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch, eds. El impacto histórico de la globalización en Argentina y Chile: Empresas y empresarios [The Historical Impact of Globalization in Argentina and Chile: Enterprises and Entrepreneurs]. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Temas Grupo Editorial, 2011, Spanish ed.
- August 2010 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon
By: Geoffrey Jones and Hari Balkrishna
The case examines the entrepreneurial career of Rupert Murdoch and the growth of News Corporation from a small Australian newspaper to a global media giant. It shows how he expanded geographically to Europe, the United States, and Asia and from newspapers to the film... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Media; Globalized Firms and Management; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Europe; United States; Australia
Jones, Geoffrey, and Hari Balkrishna. "Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon." Harvard Business School Case 811-017, August 2010. (Revised January 2020.)
- January 2004 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (B)
By: Geoffrey Jones and Lisa Bud-Freirman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Business History; Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; United Kingdom; Mexico; Arizona
Jones, Geoffrey, and Lisa Bud-Freirman. "Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (B)." Harvard Business School Case 804-086, January 2004. (Revised August 2015.)
- August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis
Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; South Africa
Jones, Geoffrey, and Cate Reavis. "Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 804-027, August 2003. (Revised January 2013.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870–1940
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
This working paper examines the role of entrepreneurs in the municipal solid waste industry in industrialized central and northern Europe from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s. It explores the emergence of numerous German, Danish, and other European... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Health; History; Green Technology Industry; Germany; Denmark; Hungary; United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870–1940." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-084, March 2014.
- July 2021 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
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
Jones, Geoffrey, and Casey Verkamp. "K.C. Li: The Tungsten King." Harvard Business School Case 322-024, July 2021. (Revised October 2023.)
- February 2023
- Teaching Plan
Aristotle Onassis and the Greek Shipping Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones and Melanie Sheehan
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 805-141. View Details
- February 2022
- Teaching Plan
K.C. Li: The Tungsten King
By: Geoffrey Jones and Sabine Pitteloud
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 322-024. View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Plan
Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa
By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin