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2017
Book

Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming

By: Niels Viggo Hauter and Geoffrey Jones

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance industry from the nineteenth century to the present day. Reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its existence, was largely unnoticed outside the expert... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Risk Management; Business History; Globalization; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Asia

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July 2003
Background Note

Expropriation in International Business

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine

Covers several important expropriation cases in international business from the 20th century and highlights the legal and political difficulties these companies faced. Serves to explain expropriation, to stress the vulnerability of foreign direct investments to... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Common Law; Risk Management; Property; Risk and Uncertainty

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2009
Teaching Note

The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Marcelo Bucheli

Teaching Note for [805146]. View Details

Keywords: Policy; Vertical Integration; Economy; War; Poverty; Government and Politics; Food and Beverage Industry; Guatemala; North and Central America

2006
Working Paper

Entrepreneurship and Business History: Renewing the Research Agenda

By: Geoffrey Jones and Rohit Daniel Wadhwani

November 2018 (Revised December 2018)
Teaching Plan

Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Struggle for Indian Independence

By: Geoffrey Jones and Sudev J. Sheth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 807-028. View Details

2014
Working Paper

Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

By: Asli M. Coplan and Geoffrey Jones

This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; History; Government and Politics; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Electronics Industry; Middle East; Europe

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

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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

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

with their social and environmental contexts. In this book, Geoffrey Jones distinguishes deep responsibility, which can deliver radical social and ecological responses, from corporate social responsibility,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Web

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

June 2025
Background Note

The Business of Thinness

By: Geoffrey Jones and Bahia El Oddi

June 2022
Teaching Plan

Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Mona Rahmani

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 811-017. View Details

February 2019 (Revised April 2020)
Supplement

Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Struggle for Indian Independence (B)

By: Geoffrey Jones and Sudev J. Sheth

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

June 2011 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (TN)

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

Teaching Note for 811081. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Turkey

August 2010 (Revised December 2016)
Case

Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan

By: Geoffrey Jones and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Explores the challenges of female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan through the case of Kemeli Sediqi, who built a business under the Taliban, and founded a consultancy in 2004. The case positions Sediqi's experiences against the background of Afghanistan's turbulent... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Social Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Welfare; Gender; Afghanistan

June 2005 (Revised January 2008)
Case

Good Technology: Empowering Mobility Around the Globe (A)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Adam Minnick

Describes the global growth of Good Technology, a Silicon Valley start-up in wireless handheld computing software and service. Reviews the evaluation of wireless standards, the emergence of the world wireless market for voice and data, and the growth of the major firms... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion; Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Technology Industry; California

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2006
Working Paper

Schumpeter's Plea: Rediscovering History and Relevance in the Study of Entrepreneurship

By: Geoffrey Jones and Rohit Daniel Wadhwani

1994
Book

Adding Value: Brands and Marketing in Food and Drink

By: Geoffrey Jones and Nicholas J. Morgan

Branding is one of the most prominent topics in business today. This volume explores both the impact it has had on major products and the business strategies which have shaped the success, or failure, of these brands. Focusing on the history of marketing in the food... View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product; Business Strategy; Value; Food and Beverage Industry

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01 Apr 2002
News

Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

started my first business," he says from his office in Dallas, Texas. Now, with his generous endowment of the chair held by HBS professor John A. Deighton, Brierley's involvement with the School has come full circle. A specialist in... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

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