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31 May 2022
News

Corruption: New Insights for Fighting an Age-Old Business Problem

July 2018
Teaching Plan

Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism

By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin

This Teaching Plan accompanies the case HBS No. 317-028, “Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan. The case traces the origins of sustainable finance and investor activism through the career... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career

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 Jun 2004
News

Life Lessons

into what became Trilogy Software, now a $150 million firm based in Austin, Texas. While Jones claims that initially she offered “zero value added” at Trilogy, she says her ability to work hard made up for her lack of experience. View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner workings... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2020
Book

Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire from the nineteenth century until the present. It places the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Corruption; Business History; Ethics; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Middle East; Central Asia; Turkey

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January 2019
Course Overview Note

Entrepreneurship & Global Capitalism: Overview

By: Geoffrey Jones and Sudev J Sheth

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

5 Apr 2018 - 7 Apr 2018
Conference Presentation

Reputation and Grand Challenges:: CSR Investment in Education in Emerging Markets

By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj

January 2022
Teaching Plan

Elia Nuqul and the Making of a Middle Eastern Business Group (A)

By: Geoffrey Jones and Mona Rahmani

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 813-052. View Details

January 2021
Teaching Plan

Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany

By: Geoffrey Jones and Grace Ballor

November 2019
Teaching Plan

Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emilie Takayama

Teaching Note for HBS No. 320-006. View Details

November 2019
Teaching Plan

Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emilie Takayama

Teaching Note for HBS No. 807-155. View Details

2018
Working Paper

Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets

By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

This working paper highlights the benefits that rigorous use of oral history can offer to research on the contemporary business history of emerging markets. Oral history can help fill some of the major information voids arising from the absence of a strong tradition of... View Details

Keywords: Oral History; Business History; Research; Emerging Markets

November 2016
Teaching Plan

Christian Dior: A New Look for Haute Couture

By: Geoffrey Jones and Ai Hisano

Teaching Note for HBS No. 809-159. View Details

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