by Geoffrey Jones - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Aug 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Business History: Renewing the Research Agenda

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & R. Daniel Wadhwani

August 2009 (Revised July 2010)
Case

Jones Lang LaSalle: Reorganizing around the Customer (2005)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Lucia Menzer Marshall

Peter Roberts, CEO of Jones, Lang, LaSalle (JLL) Americas division, has been charged with expanding the company's presence in its core geographic markets while simultaneously growing its corporate account business. Roberts and his task force have narrowed their options... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Real Estate Industry

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18 Feb 2023
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Geoffrey Jones, "Deeply Responsible Business A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership"

01 Mar 2012
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Business History Gets a Boost

“HBS faculty members have long been recognized as pioneers in the creation of the field, and the Business History Review sets the standard for business history scholarship.” HBS professor Geoffrey Jones and... View Details

Keywords: Dean Nitin Nohria; Professor Geoffrey G. Jones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 May 2013
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Paolo M. Pellegrini, MBA 1985 & Henrietta Jones

Pellegrini and Jones’s gift to HBS in 2012 was inspired by Dean Nitin Nohria’s commitment to priorities such as innovation and interdisciplinary studies, as well as by the opening of the Harvard Innovation... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA

Edwards and Hicks Illustration by Dan Vasconcellos Deep in the heart of Texas, smack in the middle of President Bush’s staunchly Republican home district, an eight-term Democratic congressman battled a Republican newcomer for reelection.... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

14 Nov 2019
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Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

29 Mar 2022
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Five Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

28 May 2019
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What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)

photo by Ryan Donnell Last October, Gordon Medenica was in New York for an industry conference when the calls started coming in. As lead director of Mega Millions, the multi-state consortium he’s been overseeing since 2017, Medenica was... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2018
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Action Plan: The Power of Story

eventually arrested and served a brief jail stint followed by rehab. Without a high school diploma, his future seemed bleak, but he willed himself through a GED program and community college before getting his finance degree from Wharton;... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

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06 Nov 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?

Keywords: by Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones, and Erica Salvaj

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

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01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

target. Other people do martial arts. And here on the trails some people are happiest. They are transcending everyday reality. They’re blissing out. Some people get that by carrying a light pack for a multiday trip; others get it View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2019
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Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine

Knudsen Cowles: building for the future at the family vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (photo by Hilary Bobel Cronon) When they inherited the family vineyard a decade ago, Page Knudsen Cowles (MBA 1983) and her three brothers knew... View Details