by Geoffrey Jones - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

March 2013 (Revised October 2013)
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Growing Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2008) (C)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri

This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2005 and 2008. Having dismantled its long-standing service-line-oriented structure, JLL created two interdependent groups: Accounts and Markets. Accounts housed... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Strategy; Integration; Real Estate Industry; North America; South America; Central America

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

01 May 2013
News

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

August 2009 (Revised July 2010)
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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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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
News

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

28 May 2019
News

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
News

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

29 Mar 2022
News

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

and Entrepreneurial Management) Geoffrey Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Global Climate Change (also listed under Strategy) Gunnar Trumbull Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Globalization and Emerging Markets Reshmaan Hussam... View Details

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Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism General Management, Business, Government & the International Economy, Entrepreneurial Management Geoffrey Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences... View Details

23 Jan 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival

Keywords: by Cheng Gao, Tiona Zuzul, Geoffrey Jones, and Tarun Khanna

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

community. Chile is in better shape, but has also undergone traumatic ups and down and is now challenged to grow as its major trading partner, China, slows its growth. What went wrong? A new edited volume by View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

While many history departments of American universities prefer to keep business as a separate discipline, HBS entrepreneurship professor Geoffrey Jones encourages the examination of history as a way to... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

you have a major industry that still has lots to reveal. We asked Jones to discuss his research and his new book. Sean Silverthorne: What inspired your interest in the beauty business and its history? View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

21 Jun 2017
Book

Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

In a new book on the origins and impacts of globalization, Harvard Business School's Geoffrey Jones focuses on the role played by a vital but often ignored actor in this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

2026 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top I Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Ebehi Iyoha Launching Global Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 ^ back to top J Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Geoffrey View Details

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

environment. It's largely an untold history, Jones says, ignored by both business and environmental historians. Indeed, many people still think that there were few environmental concerns or green businesses... View Details