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- 2014
- Chapter
Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host Economies
By: Geoffrey Jones
Business history has long been recognized as providing an important dimension in international business studies. Much of this historical work has focused on mapping historical growth patterns of multinationals and exploring the determinants of their growth. However,... View Details
Keywords: Multinational; International Business; Business History; Culture; Globalization; History; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
Jones, Geoffrey. "Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host Economies." In Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows. Vol. 16, edited by Jean J. Boddewyn, 177–198. Research in Global Strategic Management. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
- November 2002 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Globalization of HBS, The
By: Tarun Khanna, Rakesh Khurana and David Lane
Sets the stage for a discussion on the globalization of the MBA degree and variations on the idea that Harvard Business School (HBS) can play a role in shaping business education around the world. Describes the forces leading to greater convergence around the MBA... View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Rakesh Khurana, and David Lane. "Globalization of HBS, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-432, November 2002. (Revised August 2004.)
- November 1998 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Global Beer
Two young American entrepreneurs working in Japan have rapidly established an importing business to take advantage of new regulations permitting microbrewers and brewpubs. Options for further growth include an international brewpub franchise, alliances with Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Globalized Markets and Industries; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States
Arnold, David J., and Ardon B. Hirschfeld. "Global Beer." Harvard Business School Case 599-063, November 1998. (Revised June 2001.)
- 2020
- Book
Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead
Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Corporate Strategy
Bower, Joseph L., Dutch Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine. Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead. Updated and expanded ed. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures
By: William R. Kerr
Core Curriculum in Entrepreneurship is a series of Readings that cover fundamental course material in Entrepreneurship. Readings include Interactive Illustrations which help students master complex concepts quickly.
Global ventures are those that weave... View Details
Global ventures are those that weave... View Details
Kerr, William R. "Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Harvard Business Publishing 5277, 2015.
- 18 May 2009
- Other Presentation
Regional Competitiveness in a Global Economy: A Small Business Led Economic Strategy for America
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2007/08 (World... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Regional Competitiveness in a Global Economy: A Small Business Led Economic Strategy for America." In National Small Business Week 2009. Champion Award Winners Luncheon, U.S. Small Business Adminstration, Washington, DC, May 18, 2009.
- 08 Dec 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Uber's Strategy for Global Success
- March 1997 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Gillette Singapore: Managing Global Business Integration on the Ground (C)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Thomas Dretler. "Gillette Singapore: Managing Global Business Integration on the Ground (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 897-117, March 1997. (Revised April 2011.)
- 2004
- Chapter
Cost Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
Keywords: Cost Management; Advertising; Marketing; Globalized Markets and Industries; Advertising Industry; Service Industry
Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Cost Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business." In The Global Market: Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders, edited by John A. Quelch and Rohit Deshpandé, 217–257. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
- Teaching Interest
Field Global Immersion
By: Archie L. Jones
The FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) is a semester-long first-year (RC) MBA course. The course is a capstone of sorts, and it requires students to build on learnings from their first-year courses and apply them to real-world business problems. At the beginning of... View Details
- 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
Hauter, Niels Viggo and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- 10 Feb 2011
- Keynote Speech
Performance vs. Compliance: A Global Leader's Guide to Managing Business Conduct
By: Lynn S. Paine
- 2016
- Case
Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang and Shanshan Cao
Founded in 1983, China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. ("CNMC") is one of the earliest and largest global Chinese nonferrous metal industrial enterprises. It has investments and projects in 27 countries and trade networks in nearly 100 countries with a... View Details
Keywords: Cross-cultural Management; Global Strategy; Globalization; International Business; Strategy Management; Africa; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang, and Shanshan Cao. "Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group." Tsinghua University Case, 2016.
- October 2001
- Teaching Note
Gillette Singapore (A): Managing Global Business Integration on the Ground TN
Teaching Note for (9-897-102). View Details
- 2015
- Report
The Global STEM Paradox
By: Mark R. Kramer, Kate Tallant, Amanda Oudin Goldberger and Flynn Lebus
Despite increasing numbers of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates worldwide, STEM jobs remain unfilled in developed and developing countries. Through an exploration of the root causes of this global STEM paradox, FSG offers an answer to this... View Details
Keywords: STEM Labor; Science; Information Technology; Engineering; Jobs and Positions; Global Range
Kramer, Mark R., Kate Tallant, Amanda Oudin Goldberger, and Flynn Lebus. "The Global STEM Paradox." Report, FSG, 2015.
- December 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Supplement
Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
The case builds on the earlier (A) case, which described the origins of the Turkish business group established by Vehbi Koç before 1988. This case takes the story forward to 2012 as the Koç group was led by Vehbi's son Rahmi followed by his grandson Mustafa. It... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship; Management; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Central Asia; Middle East
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-078, December 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- July 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Global Healthcare Exchange
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Jamie Ladge
Founded in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) was one of 90 online marketplaces in the health care industry. The company's founders were among the largest suppliers in the industry, including Johnson & Johnson, GE Medical,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Price; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Organizational Design; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Health Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Jamie Ladge. "Global Healthcare Exchange." Harvard Business School Case 804-002, July 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- 2007
- Book
Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero and Brooke Barton
Rangan, V. Kasturi, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
The 1950s onwards saw the beginning of the reconstruction of a new global economy. Between 1950 and 1973 the annual real GDP growth of developed market economies averaged around 5 percent. This growth was smooth, with none of the major... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- September 2000 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Globalization of CEMEX, The
CEMEX is a Mexican company that has become a major international competitor in cement while maintaining a higher level of profitability than other, longer-established majors. CEMEX's superior profitability supplies a basis for discussing the sources of superior... View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Jamie Matthews. "Globalization of CEMEX, The." Harvard Business School Case 701-017, September 2000. (Revised November 2004.)