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  • 10 Sep 2013
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environmental sustainability could provide an opportunity to create value for the firm by delivering both commercial and reputational benefits. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
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The Rise of the Modern Firm

By: Geoffrey Jones and Walter A. Friedman
This authoritative volume focuses on the rise of modern firms, from their early history to the present day. It considers the role of laws and contracts in shaping the growth and influence of business enterprises. It presents entrepreneurs, executives and the firms they... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Economy; Business History; Archives; Contracts; Theory
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Walter A. Friedman, eds. The Rise of the Modern Firm. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.
  • 02 Aug 2011
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These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's population in 1910, but remarkably few of their citizens attended any school by the early twentieth century. We present new, comparable data on school inputs View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

enhance the emotional payoff of charitable initiatives. 2013 pub Learning by Supplying By: Alcácer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley Abstract—Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

between portfolio choice and return realizations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51573 In Press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Risky Business: When Humor... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jun 2012
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profitability, and learning rates. Our model offers a comprehensive approach to understanding the drivers of firm location choices by modeling not only the impact of location View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2017
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Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism

By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter places the concepts of ethical capitalism developed by the 19th century Japanese venture capitalist Shibusawa Eiichi in a global historical perspective. The chapter reviews the similarities and differences over time and between countries of proponents of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ethics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism." Chap. 7 in Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective, edited by Patrick Fridenson and Takeo Kikkawa, 144–169. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
  • 16 Oct 2012
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his associates and the JV partners. Purchase this supplement:http://hbr.org/search/313019-PDF-ENG Elia Nuqul and the Making of a Middle Eastern Business Group (A) Geoffrey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

she needs to decide whether to franchise or own the next expansion. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311035-PDF-ENG Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph Geoffrey G. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
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Globalization and Business Applications Globalization in Historical Perspective By: Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This chapter... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
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Entrepreneurship and the History of Globalization Authors:G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani Publication:In The Act of Accumulation. Essays in Honor of Gyorgy Kover, edited View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
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Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Biography; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Brands and Branding; Ethics; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent." Harvard Business School Case 318-139, April 2018. (Revised October 2023.)
  • 05 Jul 2011
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supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111070-PDF-ENG Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan Geoffrey G. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

The Business of K-12 Education in China

By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolution of K-12 education in China, especially between 1985 and the present day, drawing extensive interviews with participants in the educational sector. China has been hugely successful in reaching almost 100 percent literacy,... View Details
Keywords: K-12 Education; China; Real Estate; Early Childhood Education; Performance Evaluation; Teaching; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Nonprofit Organizations; Private Sector; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "The Business of K-12 Education in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-022, October 2021.
  • August 2006 (Revised October 2012)
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Natura: Global Beauty Made in Brazil

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Explores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and became characterized by high ethical and... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil
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Jones, Geoffrey G., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Natura: Global Beauty Made in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 807-029, August 2006. (Revised October 2012.)
  • 18 Mar 2014
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora Abstract—This working paper examines the role of entrepreneurs in the municipal solid waste industry in industrialized central View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2003 (Revised December 2020)
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Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914

By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron
Examines the global strategy of Singer, one of the world's first multinationals, before 1914. Singer, a U.S. pioneer of the modern sewing machine, established its first foreign factory in Scotland in 1867. Investments followed in manufacturing and marketing in other... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Globalization
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Jones, Geoffrey, and David Kiron. "Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914." Harvard Business School Case 804-001, October 2003. (Revised December 2020.)
  • August 2020 (Revised November 2022)
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George Soros: The Stateless Statesman

By: Geoffrey Jones and Wendy Ying
This case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after establishing Quantum Fund on the tax haven island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles in 1973 where he was... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Philanthropy; Populism; Finance; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Political Elections; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Hungary; United Kingdom; North and Central America; United States
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Wendy Ying. "George Soros: The Stateless Statesman." Harvard Business School Case 321-012, August 2020. (Revised November 2022.)
  • May 2017 (Revised April 2020)
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Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman

By: Geoffrey Jones and Snigdha Sur
This case examines the career of Raj Kapoor, the legendary Bollywood filmmaker of the postwar decades. It explores how Kapoor built RK studios after 1948 by releasing a series of movies that combined romance with social messages focused on the fate of the common man in... View Details
Keywords: Film Entertainment; History; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Problems and Challenges; Values and Beliefs; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; Soviet Union
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Snigdha Sur. "Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman." Harvard Business School Case 317-100, May 2017. (Revised April 2020.)
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