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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence
By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
This working paper examines the social impact of the film industry in India during the first four decades after Indian Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India and the counterpart in scale to Hollywood in the United States, shared...  View Details
Keywords: Film Industry; Bollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Social Impact; Stereotypes; Oral History; Film Entertainment; Gender; Race; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice And Bias; Business history; Motion Pictures And Video Industry; India
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?
By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj
This working paper examines why a significant number of businesses have made non-profit investments in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database at the...  View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Csr; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Education; Reputation; Philanthropy And Charitable Giving; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Business history
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Crowdsourcing Memories: Mixed Methods Research by Cultural Insiders-Epistemological Outsiders
By: Tarun Khanna, Karim R. Lakhani, Shubhangi Bhadada, Nabil Khan, Saba Kohli Davé, Rasim Alam and Meena Hewett
This paper examines the role that the two lead authors’ personal connections played in the research methodology and data collection for the Partition Stories Project—a mixed-methods approach to revisiting the much-studied historical trauma of the Partition of British...  View Details
Keywords: Mixed Methods; Insider-outsiders; Myth Of Informed Objectivity; Hybrid Research; Oral Narratives; Research; India
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  • April 2019 (Revised July 2019)
  • Case

Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets
By: Geoffrey Jones, Tarun Khanna, Nataliya Langburd Wright and Morgan Spencer
The case is built around video clips from top business leaders in emerging markets who were interviewed for Harvard Business School’s innovative Creating Emerging Markets oral history project. The case is focused on the issue of innovation in emerging markets from a...  View Details
Keywords: Oral History; Innovation And Invention; Business Ventures; Emerging Markets; Problems And Challenges
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  • Article

Oral History and the Business History of Emerging Markets
By: G. Jones and R. Comunale
This article 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; Corruption; Business history; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Business And Government Relations; Government And Politics; Asia; Africa; Latin America
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  • 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
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  • Article

Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale
This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin...  View Details
Keywords: Political Risk; Emerging Market; Bribery; Business ＆ Government Relations; Turbulence; Violence; Risk And Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Crime And Corruption; Business And Government Relations; Business history; India; Latin America
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  • October 2018
  • Case

Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets
By: Geoffrey Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langburd Wright
The case is built around video clips from top business leaders in emerging markets who were interviewed for Harvard Business School’s innovative Creating Emerging Markets oral history project. Corruption is a widespread problem in emerging markets, and this case is...  View Details
Keywords: Crime And Corruption; Emerging Markets
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
This working paper provides a new perspective on how businesses have responded to political risk in South Asia and Latin America over the last half century. The existing business history literature on political risk is focused on the experiences of Western...  View Details
Keywords: Business And Government Relations; Risk Management; Government And Politics; Business history; South Asia; Latin America
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  • Article

Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000
By: G. Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This article argues that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more than a...  View Details
Keywords: Ecotourism; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Tourism; Green Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth And Development; history; Business history; Tourism Industry; Latin America; Costa Rica
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Entrepreneurs and the Co-Creation of Ecotourism in Costa Rica
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This working paper suggests that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more...  View Details
Keywords: Tourism; Latin America; Business History; Sustainable Strategy; Sustainability; Nonprofit; Entrepreneurs; Environment; Entrepreneurship; history; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Costa Rica
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By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Professor Jones researches the history and impact of globalization. His focus is on the role of entrepreneurs and business enterprises. He has an on-going research interest in the beauty industry, and is now also researching the history of sustainable and responsible...  View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Globalization; Government And Politics; history; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Energy Industry; Fashion Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North And Central America; Oceania
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Crowdsourcing Memories: Mixed Methods Research by Cultural Insiders-Epistemological Outsiders
By: Tarun Khanna, Karim R. Lakhani, Shubhangi Bhadada, Nabil Khan, Saba Kohli Davé, Rasim Alam and Meena Hewett
This paper examines the role that the two lead authors’ personal connections played in the research methodology and data collection for the Partition Stories Project—a mixed-methods approach to revisiting the much-studied historical trauma of the Partition of British...  View Details
Keywords: Mixed Methods; Insider-outsiders; Myth Of Informed Objectivity; Hybrid Research; Oral Narratives; Research; India
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