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Geoff Jones

Professor, Harvard Business School
Geoff Jones is a Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School. Jones researches the history of global business and has written on the evolution of international entrepreneurship and multinational corporations, specializing in consumer products including beauty and fashion, as well as services such as banking and trading. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. His latest book, "Beauty Imagined," provides the first history of the global beauty industry from a business perspective. He is currently researching the history of green entrepreneurship.

When the BRIC companies first opened up to global capitalism they became addicted to Western clothing and beauty brands, but now they have emerged as beauty capitals in their own […]