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  • 07 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

Attending Peek Weekend

Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. When I first learned about Peek Weekend it seemed like the perfect opportunity to gain insight into the MBA... View Details
  • 21 Apr 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Perils of Building Democracy in Africa

Keywords: by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri

    Jill J. Avery

    Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer relationship... View Details

    Keywords: consumer products; arts; advertising; automobiles; retailing; fashion; hotels ＆ motels; food; beverage
    • Research Summary

    Current Projects

    To further study team coaching and creativity, I have undertaken two field-based studies. In collaboration with Teresa Amabile, I am exploring helping and collaborative behaviors though the analysis of daily diary entries from creative work teams at a design firm.... View Details
    • August 2024 (Revised March 2025)
    • Case

    DBS' AI Journey

    By: Feng Zhu, Harold Zhu and Adina Wong
    Headquartered in Singapore, DBS Bank, one of Asia's leading financial services groups, embarked on a multi-year digital transformation under CEO Piyush Gupta in 2014. It was then that DBS also began experimenting with AI to drive value for the business and customers.... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Transformation; Risk Management; Value Creation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Singapore
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    • November 2022
    • Article

    The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp

    By: Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane and Fatima Zahra
    Employment may be important to wellbeing for reasons beyond its role as an income source. This paper presents a causal estimate of the psychosocial value of employment in refugee camps in Bangladesh. We involve 745 individuals in a field experiment with three arms: a... View Details
    Keywords: Psychosocial Wellbeing; Employment; Refugees; Well-being
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    • May 2015
    • Article

    Review and Summary of Research on the Embodied Effects of Expansive (vs. Contractive) Nonverbal Displays

    By: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy and Andy J. Yap
    In this comment we list the 33 published experiments based on 2,521 participants demonstrating the embodied effects of expansive versus contractive nonverbal postures. We discuss a new addition to this list that found an embodied effect of nonverbal expansiveness on... View Details
    Keywords: Nonverbal Communication; Behavior; Research
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    • 18 Nov 2015
    • News

    Seven Books for Working Relationships

    • 2011
    • Chapter

    How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
    We use an experiment to estimate the effect of the SEC's Summary Prospectus, which simplifies mutual fund disclosure. Our subjects chose an equity portfolio and a bond portfolio. Subjects received either statutory prospectuses or Summary Prospectuses. We find no... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Retirement; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics
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    • 28 May 2020
    • News

    Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows

    • June 2009 (Revised January 2011)
    • Case

    Target Corporation: Ackman versus the Board

    By: Krishna G. Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and James Weber
    After 15 years of great performance, Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed successfully against industry... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Value; Retail Industry
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    • October 1994 (Revised March 1995)
    • Case

    Monitor Company: Personal Leadership on Diversity

    Several members of a consulting firm work to develop ways to build and nurture a more diverse work environment while reflecting on personal experiences that help them to become leaders in issues of diversity. View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Culture; Diversity Characteristics; Consulting Industry
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    • 30 Jul 2014
    • News

    Teaching The Deal

    • Research Summary

    Overview

    I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States
    • 18 Sep 2019
    • Blog Post

    Video: Unleashing courage in tomorrow’s leaders

    Abby Falik (MBA 2008), founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year, is rethinking the traditional gap-year experience for high school graduates. In ten years, Global Citizen Year has supported nearly 1,000 fellows in experiential,... View Details
    • Career Coach

    Jon Puz

    Jon (HBS ’08) draws on his healthcare, technology and entrepreneurship experiences to help students and alumni. As an entrepreneur and executive, Jon has served in leadership roles with companies ranging from early stage to those with... View Details
    • April 2011
    • Article

    Strategies for Learning from Failure

    By: Amy C. Edmondson
    Many executives believe that all failure is bad (although it usually provides lessons)--and that learning from it is pretty straightforward. The author, a professor at Harvard Business School, thinks both beliefs are misguided. In organizational life, she says, some... View Details
    Keywords: Learning; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Failure; Opportunities
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    • 21 Aug 2019
    • Blog Post

    Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job

    been able to through an ordinary interview preparation process. Exploring the academic side of the job search also opened me up to experiences I would have never imagined. Professor Mills had been writing a book about the FinTech... View Details
    • 24 Jan 2024
    • Op-Ed

    Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

    minimized short-term cost to maximize short-term earnings. In my experience with advanced technology products, quick fixes often lead to design compromises that create more problems. This happened with the 737 MAX in 2015 when it... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace