top of page

DAPHNE S. TEH

Professor of Management | Bocconi University

  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub-Mark_edited

Motivated by People, Places and Purpose

ABOUT ME

I am a Strategy and Business Analytics Professor at Bocconi who completed her PhD in Management from INSEAD. I come from Singapore and was formerly a Management Consultant at Accenture where I worked on Strategy and IT projects in emerging markets.

I am passionate about making a difference with data, whether this relates to developing a more accurate view of the world, predicting the future or creating solutions to improve efficiency.

 

I have spent more than 10 years working with data to produce business insights. In addition to heavily leveraging statistics and social network analysis, I also use Machine Learning techniques in my work. In the last few years, I consulted for several companies and deeply enjoy using my data skills to drive business results.

Photo_2_edited_edited_edited.jpg
Home: About Me
Data Science

Data Projects

Data Science and Research

Below are a collection of projects where I leverage Data Visualization, Data Analytics, Statistics and Machine Learning. 

Some of these projects pertain to assessing and mitigating risk. They examine the predictors of events such as scandals, organizational failures and misconduct, how they spread, and their consequences on companies and their communities. 

RESEARCH

Summary

OVERVIEW

I am broadly interested in how social connections between corporations and their communities affect organizational outcomes related to legitimacy loss. My curiosity in this area of research was sparked from my work on the diffusion of bank runs which culminated in a publication in the American Sociological Review. This paper highlights the power of perception and underscores how corporations lack control over whether their communities lose trust and withdraw their support.

Corporations interact with their communities through webs of personal and organizational connections and I am keen to discover how non-commerce related interactions affect firm behavior.  I currently examine these topics using two unique datasets compiled through an extensive data collection effort:

  • Board connections between Fortune 500 corporations and nonprofit organizations

  • Tweets by Fortune 500 corporations


Using this data, I discern how the corporate elite's relationship with nonprofit organizations affect firms' likelihood of engaging in deviance and the factors that prompt corporations to enact potentially risky behavior by participating in online activism.

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

  • Board composition

  • Corporate governance

  • Impression management and scandal consequences

  • Corporate philanthropy and networks

JOURNAL ARTICLES

BOOK CHAPTER

  • Greve, R. H., & Teh, D. (2016). The Consequences of Organizational Misconduct: Too Much and Too Little Punishment:. In K. Smith-Crowe, R. Greenwood & D. Palmer (Eds.), Organizational Wrongdoing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS

  • Ma, J., Teh, D., Wang, Z., & Khanna, T. (2020) “Crying Over Spoilt Milk: The Negative Consequences of Stigmatized Company’s Assurances”. 

  • Teh, D. (2020) “How Directors’ Nonprofit Involvement Decrease Organizational Deviance”. (Job Market Paper)

Please click below to see the full list of articles I am working on

Home: Experience

TEACHING

Teaching is a meaningful and important component of my vocation. I aspire to help my students learn, realize their potential, and approach the world as thoughtful and effective human beings. My teaching philosophy revolves around cultivating an environment where students are energized and feel safe to engage with the course material, think about its broader consequences for society and go beyond the course content. I strive to make my approach as individualized as possible by getting to know my students and their interests, and by deploying a combination of teaching approaches and learning tools to suit different learning styles.

INTRO TO MANAGEMENT

CSR & BUSINESS ETHICS SEMINAR

IMG_20181128_120451_1.jpeg
Image by Miguel Henriques

2018 - 2022

  • Core undergrad management course

  • Class sizes range from 120 - 157 students

  • The course focuses on introducing students to the basics about management and strategy. Data literacy and making data driven decisions is also a part of the course.

  • Incorporated the use of case competitions to encourage interaction among students and to stimulate them to practice their presentation skills and think creatively 

  • Ratings - 8.4/10, 8.5/10, 8.6/10

2018 - 2022

  • Core undergrad management course

  • Class sizes range from 90 - 100 students

  • This two-day seminar comprises of several group activities and we discuss issues such as ethical dilemmas, CSR, social entrepreneurship and the implications of decisions made at company HQs

  • Created new materials on corporate activism highlighting the role that firms play in giving voice to socio-political issues and affecting income inequality

  • This is a pass/fail course so ratings are not available.

Home: Interests

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Below are some highlights of my work experience outside academia. In addition to working at Accenture, I gained exposure to work in tech, consulting, fashion and market research.

Gaming Club

Nirvana Interactive
(Gaming Start-Up)

Image by Scott Graham

ACCENTURE

Startup Team

MYJAMBI
(TECH START-UP)

Strategic Advisor
2021 - 2022

Remote

  • Recommended solutions resulting in >$25,000 of cost savings by aligning the C-suite's production goals with workforce planning

  • Designed recruitment policies to improve efficiency

Strategy Consulting Analyst
2010 - 2012

Based in Singapore and worked on projects in Alexandria, Moscow and Manila

Marketing Analyst
2008

Based in New York

  • Contributed to user base growth from 6,000 to 23,000 in 5 months of beta release

  • Participated in application testing and product development before beta launch

Home: Projects
INSEAD-Singapore-Campus1.jpg

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Home: Education

August 2007 - May 2010

Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Bachelor of Science
Double Majored in Marketing and International Business

August 2013 - June 2018

PhD in Management
Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise Department

November 2022 - February 2023

Certification in Data Science

PASSIONS

What I do for Fun

Baking

BAKING

Many many things :)

Books

BOOKS

Autobiographies

Traveling

All over the World

Group Travel

SURFING

Bali | Bondi | Ericeira | Peniche | Hossegor

Image by Dendy Darma
Home: Skills

"It is difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work"

Jim Collins

Home: Quote

LET’S CONNECT

Thanks for submitting!

Home: Contact
bottom of page