Finance and Growth

In March 2021, concerns about excessive workload among junior analysts at Goldman Sachs once again highlighted the issue of long working hours in the finance industry. This followed previous instances, such as the tragic death of intern Moritz Erhard, which drew attention to grueling work conditions in investment banks. In response, many investment banks ... Read More

Do you see lights in bank office buildings in Central are usually on all night even during weekends and long lines at taxi stands near bank offices around midnight? In US, Banks’ “protected-weekend” policies restrict junior bankers from working during weekends. How are they actually affected? Prof. Okat from Finance used taxi rides from bank addresses in New ... Read More

To thrive in a world in which common prosperity is as important as corporate profit-making, the private sector must find new, more sustainable ways to operate. But can private businesses really do well by doing good? One option, according to HKUST’s Abhiroop Mukherjee and colleagues, is for businesses to partner with governments to help the poor realize the ... Read More

To thrive in a world in which common prosperity is as important as corporate profit-making, the private sector must find new, more sustainable ways to operate. But can private businesses really do well by doing good? One option, according to HKUST’s Abhiroop Mukherjee and colleagues, is for businesses to partner with governments to help the poor realize the ... Read More

In a new world where common prosperity is as important as corporate profits, can private businesses really do well by doing good? One way to do so is for businesses to partner with governments in helping the poor realize benefits of newly built infrastructure. But three things need to happen for such partnerships to thrive: First, governments have to be ... Read More