Have you ever considered pursuing a PhD in business after your graduation?

You can:

  • Pick a research area that you are passionate about;
  • Enjoy academic freedom and flexible working hours;
  • Explore the excellent job opportunities in academia;
  • Gain the postgraduate studentship of HK$18K – 27K/month.

The minimum requirement to apply for the PhD program is a Bachelor degree.

Want to learn more about the research projects of the PhD Students at the HKUST Business School?

Register for the PhD Student Conference, in which the Business PhD students will have a 25-minute presentation each on their research area. It will be a valuable chance to listen to the advanced and diverse topics from all business departments.

Program

Morning Session

9:00 – 9:05 a.m.

Opening remarks

9:05 – 9:30 a.m.

Non-fundamental Price Shocks and Non-GAAP Reporting: A Preemptive Perspective

ZHU Ruichao, PhD (ACCT)

9:30 – 9:55 a.m.

Turbulent Business Cycles

DONG Ding, PhD (ECON)

9:55 – 10:20 a.m.

The Real Estate Collateral Value and Global Production Networks

ZHAO Xiao, PhD (FINA)

10:20 – 10:45 a.m.

Analyzing Word Sentiment Evolution in Financial Text: A Word Embedding Approach

ZHENG Jiexin, PhD (IS)

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 – 11:25 a.m.

Tractable Budget Allocation Strategies for Multichannel Ad Campaigns

CHEN Huijun, PhD (OM)

11:25 – 11:50 a.m.

Estimating High-Dimensional Mean-Variance Efficient Portfolios with All Risky Assets

CHEN Leheng, PhD (OM-STAT)

11:50 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Learning From the Best (and Worst): Comparative Learning Improves Performance but is Undervalued

DONG Xiawei, PhD (MGMT)

12:15 – 12:40 p.m.

Learning about the Relevance of Product Attributes through Search: An Integrated Model of Consumer Search Query, Click and Purchase Decision in Online

WANG Xuewen, PhD (MARK)

12:40 – 13:40 p.m.

Lunch

Afternoon Session

13:40 – 14:05

“Let it go! Let it go!”…or not?: Understanding the boundary of emotional expression

CHOI Jung Min, PhD (MGMT)

14:05 – 14:30

Recycling Increases Consumers' Willingness to Wait

SHI Lulu, PhD (MARK)

14:30 – 14:55

Fairness Regulation of Prices in Competitive Markets

FU Xingyu, PhD (OM)

14:55 – 15:20

Mixed Membership of Stock Co-jump Network

LIU Guoli, PhD (OM-STAT)

15:20 – 15:40

Break

15:40 – 16:05

Political Power-Sharing, Firm Entry, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Multiple Elected Representatives

Satya Sai Harsha DUTTA, PhD (FINA)

16:05 – 16:30

IP Region Disclosure and Knowledge Contribution: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

YUAN Wanci, PhD (IS)

16:30 – 16:55

The influence of customer’s innovation on supply chain relationships

XIAO Han, PhD (ACCT)

16:55 – 17:20

Overbuilding and Recession: A new Drawback of Housing Market Boom-and-Bust Cycle

SHI Xiang, PhD (ECON)

Event Details

Date: May 10, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00am -5:20pm
Venue: G012, Lee Shau Kee Business Building
Registration: Click here
Enquiry: mphd@ust.hk