Feature Stories

HKUST Business School outstanding female alumni discuss equality in the workplace The HKUST Business School boasts a list of impressive female business leaders and entrepreneurs among its alumni. Four of them share their thoughts on gender diversity in leadership positions, the opportunities and challenges faced by talented women, and the approaches that ... Read More

The results speak for themselves. Fosun International, a multinational company, with its roots in China, has a strong track record of making overseas acquisitions, accelerating the growth of subsidiaries and generating significant returns. What the world does not usually see is its philosophy to manage its rapid-growing business portfolio across five ... Read More

Over the past 20 to 30 years, the local finance industry has played a major part in building Hong Kong’s reputation as Asia’s world city, says Dato’ Seri Cheah Cheng Hye, Chairman of asset management company Value Partners and a member of the HKUST Business School Advisory Council. Now that more employers are recognizing that it makes good business sense to ... Read More

For Dr James Thompson, Chairman of Crown Worldwide Group and also a member of the HKUST Business School Advisory Council, diversity and inclusion policies are not impositions to be tolerated, but winning strategies to be embraced. “For a company like ours, diversity is everything, it’s our power,” he says. Born and raised in the United States, Dr Thompson ... Read More

Mrs Betty Yuen So Siu Mai, Vice Chairman of CLP Power Hong Kong and a member of the HKUST Business School Advisory Council, says neither she nor her company needs to be convinced about the merits of employing a diverse workforce. “We have embraced diversity for some time, and the benefits are no longer in question. The challenge now is to achieve a better ... Read More

In a global economy, companies that seek to grow beyond the local market need to employ a pool of talent representing diverse points of view and the knowledge to succeed. Diversity can be a competitive differentiator. In this edition of Biz@HKUST , we look closely into the strength of diversity of four highly successful companies. These companies range in ... Read More

The principle that people should be hired for positions, and promoted or rewarded, solely on the basis of their talents and performance, and not because of their gender, ethnic origins or other functionally irrelevant demographic attributes, is widely accepted today. But beyond a sense of being on the right side of social progress, does employing a more ... Read More

The School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) and the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) jointly hosted a forum to explore how big data and financial technology (FinTech) have changed financial institutions. [To watch the video] Entitled "How Big Data and FinTech Changed the ... Read More

The Alumni Reception in Beijing was held on 10 March 2018. The event was hosted by the Council Chairman of HKUST Mr Andrew Liao Cheung Sing, GBS, SC, JP; Acting President Prof Wei Shyy; Vice-President for Institutional Advancement Dr Sabrina Lin; and Dean of HKUST Business School Prof Tam Kar Yan, among others from the University and different schools ... Read More

International Women’s Day not only encourages women to achieve their ambitions and unleash their potential, but also represents a strong call on everyone to make a positive change for parity and inclusion. On 9 March, the School organized an Alumni Sharing Session entitled “Turning Your Passion into Vision”, featuring two talented alumnae speakers who follow ... Read More