Feature Stories

A two-day meeting hosted by HKUST Business School brought together deans and academic directors for the 12th Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) on 4 and 5 of December 2017. The attendees discussed issues ranging from the criteria for membership and governance of the network, to student engagement and prospects for further collaboration and ... Read More

The first-ever HKUST MBA Fosun Technopreneur Competition took place on 4 December 2017 at the HKUST Business Central facility. The event featured five innovative business plan ideas and showcased the intellect and creativity of HKUST students in solving problems related to health and happiness. With the generous support from the Fosun Foundation, the HKUST ... Read More

HKUST held its fourth inauguration ceremony of named professorships on 27 October to honor outstanding faculty members and their donors. Of the 15 appointed professors, three are from the Business School: Prof Hung Mingyi , the Department of Accounting Prof Jaideep Sengupta , the Department of Marketing Prof James Thong , the Department of Information ... Read More

Dr Hans Michael Jebsen, Chairman of Jebsen and Co, can look back on a company history that has seen the family-owned trading group navigate extremely stormy political times, along with economic choppy waters. It’s with this perspective, in which survival has sometimes been a more pressing issue than succession planning, that he views the process of passing ... Read More

With the launch of the MaBelle jewelry store chain more than two decades ago, Mr Max Ma opened up a whole new market for the Lee Heng Diamond Group founded by his father. Now Mr Theodore Ma, Max’s son, is expanding the family’s engagement with the innovations beyond the family business through CoCoon, an entrepreneurship network he co-founded in 2012 ... Read More

Lee Kum Kee was founded in Nanshui, Zhuhai, Guangdong in 1888 and its Chinese-style sauces have gone on to sell around the world. In response to diverse aspirations of individual family members, the decision was made in 1992 to evolve the business into a holding company that places an emphasis on a governance structure, and a modus operandi, that aim to ... Read More

Since Mr Sukanto Tanoto founded RGE in Indonesia in 1973, the business has grown into an international resource-based group of companies with assets exceeding US$18 billion and a workforce of over 60,000. Alongside the development of the business, Mr Tanoto has been very keen that he, and the members of his family, actively give something back - both to the ... Read More

Family business is a catch-all term covering enterprises that vary widely in size, generation and purpose. They may also be organized around a range of governance and management structures. The balance between ownership and management, and the degree to which individual family members are involved, may differ. Meanwhile, the relative value and weighting ... Read More

In mid-September, a distinguished array of speakers shared their insights with a packed ballroom at a hotel in Hong Kong. Highlights of the forum were a donation renewal ceremony recognizing the Tanoto Foundation’s continued support for HKUST Business School’s Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, and a thought-provoking ... Read More

The huge contribution family businesses make to the global economy doesn’t always get the level of attention it deserves. From Ford and Walmart in the US to Volkswagen and BMW in Germany, many world-renowned brand names are the public face of such enterprises. Here in Asia their significance, both economically and culturally, is even greater. On the mainland ... Read More