Feature Stories

Open Innovation at Huawei This is a summary of the case study prepared by Professor Jeevan Jaisingh, Kim Yongsuk Kim, Xu Yan and Huang Minyi for the Business School’s Thompson Center for Business Case Studies. Huawei’s history, performance and structure Huawei Technologies was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, originally as a sales agent for telephone ... Read More

Members of the HKUST Business School are extremely saddened by the passing of its Founding Dean, Professor Chan Yuk Shee, on 22 May 2017. Professor Chan joined HKUST in 1990 as one of the founding faculty members. He was appointed as the Founding Dean of our School in 1993. As a leading finance scholar with a global vision, he played a pivotal role in ... Read More

Embracing the ever-changing financial industry, the 10th anniversary of the Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF) program jointly offered by the HKUST Business School and the New York University Stern School of Business (NYU Stern), celebrates how the program has gone from strength-to-strength during the last decade. To celebrate the program’s 10-year ... Read More

In a series of stories, we discuss with leading thinkers what “One Belt One Road” means to the business world and Hong Kong as well as the role our School can play. Two prominent leaders Dr Vincent H.S. Lo and Dr Hans Michael Jebsen, together with faculty of HKUST and our partner school, share their insights Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the One ... Read More

Mapping Out a Business Plan Two leading local businessmen who saw, firsthand, the opening up of the Mainland’s own economy, share their take on the OBOR initiative. Hong Kong’s entrepreneurs, businesses and government agencies will surely play a key role when it comes to turning President Xi’s OBOR vision into a plan of action. In determining the nature of ... Read More

Getting Road Ready for Education and Research As both an educator and a research powerhouse, the HKUST Business School can help executives and entrepreneurs seize the opportunities opened up by OBOR The faculty at the HKUST Business School is well aware of the huge potential of OBOR project - and the part the School can play in turning this potential into ... Read More

Central Asia: Partnership for Growth Although Central Asia did not appear often on the international business radar just a few years ago, the region slowly but surely is making its way up the list of the most important business destinations to watch out for over the next 10-15 years. The OBOR initiative that crosses Central Asian states by so-far imaginary ... Read More

Russian EMBA and MBA Students On Road Trip to HKUST China’s 2015 launch of the Belt and Road initiative to connect the Asian, European and African markets of the famed Silk Road has promised to open up business opportunities. But first, countries need to open up to each other and understand the lay of the land. This winter, the School has hosted visits of ... Read More

New Year Celebrations Over 120 alumni and friends from our partner schools came together for our first alumni event in 2017, a New Year’s drinks gathering to celebrate the new year and exchange best wishes. The partner schools include NYU Stern (our partner for the MSc Global Finance), Kellogg (our partner for the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA), and USC Marshall & ... Read More

Startup Gets Thumbs-up from Alibaba’s HK Entrepreneurs Fund Technology and business have made a fruitful partnership in the HKUST Business School as evidenced by an innovative partnership formed by three MBA alumni to develop a completely new kind of wearable device - the world’s first vibration powered, voice enabled smart ring. Kevin Johan Wong, Marcus ... Read More