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The BizTalks series of the Fall Term has started, featuring scholars first from the Departments of Finance and Marketing on how policies and other people will influence an individual's behavior. Going the Extra Mile: What Taxi Rides Tell Us about Long-hour Culture in Finance In the US, banks have a protected weekend policy that restricts junior bankers from ... Read More

The HKUST Global Business (GBUS) program hosted a campus visit for over 60 faculty members and students from the Waseda University Global Management Program (GMP) in late September. The event featured an interactive class, a campus tour, and a mixer dinner, creating an enriching experience for all participants. GBUS Program Director Professor KOH Tat Koon ... Read More

In today’s dynamic and challenging business environment, it is essential for leaders to make high-quality decisions, lead, and communicate with the team to achieve desirable performance. The Executive Education Office has been offering the High Potentials Leadership 5-day Consortium Program since 2014 to address executives’ learning needs. The program ... Read More

The School has welcomed high-caliber students to its undergraduate programs in the new academic year. The 2023 intake has shown high levels of academic achievements and diversity, as evidenced by a number of indicators. The Global Business (GBUS) program has admitted students with the best DSE results among all HKUST business programs, with a mean score of ... Read More

Six distinguished individuals were conferred Honorary Fellowships by HKUST this year. They are Mr. Nicholas CHAN Hiu-Fung, Dr. Adrian CHENG Chi-Kong, Mr. Wilson FUNG Ying-Wai, Ms. Sarah LEE Wai-Sze, Prof. Albert IP Yuk-Keung and Ms. YAO Jue (in alphabetical order of surnames). These six new Honorary Fellows have set a high bar of excellence in their ... Read More

New faculty members bring fresh perspectives and ideas to our School and six academic departments, enhancing the overall quality of our research and education. The School is delighted to welcome the following new faculty members in this new academic year! Accounting (top row from left) Assistant Professor Tony CHO Assistant Professor DONG Qingkai ... Read More

HKUST Business School and HSBC have worked together to complete a one-week Hypothetical e-HKD pilot . This collaboration represents the latest efforts of the academia and private sector in support of the exploration and experimentation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Hong Kong under the purview of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. HSBC has for ... Read More

Congratulations to Liwei Huang Associate Professor of Business and Associate Professor JI Yan of the Department of Finance for receiving funding of RMB 2 million for his research project “Macro Finance” from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientist (EYS) Scheme (Hong Kong and Macau). The proposed research will study ... Read More

In September, the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program enthusiastically welcomed Cohort 3 to their inaugural on-campus module. Despite challenging weather conditions, our resilient students demonstrated an unwavering commitment to their DBA studies. The module proved immensely productive, featuring comprehensive courses on business research to ... Read More

We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the 16th China Economics Summer Institute (CESI) Conference which took place in late August on the HKUST Clear Water Bay campus. Hosted by the Center for Economic Policy and the Department of Economics, more than a hundred observers joined the two-day Conference which featured 12 papers exploring ... Read More