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Awarded by: Elsevier Professor Xu Yan, Associate Dean (HKUST EMBA Program, Executive Programs and China Strategy) and Associate Professor of ISOM, has been awarded by Elsevier, the publisher of the journal Telecommunications Policy, with a Certificate of Reviewing Excellence in recognition of his contributions as a peer reviewer. The editors of the journal ... Read More

Awarded by: HKUST Prof Ron McEachern, Adjunct Professor of Marketing Department, has been named Honorary Fellow by HKUST. Other distinguished leaders who were awarded the 2014 Honorary Fellowships included Dr Winnie Ko Pui-shuen, The Hon Abraham Shek Lai-him and Dr David Sin Wai-kin. Prof McEachern is the former President of PepsiCo Asia and joined the ... Read More

Awarded by: Tel Aviv University & CUHK MBA students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) took home the championships of the Sofaer International Case Competition in Israel and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Case Competition in Hong Kong. This extends their winning streak to four competitions this Spring semester. ... Read More

Awarded by: Dean's Faculty Service Award Professor Peter MacKay, Associate Head of Finance, was named the first winner of the Dean's Faculty Service Award. The award, newly launched this year by the Business School, aims to recognize faculty members for their exemplary service contributions to HKUST, profession or the community at large. Professor MacKay ... Read More

Awarded by: the Franklin Prize The Franklin Prize in recognition of teaching staff for their excellence performance was presented to faculty members at a ceremony during the School Board meeting on 14 May. Professor Franklin Laurence, the prize donor, was on hand to present the plagues to all awardees and nominees, praising their outstanding performance and ... Read More

Awarded by: APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge A team of HKUST undergraduate students won the First Runner-Up Award and the Best Speaker Award in the APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge held in Singapore in early May. It was the only team that received two awards in the competition. The annual international Business-IT case competition was a 5-day ... Read More

Awarded by: Common Core Course Excellence Award The dedication and efforts of a team from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM) received recognition at the Second Common Core Course Excellence Award Presentation Ceremony, officiated by President Prof Tony F Chan. The Common Core Course Excellence Award ... Read More

Awarded by: Capsim Business Simulation Global Challenge A student of MSc in ISM (Information Systems Management) Melody Chung defeated more than 1760 business students worldwide to become the first runner-up in the Capsim Business Simulation Global Challenge. The online business simulation competition, held by a technology and services company Capsim, is ... Read More

Awarded by: Columbia Business School A team of HKUST MBA students won the grand prize at a highly challenging MBA competition organized by the Columbia Business School in the US. It was the first time that a team from Hong Kong joined this invitation-only event, which is open only to the top business schools in the world. The competition consists of three ... Read More

Awarded by: Global Entrepreneur Magazine An HKUST EMBA alumnus has been named one of the Business Elites Under 40 by Global Entrepreneur magazine. Steven Xu Jun of the HKUST EMBA Program Class 2011 is Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric (China) Co., Ltd, and he received the honor in the “Icebreaker” category. Global Entrepreneur has been recognizing ... Read More