Awarded by: HKUST Business School
The HKUST Business School held the PhD Student Research Paper Competition on May 2, 2008. Of the 16 submissions to the competition, 3 finalists were selected by the PhD coordinators as among the best. Each finalist gave a presentation in front of a panel of judges and their fellow students.
Winners are:
- Alison XU from the Marketing Department, Winner of the competition, her paper is on "The Effect of Mind-sets on Consumer Decision Strategies"
- Ting JIANG from the Economics Department, 1st runner-up of the competition, his paper is on "City Size Distribution and Economic Growth"
- Yi TANG from the MGTO Department, r2nd runner-up of the competition, his paper is on "Catch Other's Flu: The Contagion Effect of CEO Hubris" respectively.