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Amid the growing disruptive forces of AI, business leaders across the board are closely looking into the benefits and impacts of AI on their organizations. Our faculty of different disciplines also stay at the forefront of these transformational changes and share their insights in the Hong Kong Economic Times. Senior Associate Dean, Acting Head and Chair ... Read More

As an Asian economic hub, Seoul presents numerous investment opportunities. Lee Heng Fellow and Associate Professor LEE Dongwon of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management delivered a keynote speech at the Seoul Forward Conference “Seoul Forward”, an event to encourage local and global companies in Hong Kong to enter Seoul. ... Read More

Awarded by: RGC, SoFiE and Organization Science Faculty across different academic departments have received respected local and international recognition. Their achievements attest to the firm commitment of our faculty to rigorous research and contributions to professional services in their respective fields. ISOM and FINA Professor Named Senior Research ... Read More

A regulatory technology (regtech) research project led by the Dean of HKUST Business School, Professor TAM Kar Yan, has been awarded funding by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in the Thirteenth Round of the Theme-based Research Scheme 2023/24. The RGC announced the funding results on July 13, 2023. Among a total of nine funded proposals, two are from HKUST ... Read More

Awarded by: SIGMIS Early Career Award The School is delighted to announce that Professor LEE Dongwon, Assistant Professor of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management, and a Lee Heng Fellow, received the SIGMIS Early Career Award. The award was presented to Prof. LEE Dongwon (second left) at the annual ACM SIGMIS ... Read More

Last month, the Harvard Business Review China Annual Conference was held in Shenzhen, inviting scholars and industry leaders to discuss some hot topics. Representing the School, Professor XU Yan, Associate Dean (HKUST EMBA, Executive Education & China Strategy) shared his definition of Type I and Type II technology and innovation industry. Type I technology ... Read More

A total of seven faculty members were named the awardees of the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence this year – a testament to the remarkable performance of our faculty on teaching during the last academic year. The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence was established in 2000 with donations from the Larry and Mei Kwong Franklin Endowment Fund to ... Read More

Discover how companies engage in corporate social responsibility activities and how to better manage weather risk from the last BizTalks of the season, featuring Assistant Professor WANG Danqing of the Department of Management and Associate Professor CHEN Zhanhui of the Department of Finance. Are Politically Endorsed Firms More Socially Responsible ... Read More

The WSJ Future Leaders webinar entitled “ Asia’s Economic Outlook: Still Resilient? — A Conversation with HKUST Business School ” brought together Prof. Albert PARK (center), Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and Chair Professor of Economics, Social Science, and Public Policy at HKUST, and Mr. Jason DOUGLAS (left), a reporter of The Wall Street ... Read More

In the second BizTalks session, the audience was amazed by how analytics and AI can be applied for the consumption of entertainment. With the potential to improve personalization for users and capture engaging moments, the two speakers – Assistant Professor Carlos FERNANDEZ-LORIA of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations ... Read More