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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

To make a greater impact, our faculty aspire to share their knowledge and research findings with the wider community. They make such contributions through commentaries and contributed articles to the media . A few articles from the Hong Kong Economic Times looking into business strategies and team collaboration are selected here: A cost-effective marketing ... Read More

The BizTalks series is back for this Spring Term and starts with insightful presentations by two assistant professors from the Department of Management. Using Loss Aversion to Encourage Exploration Prof. David HAGMANN’s research suggests that the subjective experience of losses can influence the willingness to explore. He concludes that exploration is driven ... Read More

Awarded by: World Scientific Congratulations to Chair Professor of Management and Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, Professor JT LI, who has been appointed the Editor-in-Chief for the World Scientific Series in Chinese Business, Innovation, Investment and Economic Growth. World Scientific is a world-leading academic and professional publisher and the ... Read More

HKUST values diversity and aims to reduce stereotypes for greater educational outcomes and a more balanced society. To celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) and women’s empowerment, we have invited Professor Caroline WANG, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Management, and two alumnae – Stephanie LAM (MARK & OM 2014) and Lydia LAU (ECOF 2014), who ... Read More