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In early November, Professor XU Yan, Association Dean (HKUST EMBA, Executive Education & China Strategy) of the School was invited to join China Annual Conference in Beijing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the official publication of the Harvard Business Review, the Harvard Business Review (Chinese). On behalf of the HKUST Business School Prof. Xu ... Read More

Management Associate Professor Melody CHAO has been named Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) which has a mission to advance the science, teaching, and application of social and personality psychology. SPSP Fellow status is awarded to those who dedicated a longstanding and distinctive contribution to the science of personality ... Read More

The new season of BizTalk has begun, with its first session successfully held in dual mode featuring Assistant Professor LEE Dongwon and Associate Professor WANG Jing from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. They presented their inspiring works on how to solicit crowd contributions, followed by keen ... Read More

Established in honor of the late Prof. CHAN Yuk-Shee, the Yuk-Shee Chan Professorship in Business was recently bestowed upon the eminent Prof. SHI Mengze, Chair Professor of Marketing. On September 26, an inauguration ceremony was held for this and another seven named professorships. The late Prof. Chan Yuk-Shee contributed significantly to the academic ... Read More

Co-authored by Professor XU Yan, Associate Dean (HKUST EMBA, Executive Education and China Strategy), and Calvin YU, the joint research report entitled “ Innovation for Hong Kong’s Upward Social Mobility ” (English version) is now available online. Sponsored by the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong and managed by the Beijing-Hong ... Read More

Awarded by: Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE) Congratulations to Assistant Professor Emilio BISETTI and PhD student ZHAO Xiao of the Department of Finance, who won the Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE) Best Paper Award with a cash prize of US$5,000. The winning research paper “Smokestacks and the Swamp” is co-authored with Finance Assistant Professor ... Read More

In this academic year, the School welcomes six highly accomplished scholars to its faculty (see below list). In August, they participated in an orientation program with sharing sessions by Senior Associate Dean and Chair Professor of Information Systems Prof. HUI Kai Lung, Business Statistics and Operations Management Prof. Albert HA as well as panel ... Read More

Congratulations to our two professors from the Department of Management and their postgraduate students, who are recognized by the Academy of Management for Best Paper Proceedings. In the field of Human Resources, the paper titled “Warmth Matters, Not Competence: AI Recruiting and Applicants’ Organization Attraction” co-authored by Professor GONG Yaping ... Read More

Non-fungible token (NFT) and the metaverse topped the list of the most searched keywords in Google in the year past, which saw a growing number of brands embark on new ventures in the metaverse sector. On the other hand, supply chain disruptions are likely to remain a threat to economic growth in the foreseeable future. Two faculty members have recently ... Read More

On May 16, the School’s faculty members came together to celebrate another year of hard work at the award ceremony for the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence. We are honored to have our donor, Professor Laurence FRANKLIN, and Dean of HKUST Business School, Professor TAM Kar Yan to present the awards. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Undergraduate Teaching Amber LI Yao ... Read More