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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

To shed light on topical issues of interest to the wider community, the School's faculty regularly shares their knowledge and insights with the public by contributing commentaries to the mass media. Hong Kong Economic Times (HKET) recently published two thought-provoking articles written respectively by Chair Professor LI Jiatao of the Department of ... Read More

Our new season of BizTalks commenced on March 12 to showcase our faculty’s insightful research findings in a friendly language accessible to general readers. With “ Lending and Investments ” as its theme, the first event featured Assistant Professors Arthur MORRIS (Department of Accounting) and Sunny HUANG Yangguang (Department of Economics). Prof ... Read More

A collective research paper entitled “Do corporate taxes hinder innovation?” co-authored by our faculty has received the Vladas Jurgutis Award organized by the Board of the Bank of Lithuania . The paper was published in the Journal of Financial Economics – one of the leading academic journals in finance. The paper was co-authored by Associate Professors ... Read More

The Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching is the highest accolade in teaching at HKUST. It is presented to only one faculty member each year. This year, Jeevan JAISINGH, Associate Professor of Business Education in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management (ISOM), receives the prestigious award. The ... Read More

As a leading institution in business education, our faculty members have contributed to the economic and social advancement of the region. We are delighted to announce their latest recognition from various institutions: Professor Songnian CHEN, Chair Professor of the Department of Economics, has been named a Senior Research Fellow by the Research Grants ... Read More

Established in 2000, the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence is an annual award that celebrates the excellence of our faculty members’ teaching. On May 14, a number of faculty members were awarded the Franklin Prize in recognition of their outstanding teaching performance. The award plaques were presented by our donor Professor Laurence FRANKLIN. This ... Read More