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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

On March 13, the School organized a BizTalk to showcase and share insightful faculty research findings in an easy-to-understand way. Entitled “Should We Disclose Corporate Information”, the first session featured Professor Alminas ZALDOKAS from the Department of Finance as he shared his research topic “Firms Innovation Disclosure and their Banking ... Read More

Professor Siu Fai LEUNG from the Department of Economics has been appointed by the HKSAR Government to join the Communications Authority as a member. Established under the Communications Authority Ordinance (Cap. 616) in April 2012, the authority is an independent statutory body that regulates and oversees the converging telecommunications and broadcasting ... Read More

Five of our faculty members – experts in the fields of Information Systems, Business and Management, and Operations Research – are named the “top two percent of scientists in the world” in a study led by John PA IOANNIDIS at Stanford University (PLOS Biology 2019, 2020). They are Chair Professors Yaping GONG, Albert HA, Jiatao LI, Kar Yan TAM (Dean of HKUST ... Read More

We are delighted to announce that Prof Veronique LAFON-VINAIS of the Department of Finance and Dr Kelvin P. MAK of the Department of Accounting have received recognition for their remarkable professional services. Prof Lafon-Vinais, Associate Professor of Business Education, was named an honorary member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) ... Read More

The online course Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance has received the Best Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) award by Class Central! Led by Prof Garvin P DIAS from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM), the course explores the risks of information systems (IS) and how risks can be ... Read More

We are delighted to announce that Prof James THONG from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM) has received the AIS Technology Challenge Award during the 2020 International Conference of the Association for Information Systems. The award recognizes individual scholars who have made outstanding contributions ... Read More