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The Advisory Board for Information Systems Programs (the Board) was formed earlier this year with a view to seeking advice from the industry to update the curriculum and support activities for our BBA in Information Systems, MSc in Information Systems Management, and the upcoming MSc in Information and Cyber Security Management programs. The Board was ... Read More

The Information Systems Research Workshop organized by the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM) is an occasion where PhD students and assistant professors can present their work-in-progress for review and critique by a panel of senior academics who are/were Editor-in-Chiefs or Senior Editors of MIS Quarterly ... 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

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

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 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

Seven of the top ten most valuable private companies worldwide are online platforms that thrive on the disruption of traditional business models. Surprisingly, however, such platforms have received little attention in the operations management (OM) literature. To fill this gap, HKUST’s Professor Ying-Ju Chen and Dr Shihong Xiao, alongside their international ... Read More

In the latest Layperson Talk titled “ When and How to Promote Our Products”, Professor Kai-Lung HUI talked about his study in an easy-to-understand language. Welcome to review his talk or read the summary below. How much should we discount our products or services? Many online sellers offer deep discounts to attract consumers. This is especially the case ... Read More

The 14th Marketing Dynamics Conference, organized by the Department of Marketing, was held on campus on 17-19 August. The conference provided an opportunity for marketing researchers for a vibrant discussion about cutting-edge research, with a keynote speech by Prof K. Sudhir, from the Yale School of Management and Editor of Marketing Science, followed by a ... Read More