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Four Year 2 UG students put their business acumen and agility to test and took part in the HSBC/HKU Business Case Competition. They were tasked to solve a long business case of some 20 pages in three hours, and present their ideas with hand-drawn slides. They didn’t plunge into the contest without doing their homework. The three students from the World ... Read More

Over a hundred deans, directors and senior administrators from the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS) member schools and our global network gathered in Hong Kong for the three-day AAPBS 2018 Academic Conference, to discuss an important topic - “The Impact of Technology on the Future of Work” . The Conference was hosted by ... Read More

Many highly influential papers in top academic journals publish inductive research results using multiple case research methods. Case researchers in Asia find the multiple methods an excellent approach for theory development in this relatively less-explored research environment. With academia’s increasing popularity in the use of these methods, confusion can ... Read More

Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Without collective action, the scale of the impact of climate change will become more difficulty and costly to manage in the future. To make a difference and bridge opinions from different experts, the Finance Department of the Business School and the Institute for the Environment ... Read More

Professor Tom Sargent, the Nobel Laureate of Economics in 2011, was invited to speak at the 2018 HKUST Workshop on Macroeconomics on 13 June. Professor Tom Sargent is one of the most influential macro-economists in the world. His research has revolutionized the study of macroeconomics. At the workshop, Professor Sargent gave a talk on “Risk ... Read More

The Executive Education Office has provided a program for a new corporate client – the China Merchants Group. A one-day program on “Leadership and Decision” was conducted for the Group’s senior executives in Shekou, China. This program was part of their one-week in-house training, where about 80 senior executives of China Merchants Group and its ... Read More

To help executives acquire cutting-edge insights and stay ahead, the Executive Education Office has introduced a number of different open programs on different management topics including some timely and new topics. In May, two new one-day open programs were offered. The “Cybersecurity & Risk Management” programs, taught by Professor Hui Kai Lung, helped ... Read More

The graduates of the HKUST EMBA program are building a close-knit and expanding network through different activities both in Hong Kong and mainland China. In May, 42 alumni took part in the 2018 Gobi Challenge. They crossed the boundless desert and endured the relentless sun within 4 days to complete a 112-kilometre race on foot. The race ... Read More

The School has been actively promoting entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. On 16 May, about 30 alumni entrepreneurs gathered for a lunch in the newly established MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node to network and exchange ideas. The venue also houses the office of ORII – the voice powered smart ring developed by a team of MBA alumni founders ... Read More

Chair Professor Hui Kai Lung of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM) has been appointed a member of the Cybersecurity Expert Panel of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority. As an expert in information privacy and security, Professor Hui will contribute to the development of the insurance industry in Hong Kong ... Read More