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In an effort to better prepare students for future career development, our UG Office invites different companies from various industries to share their first-hand knowledge. In September, five sessions of “Dialogue with Executive Series” were held, in which senior executives from different sectors were invited to share their views, offering students ... Read More

The Executive Education Office has been offering the “High Potential Leadership 5-day Consortium Program” since 2014. The program is comprised of three 1-2 day modules from August to October, namely Managerial Decision Making, Effective Team Communications and Leading Teams to Performance. This year, there are 39 high flyers from diverse backgrounds ... Read More

Associate Dean Professor Steven DeKrey moderated for a discussion on leadership on 29 August 2018, based on a new book called “The Mind of the Leader”. One of the co-authors Rasmus Hougaard was on the panel organized by MBA alum Judy Xu (2006). The event, which was sponsored by the ANZ Bank, was a highly interactive session and the author conveyed many new ... Read More

Assistant Professor Lee Dongwon from the Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM) has received the Organizational Communication & Information Systems (OCIS) Best Student Paper Award from the Academy of Management (AOM). Professor Lee joined HKUST in 2017 after receiving his PhD in Information Systems from the University of ... Read More

The Department of Finance at HKUST hosted a one-day conference - the 6th Hong Kong Joint Finance Research Workshop on campus on 13 August. The workshop is held once a year to bring together junior and senior finance scholars in Hong Kong, advance and disseminate quality research in finance and enhance the academic interactions of the Hong ... Read More

The Academy of International Business (AIB) 2018 annual meeting was held in Minneapolis this summer. Established in 1959, the AIB is the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of international business. AIB has more than 2900 members in 93 different countries around the world. Professor JT Li, Lee Quo Wei Professor of ... Read More

The 9th University Scholars Leadership Symposium was organized from1 to 7 August in Bangkok this year, by the Humanitarian Affairs Asia and the United Nations Development Programme. The conference is designed to develop the leadership and social change skills of emerging leaders from around the world. The theme of this year was “Inspiring ... Read More

A group of 22 members from the Lenovo IDEA Elite Club visited HKUST on 3 August 2018. The Lenovo IDEA Elite Club is Lenovo Corporation's student organization located in more than 200 universities in China, supported by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. The Club has been providing internship opportunities, leadership training, and ... Read More

On 21 August 2018, our faculty Professors Roger King, who is also our PhD alumni, together Professor Winnie Peng, both from the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business & Entrepreneurship Studies shared their insights into Chinese family businesses with alumni. They explained that in Hong Kong, 15 major family groups represented of 80% of ... Read More

The Family Business Center of Excellence of Ernst & Young partnered with the Executive Education Office to deliver their NextGen Academy Excellence Program in July. The next generation members of wealthy families from Portugal, Vietnam, Italy, Ireland, the US and Malaysia spent two days on the HKUST campus. They took the opportunity to draw on the ... Read More