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Forbes magazine and the World Bank covered research conducted by the Finance Department’s Prof Abhiroop Mukherjee and PhD student S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan (co-authored with Prof Sumit Agarwal from NUS) on the efficiency with which private financiers respond to new roads. Investments in public infrastructure such as improved roads are a key component of ... Read More

The HKUST EMBA for Chinese Executive Program has collaborated with the Cambridge Judge Business School to organize a 6-day field trip study, for 62 students from the 2017 class between 11 and 16 March 2018. The theme of the trip was entrepreneurship and innovation. This trip was based on action learning, from enterprise innovation, business model design ... Read More

Amid the on-going debate over how AI and the 4th industrial revolution will affect the future of work in the Asia Pacific region, the APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities) has been stepping up its efforts to bring together scholars and private sector experts to analyze and address the affiliated economic risks and reservations. After teaming up ... Read More

The HKUST Business School has been re-accredited by the EQUIS EFMD. The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) assesses and looks for a balance between high academic quality and close interaction with the corporate world. Institutions that are accredited by EQUIS must demonstrate high ... Read More

Awarded by: Global MBA Challenge The third Global MBA Challenge, hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School (HKUST Business School), brought together 14 teams from top business schools around the world to participate in a multi-simulation case challenge. The rigorous two-day competition, organized by the MBA students of ... Read More

Awarded by: The Marketing Science Institute The Marketing Science Institute ( MSI ), which is the only research-based organization with an extensive network of marketing academics worldwide and marketers from 60+ leading global companies, has selected Prof Anirban Mukhopadhyay as an “MSI Scholar”. The newly launched program selects the 30 top marketing ... Read More

Awarded by: QS World University Rankings According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018, both “Accounting & Finance” and “Business & Management Studies” of the HKUST Business School advanced further. They advanced to No.16 in the world, from No.17 and No.20 respectively last year. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 showcases ... Read More

Awarded by: USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge in the US and 2018 Haskayne MBA 24 Hour EPIC Case Challenge in Canada A truly international team formed by five MBA students: Michael Pelosi (Canada), Zhang Jiaying (China), Aman Arora (India), Harsh Mody (India) and Sonia Im (South Korea), won the Client Prompt & Championship at the USC Marshall Global ... Read More

Some 80 full-time HKUST MBA students brought together their families and friends on campus to join the MBA Program Graduation Ceremony on 18 March. The ceremony was marked by a keynote speech made by Mr Arthur Yuen, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Mr Yuen, who is also the program alumnus, started by ... Read More

The Marketing Science Institute ( MSI ), which is the only research-based organization with an extensive network of marketing academics worldwide and marketers from 60+ leading global companies, has selected Prof Anirban Mukhopadhyay as an “MSI Scholar”. The newly launched program selects the 30 top marketing faculty from around the world, who graduated ... Read More