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Awarded by: HKUST Business School The HKUST Business School is proud to announce the winners of the MBA Alumni Achievement Awards 2005. They are KS Chow (PT95), Kenneth Ho (PT95), Petty Lai (FT95), Lilian Leung (FT95), and Estella Ng (PT95). The awards were established in 2004 to honor alumni who are preeminent in their fields and who have shown their ... Read More

Awarded by: Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts-University Research Competition A team of year 3 students won the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts' University Research Competition, thanks to some smart digging into the prospects of giant Hong Kong property developer Sino Land. The annual contest aims to promote professional investment research ... Read More

Awarded by: L'Oreal Beauty proved to be more than skin deep for HKUST MBA students who came out top performers for Hong Kong in an international on-line business challenge organized by cosmetics giant L'Oreal. The competition selects local and global winners. Our MBA students took first and second place for Hong Kong, although Singapore's INSEAD won the ... Read More

Awarded by: International Business Plan Competition-University of San Francisco Five MBA students won praise from Silicon Valley movers and shakers after putting their entrepreneurial skills to the test against tough opposition in California. Alice Yeung, Becky So, Cherry Lu, Suki Chan and Wendy Kam took third place in the highly-competitive University of ... Read More

Awarded by: Fama/DFA Prizes The Department of Finance has received prize for papers published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2003. Assistant Professor Yeung Lewis Chan won second prize in the Fama/DFA Prizes for papers on capital markets and asset pricing. He co-authored a paper on "A multivariate model of strategic allocation" with Professor John ... Read More

Awarded by: Jensen Prizes The Department of Finance has received prize for papers published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2003. Associate Professor Vidhal Goyal won second prize in the Jensen Prizes for papers on corporate finance and organizations, which he co-authored with Professor Murray Z Frank of the University of British Columbia. Their ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA program, taught in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, has climbed to world No. 2 spot in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. The position represents a sustained improvement from 6th in 2004 and 9th in 2003 ... Read More

Awarded by: Franklin Prize Five professors were awarded the HKUST Business School Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence. Professor Ka Pui So of ISMT, Gerry Gorn of Marketing, Jinyu He of MGTO, Vidhan Goyal of Finance were winners of the Franklin Prize Fall 2005, along with Prof Wen Zhou of Economics. ... Read More

Awarded by: Arizona State University The Finance faculty at the School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) ranked first in research productivity in the Asia Pacific, according to an international study by Arizona State University (ASU). This is the third time HKUST has come top in the ... Read More

Awarded by: European Foundation for Management Development The School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) received re-accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) again this year. EFMD is the leading management organization in Europe that promotes best ... Read More