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Awarded by: Information Systems Research Professor James Thong of ISOM department has been appointed an associate editor for Information Systems Research (ISR) for a term of 3 years. ISR is a top IS journal focused on information systems in organizations, institutions, the economy, and society. ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times The full-time MBA program of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) has moved up one place on the Financial Times annual ranking to number 16 in the world. It is the only Hong Kong program ranked among the world's top 100 this year. The HKUST MBA program fared ... Read More

Awarded by: Operations Research Professor Shaohui Zheng of the ISOM department was appointed an associate editor of Operations Research , the flagship journal in the field of Operations Management. Operations Research is one of the academic journals referred to by the Financial Times and BusinessWeek when compiling their MBA rankings. ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA Program, jointly offered with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, maintains its leading position in the world in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. It ranks No. 2 overall. This follows its historic ranking as the world's No. 1 ... Read More

Awarded by: Economist Intelligence Unit The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) has yet again been ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for the third year in a row, as No. 1 in Asia and Australia. Overall, it ranks No. 11 in the world. Of the 100 MBA programs that made the EIU ... Read More

Awarded by: Franklin Prize The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence for Year 2007 were professors from the Department of ISMT & Economics both picked up 2 awards, Accounting and Finance sections claimed one each. The first Department Award went to Department of MGTO. Winning Professors from Department of ISMT were Ronald Lau (UG category awards), and ... Read More

Awarded by: Institute of Mathematical Statistics Professor Lancelot James of ISMT has been elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (ISMT). He received the award for his outstanding research and professional contributions to statistical theory and methodology. The IMS is an international professional society in statistic and ... Read More

Awarded by: HKUST Business School The HKUST Business School held the PhD Student Research Paper Competition on May 2, 2008. Of the 16 submissions to the competition, 3 finalists were selected by the PhD coordinators as among the best. Each finalist gave a presentation in front of a panel of judges and their fellow students. Winners are: - Alison XU from the ... Read More

Awarded by: VERTEX, House II Students' Association, HKUSTSU Professors Qingchuan Hou (ACCT), John Hulpke (MGTO), Emily Nason (MGTO), Riki Takeuchi (MGTO) and Mike So (ISMT) received the university-wide Best Ten Lecurers this year. The election is organized annually by VERTEX, House II Students' Association. Awards were given on 4 February. ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times HKUST Business School's full-time MBA program has been ranked by the Financial Times at number 17 in the world, the highest ever for any Hong Kong run program on the chart. Four months ago in September 2007, the HKUST MBA was ranked by another major international agency the Economist Intelligence Unit as number 1 in Asia and ... Read More